there until 8:00 p.m. when the blowing dust advisory is over. back to you amber. and as the rain starts to fall across the valley again. visibility is starting to improve in some cases, so right now the blowing dust advisory is in until 8:00, and may get canceled early as the showers work their way across the valley. we have a 20 percent chance of rain tonight. slight chance here across the phoenix metro extending into the overnight hours. what you have to watch out for is gusty winds, and maybe some dust, but the heavy rain and hail threats are low, s light to moderate showers for tonight and early tomorrow morning. it's all because of this low pressure system down to the southwest. it's pulling that moisture in, but it's not just that, we also have a tropical storm, a little farther down to the south, and we're tapping into the some of the moisture from the tropical storm by the end of the week. we'll look at the forecast day by day so you know exactly what to expect coming up. and when news breaks we come over to the live desk, and there's a traffic situation

the intersection closed in all directions, a man trying to turn left on bell was hit by a car going the other direction. the first driver was passed away. again, avoid that area if you can. bell and 35th avenue closed in all directions. >> and also developing tonight, state route 347 by riggs road is back open after several accidents were reported there. air 15 was flying over the scene a short time ago, and the accident shut down both sides of the highway, but we're told they reopened within the last half hour. get your red, blue popcorn ready. the stage is set for what could be the most anticipated event of the campaign season. >> we're about an hour away from the first presidential debate. hillary clinton and donald trump ready to face off on the stage, and we have got you covered on all anglings right now as we -- angles right now as we prepare for the fireworks. >> we have team coverage, and sonu wasu is getting us started. >> reporter: well, this debate is already making history. a lot of people expected to tune in to watch.

candidates. we're at one of many watch parties throughout the valley. dozens will gather here off 1st avenue and grant to watch this match up. a super bowl-sized audience is expected for this show down. the last time more tan 100 million -- than 100 million of you tuned in to watch anything was the series finale of m. a. s. h. those tuning in looking forward to the big show remember the one-liners? that's what people seem to remember long after the campaign signs are pulled out of the ground. that and the awkward moments. >> nice to meet you, can i call you joe? >> $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> reporter: most of you will decide who the winner is after the first 40 minutes. >> i think it's the whole performance. >> reporter: things to watch, which donald trump will show up. >> he needs to be serious and not become angry at anything hillary clinton says i think.

clinton? >> not fall down? she just needs to probably be patient with donald trump and respond respectably. >> reporter: the debate night hashtag is trending on twitter. it's a chance for them to sway the undecided voters. >> i'm undecided about hillary clinton's e-mail incidents and donald trump's boorishness. >> reporter: and back he last time so many of you tuned in to watch a presidential debate was back in 1980, carter versus reagan. back to you. >> yeah, a lot of people watching it. it's been a passionate political season. thank you so much. >> and there are plenty of rules tonight as well as a very strict format. the debate is divided into six segments, 15 minutes each, and each segment begins with a question. both nominees get two minutes to answer, and there's time allotted for debate and

a coin toss decides who goes first, and tonight's opening question goes to clinton. the race for the white house tightening with the release ovately new poll. -- of three new polls. one poll has clinton leading by a point, and another has trump leading, and then another shows clinton with a lead, but not by much. here in arizona we're definitely a major player in the upcoming election. typically we're a solid red state, but trump only leads by a few points in polls, and in 1986 arizona did go for clinton. bill clinton that is. so do we feel the same about hillary clinton? melissa blasius tells us what it takes to win in the grand canyon state. >> reporter: i'm here at a watch party where there's a festive atmosphere at the organization, my family votes, but this is also a very serious election for them and for arizona. not only to win arizona do you

