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all of the sudden my grand daughter say that is all these people just start coming in >> reporter: now he's being charged with aggravated assault and also possessing a firearm while on probation. they're no longer looking for that black sedan they were looking for yesterday, and here's why. they don't think it was involved in the shooting. coming up at 6:00 we'll tell you where police think the shots actually came we'll have that again at 6:00. live in phoenix, maryellen resendez, abc 15 news >. thank you. new information just coming into the live desk as we get our first look at the man accused of shooting out a car's windshield on a valley freeway. rodriguez is facing 10 charges tonight. police say two people in the car drove past him on the interchange as he stood in the median with a woman holding a gun.
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is blown out. the 22-year-old was found walking in the median still. and the valley is pulling together to help the family of a woman shot and killed on state route 51. new tonight a go fund me pain set up in honor of farmer has surpassed its goal raising more than $10,000. you'll remember we told you farmer was on the phone with 911 as three guys in a truck five days later still no arrests. and tracking two man hunts unfolding in the valley tonight. the first near 11th street and glendale avenue. two men robbed two men in a store overnight. investigators say this may be drug related. moan while, dps is -- meanwhile, dps is trying to track down a suspect in a hit and run. the victim was stopped on the
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hit. troopers are looking for a white chevrolet pick up with a custom tailgate and front end damage, and believe the driver got off near bethany home. what would you do if your kids school was canceled without warning? well that was the case for 1500 students told to stay home from school today, and that's just the beginning of the mess in glendale. megan thompson is live, and first of all, what's the issue with the two >> reporter: cracks in the foundations in both buildings at the land mark and challenger campuses, so parents received an e-mail or phone call that they were temporarily closed, and now they're coming to meetings at the civic center to find out where my kids are going to go. >> it's not easy to find a babysitter mid-week. >> reporter: it's been a frantic schedule for the peterson's with two kids
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the working parents understand the school's need to shut down, but still struggling to figure out the logistics of how the swap works. >> five weeks of repair, so that's a big chunk of the school year that we're having to figure out what we're going to do with the kids. >> reporter: but the glendale high school district believes they have a plan, the students will attend hosts schools in the district where they'll be on morning or sessions, shortening the schedule. >> sadly we are going to have to eliminate some classes like physical education, art, huge, that type of thing because we need to compress the schedule. >> reporter: they'll offer before and after school programs, and it will cost roughly 2.4 million dollars. >> >. the state school facility's board is a state board out of the governor's
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it's our tax dollars. >> reporter: and those tax dollars will be put to work as early as this week, and if you're a parent out there there's a community meeting going on right now inside the civic center, and also another one at 7:00 p.m. >> i'm sure they have a lot to say. thank you >. just listen to that video of the rain pouring down near tucson. visibility near ceo roe there, and a -- zero there, and a river of water rushing down the road. more to track since then in southeast arizona, tucson seeing another shower develop and move in from the east just over the last hour or so. the heaviest rain in the east, and even the blowing dust advisory expired, but there's a
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down there southeast of florence for the storm passing near oracle in the next 30 minutes. could see a lot of high winds gusting with this storm, cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain leading to localized flooding, and even more hail out of this one. so that's the heaviest pocket that we're watching. although we have had a few more showers over the last hour near maricopa and out near florence as well. we'll continue to watch this closely, here in the phoenix metro, there's a slight of seeing some of the action through this evening at 10 percent with temperatures in the 930s cooling to 91 -- 90s. cooling to 91 overnight. same story tomorrow as well, 78 for the low, 97 for the high, but look at this, the next low pressure system is coming in, and cranking winds up across the state. we'll talk about the spots under a wind advisory tomorrow coming up. developing now from the live desk, the ncaa just announcing it's moving 7 games
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recent state law that some says leads to discrimination against lgbt groups. they're all championship and tournament games, including soccer matches this december, and mens basketball next march. no word just yet where they're being move. closing arguments underway in case of a scottsdale yoga teacher accused of exposing herself to boys at a party. she faces a few months behind bars if convicted, and a glendale woman seen here sentenced to 10 years in prison for telling thousands of dollars from a cancer support organization. raquel cervantes shows us how nearly a year later the charity group is still trying to regain the communities trust after what they call on employee's betrayal. >> reporter: staff say they're working hard to restore a tarnished reputation after a former employee embezzled money from their accounts, all
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services to benefit cancer patients and their family, and the group says they're victims too. the woman stole $200,000, and now they're feeling the backlashing and trying to regain the public's trust. she was convicted for using company credit cards, making $150,000 in unauthorized purchases to buy clothes, electronic, and even tenths. and she stole $4,000 from payroll to add to her pay check. what the charity is doing to make sure it doesn't happen again is coming up at 6:00, and what a coworker is saying about the betrayal. they're creepy and crawlly and popping up at a valley store. where one man found bed dugs and what management is doing.
