right now police are responding to reports of aircraft down, a plane down near 43rd avenue and pinnacle peak road. two people were on board and they are injured. we don't know the extent. we are told they are conscious and talking. >> and we don't know what type of aircraft that is. we are working to determine that as well. count on abc 15 news for new developments throughout the hour. a safety alert for those in avondale, especially if you have kids. take a look at the screen. police are hunting for this man who attacked a woman at a park. this is a sketch of what the

police say the attack happened about two weeks ago at kimberly park near 99th avenue and indian school. he has a tattoo of a star on raise right forearm. urgent search in mesa. there is a silver alert for 77- year-old mural buford. take a look at the picture he was last seen yesterday near country club and main. he might be wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans, black shoes and driving a 2003 red chevy trailblazer. call police if you know where he is. following breaking news, police spending all night investigating an officer- involved shooting. four officers open fire on a man with handgun and body armor, after he pointed his gun at them. we don't know his name but we

has a criminal history and just got out of prison 10 months ago. he was shot several times and is expected to be okay. in scottsdale a traffic stop took a different turn as a man crashed his car then took off. megan thompson is on the scene. he left some important things behind? >> reporter: yeah, things that might end up getting him caught. they have obviously the car he was driving. they also have a woman that he left behind here near scottsdale and highland avenue. crews have been here for hours trying to clear the downed trees and debris. the engine of the car is also laying out. amazingly, that woman only has minor injuries. this started when police tried to pull over the man on shay. he didn't want to stop and sped up. officers decided to stay back and when they got here a short time later, they found his car.

there right now. police have that crucial information, the car and the woman, and will hopely lead police to that guy and get him in custody. now an update to breaking news, air 15 on the way to the scene. here it is over that scene. this is this west valley, a plane down. that was the report, two people hurt. i believe we have a stretcher there, folks. we said the folks were conscious. no word on the extent of the injuries. i'm trying to see where the wreckage is. looks like it's on the right- hand side of the screen. again, air 15 over the scene. a man and woman -- my producer right now is giving us realtime updates as i'm talking to you right now. a man and woman hurt, conscious as rescuers are there. serious condition is what we are just hearing right now.

plane this is? okay, we do not know at this time. again, air 15 just got there. you see one patient on a stretcher and they are bringing another stretcher over as we speak. again, this is a serious situation here as these two are in serious condition. >> i think this is prettyclose to the deer valley airport. there are also student pilots in that area. we are trying to work to confirm, and i believe there was a crash last week pretty close to this same airport, where a plane just skidded off the runway. you can see the airport there under like a hay barn of some sort. of course our team is working behind the scenes to try and get all this confirmed for us. at least two people at this point are in serious condition. also breaking overnight, police investigating a near drowning in buckeye.

unresponsive in a bathtub just off the i-10 and watson. as soon as we get update, we'll pass those along to you. a 17-year-old is safe after being rescued after piestewa peak. this is the video from the scene overnight. we are told the teen was feeling fatigued and needed help getting down to mountain. six others were with him, none of them hurt. it's a cloudy start to our wednesday mornin just before you came to me, the camera i wanted to show you went to black. but we have some high clouds that have moved in across the valley this morning as this disturbance starts to move across the state. the clouds will be here but the rain is not coming with them. we'll see clouds through the afternoon and temperatures will keep warming. we're already to 81. there's the valley cam and there are the high clouds. 81 degrees and as we go into

those clouds around. we're up to 95 for the high today, another warm one on top. these clouds will stick around into the afternoon and early evening. this disturbance is not going to bring us any rain. we have some cooler temperatures over the next few mornings. more on that coming up in a few minutes. senator john mccain has been distancing himself from donald trump since the video with lewd comments was made public. today mccain had women's groups throwing support behind him. we tried to get comments about trump and we have a call into his office to try and get a comment from him. >> and today mccain's opponent was out fighting to raise the minimum wage. this is ann kirkpatrick shadowing a fast food worker in

is unlivable. today donald trump will hold two big rallies in florida. hillary clinton will be attending two voter registration events in colorado and nevada. >> and a new poll this morning shows hillary clinton is up 9 points in ohio, leading trump 43% to 34%. libertarian gary johnson takes 10%. and ohio is a crucial swing state, especially in race. early voting starts today and at any minute, we can expect criminal charges to be filed against sheriff joe arpaio. this stems from the racial profiling lawsuit where a judge ruled joe arpaio violated court orders. his attorneys say he'll plead not guilty by court filing. his attorneys are hoping for a jury trial but if convicted, he could face six months in jail. as for the upcoming election,

