he has 15 campaign offices here in arizona, they say he's getting serious about the race and wants to look presidential. maricopa county sheriff joe arpaio proud to be in allegiance with donald trump last december. >> we have something in common, the birth certificate investigation, which is still going on. >> reporter: today the sheriff has one last ally as he investigations a possible forgery saying he conclude that the president's birth certificate is authentic even today, but other key arizona republicans are pleased to see the reversal. >> i think it's one issue i believe would be a red herring because whether the president was born here or not does not matter at this point. what matters are the pressing issues in front of us, creating jobs and making sure that the americans citizens are very save. >> reporter: arizona lawmakers

the then secretary of state ken bennett found himself in a controversy on allowing president obama a spot on the ballot. >> i was convinced if people believed it was a fake there was no way they'd quit believing that whether i or anyone else got another copy of it >> reporter: ken bennett showed us something today that he called the most important birther document no one has ever you live at 6:00. >> and as you imagine, feedback and response to this pouring in by the hour. we're getting the president's response ready for you in a moment. and tracking a make development from the live desk on one gop primary race that was too close to call until an hour ago. andy biggs declared the winner of congressional district 5,

jones did fall a lawsuit last night trying to add more ballots from voters who went to the wrong precinct, and since 4:00biggs released this statement writing quote i'm extremely humble that the recount showed once again i'm the nominee. i'm proud they chose me to be the conservative representative in congress, and i congratulate by opponents as well. by the way, ballots start printing monday. crews mopping up a fire at i townhouse in -- a townhouse in glendale. you can see plenty of damage to the home. firefighters working down below. we're still working to learn what started the fire. we're also making calls to learn more about an accident involving a phoenix fire department ambulance. air 15 flying over this one as well at 13th street and baseline. no word on whether anyone was hurt. they were looking for fun, but ended up needing to be rescued.

in the valley, but three women found themselves in a dangerous spot and needed help. chris grow is at the base of camelback mountain, and these three hikers were from out of town right? >> reporter: yeah, that's what phoenix fire is telling us. they're staying at a nearby resort and took a shuttle around 9:00 a.m. this morning to camelback mountain, so they were out on the trail for hours and found in pretty harsh conditions. trail is what phoenix fire is telling us. that would be a scary situation if you're a novice, have out of town, or even experienced as well, so rescue crews were able to get to the women, but they couldn't lead them back down, so they developed a plan and air lifted them off the mountain like we saw earlier today. this the another reminder to know the hike before you go out there. often resorts have information at the desk, but you have to

about the trail. we caught asu students from out of town climbing camelback for the first time, and they didn't even make it the whole way. >> we never did it before, and it's a lot tougher than we thought it was going to be, so you have to do your own research too because you put your life on the line >> reporter: now one of the park rangers i talked to and some of the hikers told them and us you need about four liters of water if to head up on camelback on show low or echo trail. that's four liters per person. back to you. >> wow, that's incredible. good to know. thank you so much. >. from the abc 15 live desk, drunk and going the wrong way, the most dangerous combination that this man created, putting lives at risk on the loop 202, but tonight martinez is sitting still behind bars. 16 drivers calling 911 just before rush hour, frantic as

them in mesa. dps says he drove the wrong way for at least 12 minutes, but troopers hit the ground fast with a police helicopter above, and got the car stopped, but we're told the driver and passenger actually switched seats. that other guy is not being charged that wasn't the only wrong way danger on the road this morning. some late for work because of this fiery crash closing us 60 for five hours. the raging flames on the left, the thick black smoke, aar may have cut off a dump truck causing the driver to cross through the median. a total of 7 cars involved. some struck by all the charred debris. you can see it from air 15. tonight adot says not to expect more closures for the weekend, this weekend for repairs, but there's a big chunk missing out of the media. i just drove by there. the repairs will be happening soon though. back in phoenix now, we

and killed byplays that shut down a portion of the i-17 near downtown yesterday morning as a home invasion around 67th avenue and thomas. police say robert carillo took off in a car, eventually slammed into a tree before pointing a gun at officers. a cop fired his weapon killing the suspect. and we're learning more about a man shot by police after he threatened them with a knife. the man was looking to commit suid but he survived the shooting. the 23-year-old was taken to the hospital and then taken to jail. he told cops he wanted to take his own life because he lost his job and couldn't get into college. we're wrapping up a gorgeous week here in the valley. sunny and dry, and the high 97 is a few degrees below the normal of 100, and it's sunny and dry across the entire state, not just here.

