a big decision happening right now in a hotly contested test congressional race. >> and congress passed a bill giving 9/11 victims the right to sue. what's expected to happen if it make its makes it to the president's desk? breaking news accident a plane crashed in wickenburg about a quarter mile from the airport. >> the call came in just after 7:00 of a cessna 310 down near u.s. 60 and industrial road. the plane went down just after takeoff. >> it looks like the plane hit a dumpster before hitting the

4 people were on board and all taken to the hospital. >> we don't know their ages yet. but they don't think the injuries are life-threatening and the cause is under investigation. and a ruling in the case involving the race for congressional district 5. 18 more votes. they are going to be counted in the republic primary, and that's just the decision handed down by a judge a few minutes ago. christine jones is trailing andy biggs by just this morning's ruling means 18 more ballots will be counted, and those results will be added to the results on the screen. jones' campaign has argued that maricopa county should have counted votes from at least 300 more eligible voters. now to more breaking news and a sad 1 to report. we just learned that a 2-year- old who was pulled from the swimming pool in the west valley has died.

87th and camelback. police have identified here as jania white. it's unclear how she got into the water. all new at 11:00, the house passed a historic bill on the 9/11 attacks allowing families of victims to sue the government of saudi arabia. more than 3000 americans were killed on september 11th. president obama is not expected to sign off on the 9/11 tower challenge honors those who were trapped on the 110th floor of the twin towers. this is the video of last year's challenge at u of a. you can see firemen in full gear and police officers and military in full gear. they will walk up the same number of steps in the twin hours to remember the first responders. about 3000 flags are lining

a group of volunteers were up since sunrise putting the flags up. for some visiting, this is just a moving tribute. >> every flag is a family. >> yellow ribbons are tied to flags on the perimeter for each first responder kied signifies in death they are still protected. >> what a touching sight with all of those american flags. yeah, and switching gears, iris is understand stag by with a quick check of the forecast. how is the weekend looking, iris? no matter what you have

our humidity will drop through the day and help it feel more comfortable and temperatures will be getting hotter over the next few days. another change is the ozone concentrations are going up with all the sunshine. if you are especially sensitive, i don't want to give you a heads up. temperature wise, we are warming faster as we look moisture and get the humidity drop. our temperatures will warm up quicker. we are already checking in with the low 90s from glendale and deer valley and by this afternoon, hundreds are back including chandler, deer valley, glendale, and phoenix and will sick sticks -- will stick around for the weekend. 67-year-old edward eugene butler was last seen last night and we are told he suffers from memory loss.

tacoma. take a look at these flames from a car fire near 29th street and indian school. firefighters quickly put it out and officers, they're investigating. if you see news happening near you, send us a picture or video. an emotional morning in court with the families testifying about the 23 dog that is have died at a boarding facility. many are holding up pictures and dictating how difficult it was to lose their dog. as part of the plea deal, the owners will have to serve 23 days in jail and do 223 hours of community service and pay a fine. the hughes, the owners, won't be allowed to have animals or work at other boarding facilities. detention officers say that

members, they are accused of attacking employees at the pinal county detention facility using a piece of their bunk bed as a weapon, a shank. thankfully, the officers will be okay. the border checkpoint in nogales is back open after agents shot a truck driver after he allegedly tried to run over agents and police officers we was airlifted to the hospital. his condition is not known at this time. the good news, no agents or officers were hurt. some won't be showing any love for hillary clinton tomorrow during what is supposed to be a peaceful protest and vigil. patriot movement, arizona will be outside central avenue saying that they are against political corruption. a vigil will be held in remembrance of the 9/11 benghazi attack. the vigil and protest set for

the morning, you hope your commute is safe but are you sharing the road with a killer? still no sign of who opened fire on 49-year-old dinya farmer. she was on the 51 and said that a white utility truck was chasing her. it ended on the 51 at thomas road. policesay for a chase to last as far as it did, it's probably not random. >> brings the affect random violence or traffic altercation scenario less likely and make its more likely there was another pre-incident contact that we don't know about yet. >> farmer's daughter has setin -- set up a gofundme account saying her mother was taken in a horrific and senseless crime. why everyone is not happy

skill mosquito for zika. >> and the last thing you want to see when you return to your parked car. who police think is behind the vandalism. >> the cardinals and patriots on sunday, and who do you think