seventh term. and maricopa county taxpayers are footing the bill for the case which has cost $50 million but in the criminal case he'll have to foot the bill. parents are outraged after only girls at one high school get a warning. what the students were supposed to >> and police are going to pump iron, and bust a bad guy instead. >> and early ballots going out today. we want to know, are you voting

assembly about building relationships but some girls say all they got was a warning not to dress too provocatively. >> i think that's rude. they can control it. if girls can control it, guys can control it. >> girls these days do dress a little bit too underdressed for their age. but i also think that boys have the control to be able to control their urges. >> the mandatory assembly at payson high school was supposed to focus only relationships. the school district declined an on camera interview but said the message may have been misunderstood. arizona has 39 confirmed cases of the zika virus and there's now a hotline to answer any and all of your questions. health officials are available 24/7. to find the number, head to abc15.com and click on links. coming up next, they went

a bad guy. not what they expected. what police actually saw the guy doing. high clouds out there and temperatures in the mid-80s,

. back to the breaking news, an up close look at this aircraft. we understand now it is a rockwell 112 aircraft, a single

typically four people. we know a man and a woman are in serious condition after that crash. we saw them being taken away on stretchers. this is near 43rd avenue and pinnacle peak road. again, this is a rockwell commander 112 aircraft, a four- seater single engine. you see them there next to the shed. no word how it happened at this woman are in serious condition at this hour. we'll keep you updated as we get more information. we're police officers and it's fun to catch bad guys. but we have a pretty strong commitment to this community, we both do. >> two goodyear police officers taking action to catch a

they were off duty when they spotted the suspect's car at the gym. they called for backup and sure enough watched terry looter break someone's car window before they made the arrest. he is suspected in five burglaries. in mesa, the city will eventually accept applications for low income housing. the wait list was supposed to open yesterday but it got pushed back to early december because the city wanted to give people more time to apply. >> we'll need to fill vouchers that we have now pretty quickly. but anyone who's on our wait list will be prioritized based on if they're homeless, if they live or work in mesa. but everyone will be served at some point. >> the last time the wait list was opened was may 2013. thousands in south phoenix may have another way to get around town soon.

million grant to extend the light rail down central avenue, expanding it 5 miles from downtown phoenix to baseline. the groundbreaking is scheduled for 2019. a setback for a new addition at the grand canyon as the navajo nation says no to a proposed grand it was a little chilly this morning. i was out there and had to wear a light jacket. >> and temperatures did cool down into the 60s across much of the valley. so it was a cool start, but we're warming up out there already. we have a few high clouds drifting in across the phoenix area. you'll notice them but it's mostly sunny out there, not overcast by any means.

clouds rolling in and looking at phoenix near piestewa peak this morning. good looking view here. over the next couple days as you look out, we'll see a little dust out there. our air has been fairly stagnant with no strong storm systems and no rain, and no strong winds to disperse the dust. so it's kind of sitting over the phoenix metro. over the next couple of days, our dust concentrations will stay likely range. you may notice that brown haze over the valley. if you're especially sensitive, it could impact you if you're working out, going for a run. again, no major impact as it inches up into the moderate range. those high clouds are drifting in. as we look at satellite and radar, really just some high clouds streaming in as a disturbance starts to move across the state.

to push in from the southwest and then slide east. we are not going to see any rain, though. you can see how dry conditions are now. as we look at the region, it's pretty dry across the area despite that disturbance moving through. we'll notice high clouds, that disturbance moving in and that's really it. we'll have a bit of a drop in temperatures over the next couple days behind this but we'll still be above average through the next afternoons. heading toward the weekend, we'll track a series of systems moving into the pacific northwest. those storm systems will miss us just to the north. so we could see passing high clouds at times in the state but our forecast is looking to stay dry. and you'll notice with futurecast, going through this afternoon, we'll see the high clouds but no rain through 5:00 here this evening anywhere in the state. tomorrow, back to sunny skies,

conditions statewide. even friday, some passing high clouds but that's it. we'll keep those dry conditions going through the week and into early next week. and if you've been wanting to go check out the fall colors, this weekend may not be a bad weekend for it. we're dry statewide, so a nice drive up to the high country. and temperature wise, we won't be too warm anywhere in the state, just a little bit above average through the weekend. to plan the rest afternoon, we have mid-80s now and upper 80s by lunchtime. then 90s look to hold off till about 1:00 this afternoon. then we warm to a high of 95 degrees by 4:00, starting to cool back off after sunset, 85 degrees by 8:00 this evening. we'll talk about what temperatures look like over the next seven days coming up in a few minutes. a big healline this morning, janet jackson confirming she is expecting her

apparently she revealed her baby bump through twitter. people magazine also confirmed the news. back in april she postponed her tour so she and her husband could start planning for their family. everybody including myself walked away being inspired by this young man and his heart and his perseverance and his determination. >> tim tebow talking about not what happened on the diamond but how the day he was sticking around to sign autographs and a fan dropped to the ground, having a seizure. tebow stayed there, reached out and put his hand on the man, began praying with him. seconds later the man gasped for air and woke up. still ahead, we are taking it up a notch for the wednesday workout segment. holy cow.