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disappeared, but tonight he's back with his owners. >> reporter: i'm craig fouhy live at the big red brew house,
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new at 5:00, a story we gentleman can't makeup. -- just can't make up. an inflatable 24-foot cow is back with its owner. you probably saw the 350-pound advertisement at asu football game, where someone stole the deflated version last weekend, and then he turned up finally this morning, a week and a half later in phoenix after a
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behind him. the person who had him claims he bought him at a garage sale this weekend it all came down to the final 40 seconds, and this time bad snaps, a field goal that sailed wide left, costing the cardinals their season opener. it was tough. >> it was tough to batch, and it was -- watch, and it was just the second home opening loss at university of phoenix stadium, but yeah it stings for sure. craig fouhy is in glendale tonight with reaction to night's loss. >> reporter: yeah, this one certainly did sting, after all the patriots were missing four or five starters, no tom brady, and i think most of us thought it would be a win, but no one counted on garrapolo leading them so well, and the cardinals with only 7 first half points. when i went in the locker room after the game last night, every player was readied to
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the flame, and it was -- blame, and it was tough not to hang their hands. >> there's a bunch of different things i can improve on to make myself better. >> it's not about what they do, it's about what we do, so we have to do a better job executing next week and the weeks to come. obviously it's not a way to start the season. >> reporter: all right, so are you excited about the arizona cardinals? we're talking about the red birds live on every monday and friday night at 7:00. you'll see one on one interviews, plus surprises everyone is talking about, we'll share it live on facebook every monday and friday night. in fact coming up tonight here we're at the big red blue house, downstairs, university of fiorina stadium, and -- phoenix stadium, and joining us tonight is patrick peterson, the starting corner back, so
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have drinks and food, and a lot of seating, so come out and join us. >> we want to come! sounds fun! >> reporter: you should, there's still time to get there. >> yes, it will be interesting to hear from patrick. thank you craig. new video just in as punches fly at a donald is that ice-t? nope, it's lemonade. is that ice-t? lemonade. ice-t? what's with these people, man? lemonade, read the sign. lemonade. read it. ok. delicious. ice-t at a lemonade stand? surprising. what's not surprising?
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right now from the live desk, we've got an urgent plea for your help to help find 69- year-old buckeye man last seen getting into a cab at the phoenix va hospital on friday, so please take a good look at george. his family is very worried as you can imagine.
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has his medication with him. don't let the bed bugs bite shouldn't be serious advice at the grocery store, but it is if you shop at one valley wal- mart, a viewer sharing this video that's making our skin crawl. he say he was bitten repeatedly at the wal-mart at 35th avenue, and bethany home, and jason and live. >> shopping in the wal-mart riding a motorized scooter, and we're going to show you video, and pay special attention to the seat. there are creases like this. right up in the corner of the seat you'll notice they're crawling. >> just riding down wal-mart for a little bit, but my back side started itching. >> reporter: this was the scooter, this was the seat, and
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with bed bugs. >> reporter: our pest expert watched the video and yep. >> it was definitely bed bugs. >> reporter: someone with the bugs at home probably brought them to wal-mart, and anyone sitting on the scooter since the infestation could have accidentally taken them home. >> they go home and sit on the couch, the bed bug will feed on them, and lay eggs. >> reporter: in a statement wal- mart says they've taken all scoote instead they were 7 moved out from behind the store this afternoon, some missing the seat covers. wal-mart is bringing in an expert to do testing. >> all the clothing that you're wearing, put it in the drier on high heat for about an hour or so. >> reporter: that's basically what this guy did. >> i just stripped down, all my clothes off. >> reporter: so obviously wal- mart has groceries, food, they
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health department have to say about this? we'll tell you that coming up at 6:00. >> we'll be looking for that report, thank you. just into the live desk, just a tragic update from lake powell and the search for a missing toddler. in the past 60 minutes, crews confirming they found the body of the missings 18 month old -- missing 18 month old who disappeared saturday night. the family lost track of him on their houseboat for a few mi jacket. it's the same area where the 33- year-old mom lost her life last month jumping into the water to rescue her young son. other stories making headlines across arizona. he's accused offed taking her life, and now a convicted killer will spend the rest of hers behind bars. vargas convinced a tucson sunday schoolteacher to let him
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her with a cord. police finally arrested the man just last year after fingerprints found on a tipped over space heater at the crime scene matched him. the woman's family is hoping vargas will lead them to the body. a scare after an armed and suicidal man puts asu on alert. it turned out the man had a bb gun and was upset over a break up. he's in flagstaff police custody tonight. >. develops at my house. >> yeah, that's about right. less than 30 seconds of what was that, and then it was over. >> yeah. >> there's still a chance of more, and we're watching down to the south, looking live from the phoenix children's hospital cam. you can see the storm clouds bubbling up, the queen creek came with a good view of the storms south and southeast of the valley right now. you can see it on abc 15 debtor doppler. the showers -- desert doppler.