the needs of our hispanic and native american population, but also take into account the needs of everybody living in the southwest. as the final touches happen on the debate stage, arizona people hope to hear a message that resonates with their core concerns. >> the things that will dominate will be security, the economy, and our relationship with mexico. >> reporter: the trump campaign rolling all those into one. >> we've lost 700,000 jobs, so our partners or competitors. >> reporter: trump still pushing to build a wall and make mexico pay. clinton's team comes with softer rhetoric and a bilingual message. >> the focus shouldn't be on deportation en mass, it's the people that pose a threat. >> reporter: the campaign is trying to make this election about a choice between a bully and a crook. one arizona political

campaigns need to change their focus. >> i would say the thing that we should look for tonight is who does the best job of making this election about you and me, not about them. >> reporter: and of course living here in the southwest, there are also a lot of environmental issues that are big deals here in arizona, such as dust policy, energy policy, as well as national water policies that people sitting in these seats will really pay attention to tonight. back to >> yes, i think there were like eight different debate parties we were watching tonight alone. >> and president obama taking on the role of spectator, switching up his monday routine for the show down. >> the president will be working tonight with the television on in the background, not monday night football though, more politics. >> the president's attention to tonight's debate is different than the primaries.

from the morning newspapers. and now less than an hour away, clinton and trump ready for 90 minutes of nonstop action on a stage in new york. watch owl of the fireworks on abc 15 starting at 6:00. later tonight catch a special edition of abc 15 news at 9:00. and at the live desk, a former asu football player got three years probation today for burglary. this is video of williams after he was arrested along with one of his teammates. the pair broke in apartment near campus and stole credit cards, iphones and cash. and this guy is accused of burglarizing the same medical marijuana facility over and over again. they say jeremy raymond was pry open a dumpster and take bags of pot leaves and stems. the cops saw him and it lead to a high speed chase.

arrests. who just got released from jail, and the message today from the demonstrators. and a live look right now at abc 15 live drive. they're on the 60 eastbound heading out toward apache junction, and you can see the rain falling there. rain falling there. the latest on o'halleran: i had some really tough cases as a police detective. but the problem in washington is as clear as day -- we can't trust our politicians to work for us. tom o'halleran has a plan to hold the politicians accountable -- reduce the influence of big money and special interests, and no more first-class travel paid for by taxpayers. i'm tom o'halleran, and i approve this message

well, they tried to be sneaky, but it didn't quite work out. eight people behind bars, accused of trying to struggle drugs through the port of nogales, drugs worth close to $800,000. they were all separate cases within the last week, but the suspects are all in similar trouble. and new information coming out of this. chants and arrests where protesters showed up with a mission to shut down the mill

>> yes, the protest organizer just released from jail just after this court appearance. they others also arrested in a protest stemming from the shooting death of a black teen over the summer. abc 15's megan thompson takes us to the scene where it all went down. >> it's not right or fair. >> reporter: he didn't know the victim personally, but wanted to come anyway. >> it hits the whole community very hard. >> reporter: but the family say >> i'm in so much pain, it will never go away. >> reporter: they say they want the man that pulled the trigger to be fired. >> it could be anybody's child. aid and abet's. >> reporter: this happening in july when police say he robbed a walgreens and they say he had a gun. a lieutenant was chasing him when the police say the lieutenant feared for his life

but the protesters took to the streets today asking for the lieutenant to be fired, but protesting in the street is against the law. we're told it was investigated as a homicide by the tempe police department because the victim was shot in the back, but that doesn't mean anything criminal took place, but protesters feel differently and they say they're going to continue until something changes. in tempe, megan thompson. abc 15 news. a creeper on the loose in a valley city, what has detectives especiall >> reporter: i'm craig fouhy live at the big red blue house at university of -- brew house at university of phoenix stadium. it's the monday night countdown. come down and join us, free parking, free admission, a lot of food and drink. more about it coming up next. and as we told you earlier, 35th avenue and bell is closed in both direction. these are the pictures just coming into the news room. a deadly crash, and it's closed in all directions at 35th