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ion of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/phoenix appointments available now. c1 tracking the ongoing zika alert, this is the first of four scheduled spraying of a pesticide called nalad that was approved to help stop the threat of zika. but some are concerned about the health and environmental effects. fewer teens are getting pregnant in arizona and birth control is said to be the

dropped 36% between 2007 and 2013 because more young people are using contraceptives. in arizona, the rete dropped 49% and has the 12th highest rate of teen pregnancies in the nation. teen lifeline is busy visiting schools raising awareness and working with teens through peer counselors. here is how you can help to get involved. there is a free community rally tonight from 7:00 to the tempe marketplace district stage with live music and giveaways, and they will be on hand to share information that could save a life. you could be grateful this isn't your car. we'll show you where it happened coming up.

jewelry heist involving drake. police are telling us a whole lot more about his arrest on campus saying that a ruse was used to get past the front desk at the residence hall and got into a room after he talked past security at the drake concert, got on board a bus and made off with the jewelry. asu police say that he admitted he was on drugs at the time. anger issues, this is what

went on a rampage in san diego. officers responded to a report of a man with a dog smashing parked cars. he hit 1 so hard that the steering wheel airbag went off. police don't know where the guy is or why he flew off the handle. it's one of the most exclusive addresss in town, paradise valley. but when it comes to paying for firefighters, some residents report opening wallets. paradise valley doesn't have a town property tax so to pay for fire stations, fire truck, and firefighters, residents pay a fire fee. but town records reveal dozen of people haven't paid in months, thousands of dollars. why are we not going and knocking on their door? the town won't tell us who is not paying. a woman who lives there and has for 50 years said she has a right to know. >> i think it should be public

if you ask, they should give it to you. i think it's unfair if other people are paying and some report paying their fair share. >> most people paid, 99% of the fees paid. but the town attorney will re- visit the issue on whether or not to release the addresses. and also in paradise valley, the town has too much money, enough to pay their bills for the next year and then some. one councilmember wants to give the residents a one-year break from the fee i just told you about, and another idea is to pay off debt. a proposition will give thousands of dollars to school across arizona. but arizona still ranks very low in student funding. the new data shows in 2014, arizona ranked 48th out of the 50 states in terms of money per

so average funding is $12800 across the u.s. but in arizona it's just $8800, and the influx of money over the next 10 years should boost arizona in those ranks. we know you love your pets, and you can help dogs in need by donating to the arizona national welfare league. they have run out of wet road that they use to help skinny dogs to put on weight. you can donate at the address on your screen. cotton candy girl now. , well, from this video you can see why this 3-year-old seattle mariners' fan has become the internet sensation. how cute is she? >> i know. beatrix captured the amazing moment. she was going berserk, covered in cotton candy with the cameras coming back again and again.

folks don't know is it didn't come from sugarment she said she just likes to make funny faces. >> because i was being scary. >> and in fairness, it was also her first time trying cotton candy. how cute somewhat? >> katie makes that same face when she has cotton candy. >> i do not but i love it. >> and how about the weekend? it won't be that bad. temperatures will not be above average. we are right on track. looking at the clear skies, camelback mountain, might be a little warm to go hiking at this point with the temperatures heating up to the 90s. we are at 91 in chandler and 93