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east, leaving the maricopa area, headed out over open land, and will cross i-10, so we'll have two cells move across i-10 in the next 30 minutes kicking up the brief heavy rain, so watch out for reduced visibility. the last radar scan is coming in seconds ago, and this one is getting strong, and you may even see small hail in the deep reds crossing i-10 in the next 10 to 15 minutes. farther down to the south and southeast, tracking showers through casa grande heading to the east, and that severe thunderstorm morning still in effect for this storm now crossing near oracle right along the highway there, heavy rain that could lead to localized flooding, very high winds that could cause damage. we're talking gusts over 60 miles per hour. we'll have to watch out for localized flooding, and this is really booking it to the east, the only positive is it's a fast-moving storm, not sitting over the area at this intensity for too much longer.
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tucson, drenching rain that could lead to localized flooding in the area too. so a lot to track across the statement for the valley tonight a 10 percent chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms here. the majority of the, continues to -- of the action continues to happen across southeast arizonament 78:00 p.m., 96 degrees, and 91 at 9:00 here in fiorina. rights now at 89 -- phoenix. right now at 98 with breezes at 12 miles per hour. temperatures across the valley, a lot of spots hitting the low 100s. glendale and surprise and peoria all at 100, filths at 97, mesa -- fountain hills at 97, mesa 98, and sedona at 81, and flagstaff at 69. winds also picking up, especially in the higher terrain. these wind speeds 15 to 25 miles per hour up along the i- 40 corridor. gusts even higher topping 30 near kingman and winslow, and
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tomorrow, so take a look at futurecast. you can see into the afternoon hours above 25 miles per hour along the i-40 corridor, that's sustained winds. here in the valley, our gusts near 25. so breezes for us. windy conditions with wind advisories in effect up north, and a red flag warning warning too for that far northwest chunk of the state, so high winds and dry air leading to the potential or wildfire danger. so we'll watch that closely here for you. lows tonight dn across the deserts. up in the high country upper 40s to low 50s in flagstaff and show low. tomorrow show low hitting 70. globe 88, prescott at 73, and here in the valley temperatures for us topping out in the mid- 90s, several degrees below the average of 101, andlies in the 70s -- and lows in the 70s valley-wide. lighter winds, dry air, and
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triple digits back again until sunday. all right, get the dancing shoes ready. it's time to go back to the ball room. dancing with the stars is kicking off season 21, and tonight no one gets eliminated. it all starts at 7:00 followed by $100,000 pyramid, and more news at 10:00. >. good evening, coming up on world news, hiar clinton's health scare, and what clinton just revealed. donald trump and the debate, he's saying there should be no moderators. the stunning and deadly fire, nine people trapped in a home,
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just into the live desk, a fight in the stands at donald trump's rally in north carolina, and one person even seen throwing punches gets to stay. one reporter purges a protest -- punches a protester, and then a security guard lets him out. then the supporter hits another guy walking down the steps. more on word news coming up. battle over congressional district 5, 13 days after the primary. christine jones calling for the state attorney general to launch an investigation, saying there's anomalies counting the last ballots. a full recount is already in the works, and could start as early as tomorrow. all new straight ahead at 6:00, a nightmare ride for a
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kidnapped, shot at, and then strangely a cigarette saved his life. plus a lot of talk about bullies in the valley, but the cost to stop all the fights may put parents' financial obligations in jeopardy. and a once pregnant inmate can file a lawsuit against the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff. what do you do when your rental home needs tlc but you can't get the landlord it? that's coming up. and tracking severe weather acrossing i-10.
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appointments available now. 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.
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tonight, hillary clinton's health scare, and a short time ago, her new message. clinton's legs appearing to buckle beneath her as she left the 9/11 memorial early. and then, more than an hour later, this. why didn't she reveal the pneumonia earlier? donald trump today saying, get well soon. but tonight, deman apology from clinton for something else. also, the pictures tonight. a mosque set on fire, and this evening, new surveillance. what it reveals. and the other stunning fire. the home with nine people trapped inside, six of them children. the breaking headline. the southwest flight and the piece of the engine that broke off mid-flight. the first findings in the investigation now in. and for the first time, jonbenet ramsey's brother breaking his silence, saying, i know people think i did it, that my parents did it.

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