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a lot of new details tonight in the mall shooting in washington state. the suspect has confessed to shooting the five people. the suspect made a brief court appearance this morning. he's charged with five counts of first-degree murder, and he's accused of going right into the cascade mall in burlington, shooting the victims in just about a minute's time. he was arrested after a 24-hour man hunt. his step father is saying he has mental health issues. glendale police trying to

dangerous rapist on the loose, and detectives are worried he's looking for more victim, and that's where -- victims, and that's where you come in. take a look at this sketch. police fled to get this guy off the -- need to get this guy off the street right now. maryellen resendez is live with more, and how many victims have we talking about? >> reporter: well, so far police know of one, steve, but they say this guy, he was on the hunt. passing our victim as she walked here on 91st avenue several times before making his move under this bridge. >> she said she kept turning around to look and the male would hide behind objects. trees, trash cans, and it really started to concern her. >> reporter: but even with her making eye contact, this bold rapist still stalked, grabbed her by the hair, dragged her where he could rape her by gun

bushy white handle bar mustache stuck out. he's bald, 5' 6, and about 145 pounds. >> he was definitely searching the area, he was looking around for a victim, which is concerning that he could be someone local, still in the area or that he's not local and he's anywhere in the valley, and that he's looking for females to prey on. >> reporter: now they don't have much of a car description. he was driving a light colored sedan. if you saw anything area or that composite looks familiar, call the police. maryellen resendez, abc 15 news. >> thank you so much. >> and the man she mentioned is not is only creeper on the run tonight in glendale. last week we told you about a man who grabbed a woman while she was walking down the street. well, he's still out there. he touched the woman underrable neither her dress in the -- underneath her dress, officers are reaching out to the public

all right, we're back showing the rain and weather alerts. the blowing dust advisory still in effect, but the rain is coming down, and the advisory should expire soon as the showers work their way east to west across the valley. the rain really helping the mat the dust down. and light to moderate showers through phoenix into scottsdale at this hour, and all along the 101 up through scottsdale, down through tempe, and the 202 and 60 eastbound, i should say 202 red mountain and the 60 eastbound getting soaked pretty much all the way across the valley at this hour. farther back to the west a few showers working through buckeye right now, and also goodyear out toward the foothills and i- 10 near tonopah also seeing the light to moderate rain, so this will continue to push out to the west over the next couple of hours, and then we'll have chances for more action overnight and tomorrow. we also picked up the winds, earlier the cause of the dust

gusts at 29 miles per hour in phoenix, and coming in at 32 miles per hour in chandler. it's 82 right now. winds about 17 miles per hour sustained. the dewpoint in the low 50s. temperatures across the valley pretty widespread because some spots have seen rain and some spots haven't, so an average it's low 80s here through the evening forecast as the 20 percent chance of showers remain. still have glendale at 90, and deer valley and scottsdale down mesa 82, and the spots with a little more rain already down into the 70s this evening. across the state, up to the north, 70s in play in prescott and sedona as well. 67 in flagstaff, and down into the 40s there tonight and in show low. 37 at window rock, which will be the coldest spot across the state, and across central arizona in the mid-60s to low 70s in the overnight hours. tomorrow temperatures in the

phoenix 91, flagstaff 64. 91 is about five degrees below average, and not all valley spots hit the 90ings tomorrow. television -- 90s tomorrow. tempe and apache junction at 90, but everyone else around 88 or 89. 87 in anthem. 88 in deer valley tomorrow, and 90 in peoria and glendale for our warmest spots in the west valley. here's how it shakes out hour by hour. starting out in the 70s with you 8:00 a.m. 10:00 10:00 p.m. in the 80s, and a 20 percent chance of more showers in the afternoon. the shower chance in our morning forecast, and then again in the late afternoon and evening as we see the chance of showers, and maybe even thunderstorms come in from the south, so keep it in mind. wednesday still a slight chance of a few spotty showers, but not as active as tomorrow, and then kick up the activity a little more on thursday. chance for a few thunderstorms in the mix thursday as well as