these temperatures are warming up quicker than yesterday. and remember yesterday? we ended up with a high of 96 degrees and we did have cloud cover throughout the day and more moist ure that kept the temperatures down. the dew points will continue to drop in the afternoon and right now, still humid to muggy. once we get into the afternoon we'll drop the dew points into the mid-50s and we'll feel drier out ther bit of a heat index so it feels warmer with the moisture in the air. sky harbor, 93 and the heat index at 95 and the heat indices are higher in several valley cities right now than the actual air temperature. we're losing the moisture through the day today. this afternoon, it will feel drier and tomorrow, also looking at a drier day and notice how the monsoon moisture will work back up going into sunday and monday when the

but in the meantime, we're looking at the at sunny to mostly sunny skies across much of the state except for southeast arizona with a chance of a stray shower or storm. but the rest of us from phoenix to flagstaff to the grand canyon and the western half of the state, sunny to mostly sunny sky this is afternoon. and tomorrow, there is a slight chance of a few showers along the mogollon rim and show low and eastern arizona. the valley, still looking dry for saturday with mostly un skies but another hot one in case vu plans outside, back in the triple digits tomorrow. sunday, the storm chances will go back up especially across the higher terrain, and the valley, a chance for storms. it's low but there is a possibility we could see a few storms by sunday evening, and storm chasers are dropping on monday, but if we have rain, it looks more promising, and tuesday, a slight chance for storms and tuesday, drier air

as we get drier air today and tomorrow, temperatures back in the 100s, and you will notice the highs are in the low 100s in tempe, glendale, and gilbert. 102 is average and that's why phoenix will end up and only in a triple digits for a few hour this is afternoon. 98 in casa grande and 105 in lake havasu. we'll talk about the morning lows as you make the early morning weekend plans and, of course, if you have football this weekend, i have that part of the forecast, too. >> sounds good. thank you. 52 women from across the country in atlantic city vying for the miss america crown and that includes our own miss arizona who was volunteeringate asu police department transforming the special victims unit. the arizona native and asu grad

and said that competing for miss america is a dream come true. >> i want to show people that in arizona, people truly have the let's of a thoroughbred and truly want to make a difference. >> so you can catch the competition on abc15 sunday night at 8:00. tonight, it's time to understand -- stand up to cancer from 7:00 to 8:00 on abc15. actor brad -- bradley cooper is executive producer and will be answering the phones. and we have something for everyone starting with the shrine circus this weekend starting at 6:30 but there are shows all weekend long and kids under 12 get in free. and the mesa arts center

free kick-off event. enjoy live performances such as street artists and, of course, food. and get outside and enjoy our warm weather at sunrise park resort, the last weekend for summer fun before they begin getting ready for the winter. and get the warm and fuzzy feeling with teddy bear games tomorrow, a fun-filled day of make and take arts and crafts and exclusive deals. teddy bears will be sold to benefit the fire department trauma teddy program. and take a flight to the grand canyon for their weekend of fun with the festival of flight. listen up. if you have a big shopping list to tackle this weekend, we'll tell you about a website offering new deals every day. that's in the smart shopper segment.

we all look for different ways to save and daily deal sites tend to get us pretty excited. >> our smart shopper team has a site that has different deals every day. danielle lerner explains. >> reporter: the site is called that daily deal. i have to say excited when we found it. the first deal, these two head lamps for free. this car cam buddy was on the site for $19.49 including shipping. not bad. the next best price was at amazon so you will save $5 using the daily deal. i found that we found decent deal bus not screaming deals. my advice? check these sites for deals and

are not spending unnecessary cash. research is key. share your favorite sites to save on our facebook page and we'll share your deals with others. coming up, world leaders are reacting to north korea's launch of a nuclear missile. the possible fallout next. >> told me that my son is not allowed to attend school now. a restraining order is served to a third grader.