i learned as a police officer and a businessman you should never abuse people's trust. unfortunately, today too many politicians either serve their party or themselves, and arizona families suffer. the arizona republic called paul babeu a disgrace.

for using public money to promote himself. o'halleran: i'm tom o'halleran, and i approve this message, because you deserve leaders you can trust. it's workout wednesday and we want to get you out of the rut maybe with a throwback to the 80s. >> if only we were not in suits, we might be able this off. we have miguel here from b-boy gravity. we saw some moves before the break. this is a good workout? >> yes, for kids and adults as well. >> so i think i have some grooves. >> you don't know. >> actually there's a lot of basics. you know, there's things that the average person can do that looks simple but it's still a good workout. you can do it with your family,

together. plus it helps you with the rhythm. this is isaiah, 11 years old. >> so we're stepping out of the way. show us what to do. >> a person coming into the class, what are they going to do? >> we like the work on the core and upper body then of course endurance. >> sure. >> one of the main positions we go position 1, this is where your main center of gravity is. then we go to 2, which is a basic push-up position. on your own side, at your own speed, you can turn over, feet in, then stand back up. the best thing to do is time yourself. you never know. what you want to do is give yourself 30 seconds.

seconds? so that's at your own pace. and you can do it fast. >> and you're dancing. >> this is where it is. >> i might have to pull that off this weekend. >> so you have an event coming up? >> yes. at the 2030 club in old town scottsdale this weekend, it will be a ea it's going to be a great time with great food and dancing. a lot of kids work four days a week, two hours a day. >> look at that. now we're talking. >> he's talented. >> he's great. you can see a lot of our kids and what we do all over the country.

tonight. >> great job. first time on tv break dancing. there you go. go check him out this weekend. coming up, this presidential campaign has been nuts. only 27 more days and maybe we can put this thing behind us. what are the campaigns doing today?

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now, two people in serious but stable condition. look at this folks, our first angle on this small plane here, a rockwell commander 112. this crashed in the north valley, 43rd avenue and pinnacle peak, west of the deer valley airport. this four-seater single engine plane had a man and woman on board. stretchers, serious but stable condition, so that's good news there. we don't know the nature of their injuries or the cause of the plane coming down there. we'll pass that along as we get that into the news room. donald trump is ramping up attacks on leaders within his own party. >> and hillary clinton's campaign battling more e-mails being released by wikileaks.

his campaign unleashed and unshackled. >> shackles are some of the establishment people that are weak and ineffective people within the republican party. >> reporter: trump told fox news he wouldn't be in a fox hole with those who pulled their support. >> including ryan, paul ryan. >> reporter: paul ryan now removing his support trump. >> the fact is that some of these leaders have been very wishy-washy. >> reporter: former bill clinton vp al gore came out to reunite with hillary clinton in florida, the state that cost him the president say in 2000. president obama took on trump and protesters wore bill clinton rapist shirts in north carolina. clinton is up in the polls but

fallout. and after wikileaks release, trump claims are the clinton campaign was given updates about her private e-mail server case. turns out it was already available to the public. months ago tweets warned about the impending wikileaks release. now the chair who was attacked is accusing the trump campaign of coordinating with wikileaks and russian hackers. one arizona lawmaker is giving his two cents on donald trump, comparing trump's comments to hillary clinton's stance on abortion. when asked if he thought pro- choice policies were equivalent to trump's comments, he said quote, it's the difference between degrading and insulting, and the difference

ballot, a federal judge ruled arizona's laws can remain intact, moaning get out the vote groups can be charged with felonies if they collect early ballots an turn them in. if you cast your vote in the wrong precinct, it won't be counted. does the law allowing transgender people to use the restroom of their choice alliance defending freedom filed a lawsuit against the massachusetts attorney general an others on behalf of four churches in that state. the attorney general's office in massachusetts is reviewing that lawsuit. it's been five years since he was arrested, and cory daniels back in court right now charged with beating his 3-year- old stepdaughter to death because she would not eat a hot dog. daniels admits to hitting the

carolina are tough to see here, hurricane matthew, the aftermath turning roads into lakes there. the death toll in north carolina up to 18, and the latest were drowning victims. officials say all the deaths are from cars getting swept away in flood waters. and the death toll has risen to 34 in and the national guard has kept so busy, performing water rescues all across the state there. this is new video from some of the operations as the national guard rescued about 2,000 people since cities were inundated with the high water. everybody in one town needed to be rescued. we are talking the entire town. we showed you some of that video earlier.