dropping the humidity levels down to the teens or single digits across most of the state at this hour. for phoenix, 8 percent other relative humidity, it's -- percent relative humidity, it's incredibly dry. but down to the south we're tracking the clouds down here off the coast of mexico. we have about an 80 percent chance of this turning into a tropical storm over the weekend, and a chance that into next week we could tap into the moisture and pull it into the flow as we wrap up the monsoon so we are going to see storm chances return. we'll take a look at what they'll be for the early part of next week coming up in minutes. smuggling drugs in crazy places. we've seen it all. from the live desk, new pictures, this is an x-box filled with three pounds of meth worth about $10,000 on the streets. possibly the bigger surprise though, who border patrol officers arrested. a 16-year-old boy they say was trying to cross into the us with the gaming system and

the drug sniffing dogs. >> >. more complaints about trash at a local park. but find out why garbage is just one thing upsetting the neighbors. >> reporter: and recycle your bicycle going strong out here. we have a band joining us to

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if you have on old bike just taking up space if the garage, consider donatings it. >> -- donating it. >> yes, we're teaming up with earnhardt auto for the recycle your bicycle, and steve is there tonight. how's it going? give us the update. >> reporter: it's going strong, we've gotten a couple of bikes

help. we want to make it the biggest, best year ever for this terrific organization. they recycle donated bikes to give them to kids in foster care, there are 19,000 kids in foster care in our area right now, and a lot of them have never even had a bike or had a chance to ride one, so we want to make a difference here. we have a band here and a few donated bikes as well, and ace earnhardt is here with the earnhardt auto dealerships, one of it's a great deal for people because there's an earnhardt auto dealership near you no matter where you are in the valley. >> yes, we have 20 locations around the valley, so it's convenient to find somewhere to drop off the bike and we'll even help you get it out of the vehicle. >> reporter: 65 years in the business, it means a lot to give back to the community. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. we're a happy to be a part of it, we're just happy to be here to help. >> reporter: thanks for all your help.

you can donate a new or used bike to any earnhardt dealership, you can donate cash on our www.abc15.com website, and you can also just volunteer for for the organization and help fix up the bikes. back to you guys. >> such an amazing cause. hopefully people will be able to donate. thank you. so great. well, this is not your every day hazmat situation. what one woman dropped off at a local fire station and plus, not impressed, what

the tempe city council will be talking trash once again after neighborrings continue to

trash piling up at a park. >> some say they're being harassed by the homeless camping out there. sonu wasu is looking into it, and didn't the city just do a big clean up there recently? >> reporter: they did, but many feel it wasn't enough. take a look, the park is littered again, all the trash and the homeless back again a day later. >> the trash build up has just indecreesed and -- increased and increased, and have increased too. >> reporter: trails trashed. the homeless taking over. those running and cycling on the trails are sending pictures of signs they're seeing along the way. do not enter, don't ask questions. entryways to homeless camps. but that's not stopping councilman grandville. he has a lot of questions, not for the homeless, but for the city of tempe, especially after being told the problem was taken care of after the big clean up three months ago.

thought you thought we were going to lose interest, but that's not the kind of solution we're talking about. >> reporter: the city has been trying to address the problem humanely sending homeless outreach teams to the area trying to get them into a shelter, but many say it's a question of safety. one man says a homeless man assaulted him with a knife. even the councilman not immune to the attacks. >> i've been out a couple of times. the first time i wen i was being cat called and yelled at and why are you walking through my neighborhood, and it's like no, it's a park. you're actually squatting here against the law >> reporter: now we reached out to city officials to find out what's being done. they're asking people to be patient has they work on a long term solution. i've have more tonight at 6:00. >> thank you. pulling over on the side of

morning as a plane headed to phoenix blew a tire on take off. the american airlines flight had the mishap in portland, and declared the emergency on route to sky harbor. the plane was able to touchdown safely. and a fire station not taking chances after a woman drops off chemicals. the station put operations on hold for a bit while investigators tried to determine what the chemicals were. the woman's husband recreptly away and she was trying to get rid of the belongings. they posed no hazard to the environment. we told you about donald trump abonn donning the -- abandoning the birther controversy, but the president finds the comments unnecessary. >> i have no reaction and i'm shocked that a question like that would come up at a time when we have so many other

well, i'm not that shocked actually. it's typical. >> the president goes on to say he hopes the presidential election reflects more serious issues than this. meantime hillary clinton also on the campaign trail in the nation's capital today addressing her recent pneumonia diagnosis using humor to talk about it, and even taking a swipe at republicans raising questions about her health. >> as the world knows i was a little under the weather recently. the good news is my pneumonia interested in women's health. >> the first lady michelle obama made her debut for the clinton campaign today in virginia. tracking the forecast now, we're in for a beautiful friday night, whatever you have planned it's feeling great. it may be 95, but the humidity is just at 8 percent, so it's feeling awesome on this friday night, and that will continue over the next several hours as temperatures drop after sunset.