a tense situation developing across the globe. president obama condemning north korea's nuclear test. >> the explosion registered as a 5.3 magnitude quake. marcy gonzalez reports on the implications and reacts from world leaders. >> reporter: north korea launching what is believed to be the biggest nuclear test yet. they took to tv announcing the powerful explosion that caused a magnitude 5 tremor, this, assed north continues to test ballistic missiles saying their goal is to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and placing it on a missile capable of reaching the u.s. tests like this raise serious concerns. >> north korea's programs will continue to grow. the range of their missiles will continue to extend unless

international community take steps to negotiate a freeze with north korea. >> reporter: president obama briefed on the test which was about 10 times more powerful than north korea's first test in 2006. the president call figure a grave threat to international peace and security and other leaders are joining in strongly condemning the nuclear effort. >> obviously, japan and south korea, particularly, are deeply concerned because of the neighborhood but i fair to say that china, russia, the united states, everybody should be. >> reporter: and the test will likely lead to a push for stronger sanctions though north korea is already one of the most heavily campingsed countries in the world. marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. new video from france. the last 17 people are rescued from a cable car after they

inside at the time. more than 3 dozen people were rescued before nightfall but the rest had to stay suspended all night long. a new report showing the population growth of will a teeny ons in the united states has slowed considerably over the last seven years. it's due to lower immigration and declining birth rates. hispanics were once the fastest growing population in the country and now they are behind asian-americans. a ca in shock after a sheriffs deputy was shot and a suspect killed. deputys in merced county rushed to a home during a domestic dispute. a man reportedly walked out of a home with an assault weapon and fired at the deputies who returned fire. the deputy is in critical . >> the teacher shut off the lights, and we pressed against the wall.

it was a mess. chaos in texas after shots fired at a high school. we learned that one student is expected to survive. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday on abc15 news at 11:00, a 14-year-old girl pulling the trigger and then turning the gun on herself. the school is closed today. outrage in kansas city, the aclu filing a lawsuit on behalf in school. the student claims that the second grader's constitutional rights were violented. court documents show that two years ago, the student was bullied by another student leading him to cry and scream. the officer is said to have followed protocol using cuffs to subdue the boy. an 8-year-old boy not allowed to go to school after a deputy removed him from class and issued a restraining order.

whitehead threatened his kid. so apparently, the third grader cannot go 1000 feet of the children who live in his own neighborhood. >> explained that if he did ever have any of contact with them as he is riding his bicycle or anything like that that they would have to come and take -- put handcuffs on him and put him in juvenile. >> your 8-year-old son? >> my 8-year-old son they arrest. >> the father who filed the restraining order said he never thought it would be approved. a video you can't believe, a crossing guard putting herself between an over zealous driver and children. the driver is a retired police officer. the video shows her ignoring the guard's command to turn right and the guard running backward to avoid being hit. >> and then the car backed up,

her along with the car. >> she was arrested and told deputies she had a brain injury and could only turn left and said, quote, wow. crossing guards have a lot of power here in florida. birds falling from the sky in boston with an investigation into what is killing dozens of birds. some were dead and others were saved. health officials are urging residents to keep an eye on their pets until they can figure out what is caution the birds to die. a love trianglele in west phoenix. policesay that warren baker showed up uninvited to his ex's house last month, and she tolds that you she broke up with baker last spring after finding out he was married. she saw baker on her doorstep

instead, he aimed his gun and pulled the tryinger. >> i heard the moiz and my ears was ringing and i felt like i was using the bathroom on myself because it was warm and then i go like this and i feel that i was shot. >> she was shot in the leg and forced to ride with baker until he dropped her off at the hospital. >> if he says great things about me i'm going to say great things about hi new questions about trump's relationship with the russian leader. >> and thousands of wells fargo employees given their walking papers, our exclusive one on one interview with a former manage. but first, wild news of the week. we want to show you a bear in california inside this sheriff as office. he was looking for food, and a deputy calmly asked the bear not to knock down the trash