was inside a suspicious backpack left at a police station. it was discovered by an officer outside the station and the bomb squad was called in to examine what appeared to be an explosive device. a nearby shopping center and the station were evacuated and robots removed several pieces of the device. today the suspect accused of killing two police officers is facing a judge. they were during a domestic violence call. john felix was taken into custody after a 12-hour standoff with police. he could be charged with first- degree murder, making him eligible for the death penalty. it's violence and shocking video of a road rage brawl caught on cell phone video. you can see the man and woman going at it. the woman manages to get a crowbar away from him before he flips her over. las vegas police say both

police sort out the details. a kentucky murder suspect walks right out of jail, a free man. police now say this was all a mistake because terrence moore, one of two people accused in a murder, was supposed to be there. he walked right out of prison a week ago without posting bail off a glitch in the system removed the murder charges. >> needed to catch the guy, and that was a sigh of but when you let him go? that hurts. >> the department of corrections say checks and balances at the local level should have stopped this from happening in the first place. new information about a blast that destroyed two town homes outside chicago. witnesses say the explosion sounded like a bomb that shook the neighborhood. look at the flames there. two gas company workers were hurt, one still in serious

repairing a leaky gas line in that area. we care about the community and we know you do too. coming up, how you can help families in need and get into the state fair for free.

. we have a deal that can get for free. >> we care wednesdays, every year benefiting operation santa claus. >> 50 years. we actually are collecting year round. this is big for us. last year we got over 80,000 pounds of food. you know, a diesel truckload. admission is $10. these cans are like 50 cents.

save $8 and do something good for the community. >> this is the best way, wednesdays bring four cans down. and $10 for parents out there, $5 for kids, and you just bring these cans and they will collect them there and you can get in free. jerry brown said this morning, that saves you money for food and things inside the air. you have to have your deep fried everything, right? >> this there's no nutritional value and it's just cheating. do the right thing. >> got it. there's the things that you can bring, the things that are accepted there. so you have been teaming up for so long, this has to feel good year after year. >> and it's bigger ever year.

value of the donations. >> and something so simple. families feel like they are not doing too well themselves, they can still help out other families. there's no limit to help. they can use all they can get. >> nobody should go hungry. nobody should go hungry. >> i can't believe we're saying operation santa claus already. it is coming folks. >> go check out the fair today, we care wednesday, bring cans and get free admission, and help somebody out at the same time. thank you very much. >> thank you guys.

eastbound i-10 is closed right now at the 17. they have to make some emergency repairs right there. air 15 showing you wt normally be a lot of traffic in the area. just quiet now. apparently some overhead lights were damaged earlier today by a tractor trailer. they have to get that fixed. use the 17 southbound as a detour. we are not sure when the 10 will reopen. watching wall street, right now the dow in positive

. a consumer alert if you drive a prius. 94,000 of the gas electric hybrid cars are being recalled in the u.s. the issue, toyota says the parking brake could disengage and the cars could roll away. this is an issue after they have received reports of crashes, injuries, even deaths. 2016 and 2017 models sold between august of 2015 and this month are impacted. owners will be notified starting in november. there we've notified you today, be aware of that. american airlines is expanding flight options here in arizona. starting in february, you can book nonstop flights from bullhead city to the valley, and they are adding nonstop flights to other states as well like texas, tennessee and colorado. someone may be missing from

around lately? the fast food giant says he's keeping a low profile after the reports of creepy clown sightings. the company says it is being thoughtful about its use of the mascot after a rash of pranks and threats involving clowns have spread nationwide. here in the valley, listing your house can be an easy way to make extra cash. one owner is accused people's money and leaving them with nowhere to stay. >> you've got excuses for each one. >> reporter: outside this phoenix courthouse, bill muller is once again full of excuses about what he's accused of doing to people like tommy.