outside tonight you're good to go. hour by hour, 92 at 7:00 p.m. 89 at 9:00, 86 at 9:00, low 80s through 10:00 and 11:00, and current temperatures, mesa, ahwatukee, maricopa, glendale, and peoria all at 97 at this hour. goodyear's a little hotter at 98. scottsdale at 93, and it's 92 right now up in deer valley. 81 in sedona, 83 in page and winslow, and 72 currently in show low. flagstaff the after another freezing start this morning. winds at 10 miles per hour in flagstaff, 13 in show low, so we have light breezes along the rim, but look at futurecast tonight and tomorrow as we cycle through. winds across the state generally staying less than 10 miles per hour. no chances for rain. very little in terms of any cloud coverage across the state all the way through the weekend, so sunny and dry,

biking, hiking, running, you get the green light on them, just head out early because the afternoon highs are getting back to the triple digits. tomorrow 100 in phoenix, near average, but sunday is looking about five degrees hotter. hour by hour, 6:00 a.m. it's 72, 77 at 8:00, 87 at 10:00 with the mid-90s in play by lunchtime tomorrow afternoon. air quality looking moderate for ozone both saturday and sunday, and the pollen count moderate as well, but it will take a little so allergy sufferers beware, take the ms if you'll be outside this weekend enjoying the nicer temperatures. 99 tomorrow in tempe, 98 for the highs in mesa and gilbert, fountain hills and scottsdale also at 98 after early morning starts in the mid to upper 60s. tempe and paradise valley 70 overnight, and every other valley location in the 60s in the overnight forecast. then tomorrow 99 in surprise

and glendale topping out at 99. across the state tonight, some cold temperatures for the grand canyon, flagstaff, and window rock. back down near the freezing point in all of those locations. then tomorrow mid-80s in payson, sedona, and prescott, and triple digits from the valley out to the west. so 105 sunday afternoon as we continue to stay sunny and dry, but a pattern shift on monday as we deal with moisture flowing back in from southwest and even from the south there. some of that could be tropical moisture from the system i was showing you that might develop off the coast of mexico this weekend, so that's where that comes into play. slight chance of showers in the valley, better chance in the terrain. monday, tuesday, and wednesday a chance to get rain before the end of the monsoon on september 30th. temperatures also taking a dive. mid-90s for tuesday and wednesday, then back to the

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>> reporter: we want to put a bike in the hand of every kid in foster care in arizona, that's why we're out here at the corner of arizona avenue and warner at earnhardt chevrolet, and coming up at 6:00 we'll have a and a bird. we'll tell you what that's all about. tracking new developments from the live desk on a massive sink hole in florida. more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water from a fertilizer plant is actually now leaking into one of the main underground sourcesover drinking water. the -- sources of drinking water. the sink hole was discovered two weeks ago, but it's now 45 feet wide.

storage pond and they say nobody's at risk, but it could take months to reverse the water damage. take a look at this suspected drug dealer. he's accused of tossing bags of drugs over the fence of a doggy day care in denver. he was running from police after they say they saw him dealing drugs. police say then he threw the drugs over a fence before getting caught. we showed video of the dogs eating them. one almost died. the people inside did all they could to new at 6:00, it may -- bags. new at 6:00, it may be a bit crowded in the skies, the new reality we face because of drones. >. and are terrorist trying their hand at hacking? >> reporter: the man pulled up to get gas and lost his car.

bam my car was gone. adderall is a popular drug but expensive. if you bought it you could be getting some money back all right and, and we're tracking the friday night forecast, fantastic. 90s over the next coupling of hours, clear and mild. it's hotter for the weekend. saturday back into the triple digits, sunday even hotter at 105 degrees, so if you're tailgating sunday for the cardinals game make sure you drink a lot of wa whatever else you have, a lot of water [ laughter ] >> world news is coming up next. we'll see you at 6:00. a new page of controversy for sheriff paul babeu. sources tell us the fbi has subpoenaed records related to how babeu's office used seized criminal money also known as rico funds.

and they've also accused babeu of using the funds to fuel his campaign. it may already be illegal campaigning with government resources. or if they're just being used to make the sheriff look good, as he runs for congress.

tonight, the breaking news. the fallout. donald trump's about-face on whether president obama was born in the u.s. now, 53 days before the election, trump suddenly changes his mind. tonight, the angry reaction from members of congress. from hillary clinton. from first lady michelle obama, who late today took aim. the officer tonight, opening fire on a car full of teenagers as the car pulls away. there is breaking news coming in now. the air scare. the smoke on the plane. the passenger's battery. and it comes amid the massive smartphone recall already. the meat cleaver attack here in new york city. tonight, new images. and what we've now learned about the vicious attack. and the 3-year-old adopted, who left behind her best friend in the orphanage.