near the baja. friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures remain a little below averages. low to mid-90s, lows in the 70s, but we dry out in time for the weekend. abundant sunshine saturday and sunday. okay, wasn't fun to watch, but it's still early in the season. the cards still have 13 regular season games ahead. >> thank you, glass half full. we like it. and tonight the fans may need to be more encouraging than usual, especially at the big red brew house where craig fouhy is live for the night cardinals countdown. >> reporter: yeah, this is fun out here. if you want to come out and watch monday night football with cardinal fans, they're giving away the rise up red seat towels. it's free parking and admission. we're inside the big red brew house at university of phoenix stadium. park on the north side, gate 2, down the escalators. a lot of food and drink, nachos and hot dogs and wings and a lot to eat and a lot of fun, and there's cardinal fans here.

here, you can get your picture taken. tony jefferson is our special guest, and he'll be here in a little bit, but the doors are open, monday night football starts in a bit, so if you're looking for a fun thing to do join us here inside the big red brew house, and again it's a lot of fun. tony jefferson the safety is actually the cardinals leading tackler this year, so he'll be here. he's a great guy, you'll enjoy him, and maybe an autograph or picture to sign from him, so a lot of cardinals the evening out here. should be fun to get out here, and cheer on the cardinals taking on the rams next sunday night, so we'll talk about that with tony and of course yesterday's loss to the bills. so join us here coming up. come on down if you're around. back to you guys. >> >. you had me at nachos. >> ed you me at free towel [ laughter ] opening fire on drivers? what one mayor says fueled a man to randomly shoot at people on the road.

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we're tracking the latest developments in the shooting houston. a disgruntled lawyer opened fire hitting six people today. officers say the man had several weapons and started randomly shooting at drivers. one of them remains in critical condition. the man then started shooting at officers. when they got there police returned fire killing him. there are conflicting reports of what fueled this. the abc station in houston are reporting nazi materials were found at the scene and in the

we'll continue to track it. they can't file more lawsuits in the state for now thanks to an abc 15 investigation, but did a controversial group find a way to keep cashing in elsewhere? plus they lost their jobs because they didn't get a flu shot. now the feds say this is discrimination. plus we don't know what they're going to say, but you best believe it we have a fact checking team standing by to weigh in on the top comments from tonight's debate. feel like your hoa is working against you instead of with you? joe ducey here, coming up after how to change that right now. >> and here's a look for the line up for you. after world news it's the first presidential debate followed by dancing with the stars at 8:00, then a special edition of abc news at 9:00 and 10:00. we're still on weather alert, blowing dust advisory until 8:00 p.m., but the rain is helping with a lot of that. live drive is in mesa on the 60 near country club, and you can see the rain still falling in

15 desert doppler you can see a lot of rain moving in from the east right now. we have places in mesa, scottsdale, phoenix, and now some of our west valley cities starting to see the light to moderate rain fall. these showers continue to work west over the valley across the next hour or two, and we'll see chances for more go into the overnight forecast and the forecast tomorrow. now tomorrow could look a little different with the threat of thunderstorms tomorrow and again thursday with a 20 percent chance, even a slight chance in between on we overall temperatures look great. below average. low to mid-90s, and it's going to be nice.

tonight, breaking news. hillary clinton and donald trump, the head-to-head match-up finally here. the first time for donald trump on a debate stage against just one other candidate. the stakes enormous for hillary clinton, too. trying to earn back trust. the race, a dead heat. we have inside reporting, what each candidate has in their arsenal, ready for tonight. also this evening, t r hour shooting rampage. [ gunfire ] the suspect taking aim at drivers. nine people wounded. what was discovered inside his car. the flood emergency at this hour. thousands urged to evacuate. rivers rising. flash floods from texas to iowa. the system now moving east. the tragic death of a major league player and his friends. authorities tonight investigating.