>> $2,150. >> reporter: the deposit to rent the cave creek home. he and friends were coming down to catch the mariners during spring training. he got a copy of muller's state id car and property tax records. the one thing he couldn't get, a copy of the contract. >> seven weeks of calls and e- mails begging for him to send me the contract. >> reporter: he had to rent another place and is now suing to get his tyler and his family came from north carolina for his wife's medical procedure, paying $7,000 up front to rent the house. it was not ready. >> just climbing a flight of stairs was tougher and tougher for her. >> reporter: his wife passed away. muller said he'd overnighted a check for the refund. didn't happen. and there's the minnesota couple who says they paid

rent that house and still couldn't get in. they are also suing. this day tom won a judgment, more than $3,100. on his way out, muller's attitude changed. >> i'm wrong, i'll take care of it. i don't want to be back here again. >> i think he's cheated me and he's cheated other people and i didn't want him to get away with it. >> reporter: and mummer muller says he's worked out a deal to pay the others. we'll be watching. social security checks next year will have a $2 to $6 raise per month. this is the smallest increase to date. we have had our own run-ins with cows on arizona highways so we can relate to this battle with cattle. >> louisiana police had to call professionals to help wrangle these guys after a trailer

>> and we jumped them over and loaded them in the trailer. >> all the cows were found and they are doing okay. sometimes when that happens on the highway, they can be hurt or killed, people can be hurt. that turned out okay. >> no llama drama. the next few mornings, it's going to be nice and cool with clear skies, dry conditions there. just very nice each morning. but each day close to that 9:00, 10:00 hour, it starts to warm up and feel a little toasty out there. we're near 90 in several valley cities but a bit of a difference from yesterday and the day before. we were already hitting the 90s in spots at this time yesterday. today a little bit of a slower warmup. the morning activities are best before 9:00 a.m., probably the

before we start to feel the warmer temperatures. 87 currently in mesa and gilbert, and fountain hills, 85 in surprise. light winds around the valley. yesterday we had stronger breezes, especially up north. the winds are really not an issue this morning. they have been fairly light. we have a disturbance moving across our state right now. the only way you'll know its moving through is when you look up and see some clouds. this is our view here near camp verde. you can see some of the high clouds over the i-17, certainly looking nice out there. but we are not seeing any rain in the high country. and we have high clouds over the valley too. still not seeing any rainfall, and not expecting any rainfall as the clouds roll through. this disturbance moves through and looks to be a dry one.

stick around through the afternoon, eventually clearing to the east later this evening. then over next few days, we watch a series of systems moving into the pacific northwest bringing rain to northern california, spots like oregon as well. but we are not going to see any of that rain. these storm systems be bypass us to the north. still safe if you want to get your car washed. we have a nice dry stretch here as we he with mostly sunny skies on tap pretty much every day. today some of the high clouds, high of 95. tomorrow more sunshine and that temperature drops a couple degrees. we're down to 93, still above average, and this friday more passing high clouds and 94 degrees. saturday we are in the low 90s with sunny skies. this afternoon plan on highs in the low to mid-90s. mostly sunny through the

phoenix, 68 at the grand canyon. overnight the lows will drop boo the 60s here in central arizona, 30s in spots like flagstaff tomorrow morning. it's a nice and cool start tomorrow with mid-60s and clear skies as we kick off our thursday morning. cool start, warm afternoon. that will be the trend through the weekend and into early next week, not seeing any signs of the high country. over the next few weeks, it is halloween time and abc 15 is giving away two family four- packs of tickets to disneyland. you only have two more chances to win, just watch abc 15 mornings and get the weather word of the day between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. for your chance to win.

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sheriff paul babeu was headmaster at desisto school in massachusetts. a boarding school rife with abuse. a lot of things went down that probably shouldn't have. this isn't about abuse or neglect, because none of this was found.

and a judge ordered it to stop. the cornering, the sheeting, i didn't know how to live and function as a normal human being. i'll end with that, thank you so much. dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. now to the results of our poll of the day. are you planning on voting early? 65% of you say yes and 35% say no. as we approach the noon hour, we'll recap the top stories for you. a man and woman are in serious condition following a plane

north valley. a single engine aircraft went down at 43rd avenue and pinnacle peak. again, two people in serious but stable condition right now. a silver alert for 77-year- old mural buford from mesa, last seen yesterday near country club and main. he suffers from dementia and diabetes, and he he could driving a 2003 red chevy trailblazer. i-10 eastbound is closed at the i-17 because lights in the tunnel were damaged today by a tractor trailer. use the 17 southbound as a detour. we don't have any word with this live look here at the empty i-10, we don't know when it will reopen.

that area if possible. let's see what we have at 4:00. politics reaching the police force. a group of officers is in big trouble because of their hats. plus, stopping deportations. new details as the humanitarian crisis in haiti continues. it is very, very bad. we'll have more of that coming up at 4:00. hope you join us. and we are watching those clouds through the afternoo to bring us any rain. we are in for a dry stretch the next seven days, storms impacting the pacific northwest just missing us to the north. 95 today, temperatures dropping tomorrow.

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