the search for a man missing in mesa is a silver alert. 67-year-old eugene butler was seen late last night and we are told that he suffers from american loss in a silver toyota tacoma ablp 8562 is the license plate. both hillary clinton and donald trump barbs with the attacks ramping up as the race tightens in battle ground states. here is karen travers with the latest. >> reporter: another bizarre twist, donald trump and his relationship with russia. first, his comments about piewt oin nbc. >> if he says great things about me, i'm going to say great things about him. he has been a leader far more than our president has been a leader. >> reporter: hillary clinton

of preferring the russian president compared to our president. it's scary. it's dangerous. >> reporter: trump followed up with a stunning appearance on a kremlin-backed television network, and brushed off the suggestion that russia is trying to influence the u.s. election. >> i think it's probably unlikely. i think that maybe the democrats are putting that out. >> reporter: the republican nominees cozying up to russia is causing headaches for party leaders with house speaker paul ryan saying flat out that piewt -- putin is an aggressor. >> if appear that is he is conducting a state sponsored cyberattack. >> reporter: tim kaine blasted trump on cbs.

5th grade exam if you don't understand the difference between dictatorship and leadership. >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. and officials are dismissing the idea that hackers could manipulate election results after threats to voter registration systems here. to calm people's nerves during a summit. >> i know that the fbi is equipping our state's local partners with information to be sure that the lock is thrown and the dead bolt is thrown on systems. >> homeland security secretary jae johnson said it would be difficult for cyberhackers to change the count even if they had access to the system. wells fargo fined millions

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watching wall street for you right now, the dow down 311 points at 18169. shocking news from a major

employees for millions of phony accounts. only on abc15, a former manager from here in the valley is telling all saying that sales goals were absurdly high like opening 160 new checking accounts -- get this -- in just 1 day. he said they were coached to open new accounts for customers without closing out the old ones so penalty fees would stack up. hourly phone calls from middle management put the pressure on. he said if you you got fire. >> the meetings and training, we were told, identify a need for more than one checking account. i felt i was a product of my environment. i had to do it. >> he said there was never a paper trail but the problem goes all the way up to the top. he believes knowing too much about how upper management made the scheme work is why he was fired after nearly 15 years with the company. a travel warning this morning if you have a galaxy note 7 phone.

the note 7 has been recalled for their batteries exploding. several people claim that the phone has started fires and passengers are strangly advised not to turn on their chargers while in the air and not stowed in checked baggage. amazon has a new voice assistant. the retailer has added alexa to the fire tablet and are caughting the price in half. they are hoping it will be a popular holiday item even though overall sales are slumping. the new fire tablet will go down to $90, down from $150. the battery life has increased from 8 to 12 hour and storage has doubled. and love chipotle? this might be your dream come true, a burrito dropping to you from the sky. google is announcing plans to test out drone delivery

by a nearby food truck and sent through the skies for delivery. students at virginia tech will get the first try. okay. so this was bound to happen. the next time you walk into lowe, you could be asking a robot where to find the items you are looking for. the home improvement giant debuting a lobot. so far, they are only in san like it or not, the holidays are coming up fast. you may want to book now. a site that compares prices find that you will spend 17% less booking your airfare right now for thanksgiving. that's if you are flying into a smaller airport. if you are traveling to a top 20 market, consider booking your airfare by october 3 for

for the best pizza in the state, head over to federal pizza on central. a list of the best pizza places in america were post together based on user data. and federal pizza offers beer and wine to go and offers a drive through. the buffalo chip saloon is staging a comeback. the owner said that the green bay hang out should be read to go in october. it's known as lambeau field of the west. and this was covered on thanksgiving last year after it was damaged by fire. the new structure will be bigger than the former space. >> wow. >> so i have to ask, the weather this weekend, can i hike outside in am i going to have to stay indoors? >> if you get out early, it will be a good weekend with the next few mornings looking

the tropical system moving through but no rain today as we begin the process of getting drier air in here. still feeling a little humid out there but it will feel more comfortable here once we get into the afternoon and drier as we kickoff the weekend, too. and it's dry in the valley as we scan the skies of the abc15 desert doppler. but it's quiet across the state. this afternoon, only a few high clouds drifting into the phoenix metro. plan on dry co storm chances for the valley. 93 now and again, we are under a uv alert. the burn time, 15 minutes, so if you are heading out to lunch soon, sunblock would be a great idea or something to protect your skin as the burn time is very short with the high uv index. this afternoon, we'll warm into the upper 90s by 2:00 and we'll make it back into the 100s today but today's high is right at average.

today. we should see those temperatures in the upper 90s at 7:00 this evening. no storm chances for the valley today. even the high country will stay quiet. southeast arizona is where we could see a stray shower or a thunderstorm this afternoon. tomorrow, a chance of a thundershower or a form in the mogollon rim. going into sunday, we'll see more of the humidity and storm chances will gradually go up. sunday, a 10% chance late in the day. monday, a chance for a few storms in the valley and tuesday the storm chances sticking around before drier air comes back in and clears out the storm chances by the middle of next week. temperatures in the mid-70sin flagstaff. sedona, 82. and upper 70s in showy on and kingman, upper 80s.

mid-90s for highs in kingman and triple digits in spots like lake havasu and bullhead city but if you're driving to vegas for the weekend, it should be a nice sunny drive. the high country, looking good up i-17. upper 80s in payson. and overnight lows, comfortable, and northern arizona to dwrairs like prescott. but phoenix, dropping to 80 degrees overnight valley cities will end up cooling into the upper 70s by tomorrow. that includes mesa. that low at 79 after a high of 99 today and upper 70s in gilbert tonight after hitting 100 degrees this afternoon and 101 in tempe. if you look at the west valley with me, the highs are close to the 30-year vench of 102. tonight, upper 70s in spots like glendale. so the weekend is looking

little hot but low 100s through the weekend. if you have plans for football this weekend, asu against texas tech, upper 90s. so hydrate, and for the cardinal's game, driving to the game, a slight chance storms in the evening. the 7 day in a few minutes. thank you, iris. today's right this minute video from right near arizona. >> this is a good one. an unexpected surprise just as a question. >> wow. tyler crow leaps into the clear blue water and after jumping he fakes an injury and makes his way towards his girlfriend. he drops down to one knee and proposes. but only one problem. the ring is gone. >> uh-oh. he checked his pockets again and again and looked in the

after 20 minutes of searching, the ring is miraculously found in the water. thankfully, she said yes. i don't know. was that bad luck? >> no. >> no? okay. you can see all of today's top videos every weekday on right this minute on abc15 at 2:00. do you know a breast cancer survivor or someone battling the disease? are they using their experience to give back to abc15 and simon med imaging want you to share the story and

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the patriots, 15% think the cardinals. the rest disagree. and we want to recap the top stories for you. four people are expected to pull through after a small plane crash in wickenburg that happened this morning after the says that took off. the plane hit a dumpster before crashing. the cause is still under investigation. this morning we learned that the 2-year-old girl who was pulled from a swimming pool died. the incident happened on monday near 87th and she was identified as jania white. and the case involving the race for congressional district 5, the judge deciding that 18 more votes will be added. after the ballots are added, it will likely add to a recount. and it will be 4:00 before you know it. happy friday, fay. >> i was going to say, 4:00 on a friday.

emotional day in court in the green acres case, the case where the 23 dogs died. we are there with the latest details and really interesting. her degree helped to catch a bad guy. a criminal justice student helped the man who flashed her get behind bars and we are learning more about the man accused of stealing from drake's tour bus. interesting story coming your way at 4:00. this fay. $3million worth of stuff gone. looking forward to that. a lot of folks may be catching baseball or football. if you are heading out the diamondbacks, root on the diamondbacks against the giants. the temperatures today, tomorrow, and sunday, upper 90s to low 100s.

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