i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone.

>> mailboxes possibly prayed open at an apartment complex in phoenix. a viewer tipped us off after business hours. we did reach out for answers but we know it will be tomorrow before we hear back. charged with federal criminal contempt in a trial

don't, both sides vowing no deals will be made and they will fight to the end. >> we're live near 27th avenue. you spoke with a man what is part of the civil contempt case waiting nearly seven years for this day to come. >> reporter: we have actually pulled over at this intersection behind me. he's a minute from his house. there's not a day that goes by that he doesn't forget that traffic stop. he says a conviction will give him closure. it is what both sides expecting. a federal judge moving the criminal contempt case against sheriff joe arpaio forward. >> the icing on the cake would be for him to serve time. i feel something in my stomach every time that i see the mcso. >> reporter: six years later he remembers what that deputy told him after he made sure he and his wife were both citizens.

that that had anything to do with racial profiling, and i told him, that is exactly what it is. >> reporter: he sat through that criminal trial and now he is ready for the criminal battle. >> i'm willing to go as far as it will take, as long as it will take. >> reporter: but so is sheriff joe arpaio. >> we're prepared to fight each and every finding. >> reporter: it is too early to talk strategy but one thing is for sure. >> there will be no plea deal from day one. the sheriff has made it clear that he is not going to plead guilty to something he didn't do. >> reporter: now, as of right now that trial is set to start in december but sheriff joe's attorneys telling me they want that trial pushed back into january 2017 so they can prepare. the judge has already said she wants a speedy trial. back to you guys. >> new tonight, will shairve.

arpaio be judged by his peers? >> if he does have a right to a jury trial, they are going to make the decisions that make sense to pursue the jury trial. you have the government who may have a voice and may have a say on whether it's a jury trial or whether it's a trial of the bench. >> his attorney is not commenting either way. legal experts are saying this case could set precedence because it may be one of the first times the feds have taken on the head of a law enforcement agency. if convicted key be facing six months in jail. we will stay on top of everything with this. a new decision coming from the phoenix city council. they passed a plan to expand a south concourse at terminal 4 and the sky train. this would happen over the next four years and cost $950 million. it would only be paid for through airport funding sources.

help keep one a growing number of flyers. another big valley story, a disturbing case of child abuse in phoenix. police say melissa nicole lloyd and michael edward duggar are charged with 17 counts of child abuse. they're accused of beating their child with a stick wrapped in duct tape. we've learned the names of two people killed in a deadly shooting that led to a phoenix. this happened near 31st avenue and roosevelt. police say 20-year-old ronnie orosco and manuel sanchez were killed. after the shooting the car crashed into a wall. whoever targeted them is still on the loose. another bombshell emerging in democracy 2016. dead people voting. at least people probably not

listed object indiana's data base. an activist group also found nearly 5,000 duplicate registrations and 800,000 people whose addresses do not match their postal service address. an expert says there may be errors but this is not proof of fraud. a revelation that's just plain weird. new financial disclosures show the trump campaign has spent more than half on polling. the red ball cap so often on trump's head apparently all the rage. both candidates crisscrossing florida, trump pouncing on news about rising obamacare premiums. tonight clinton also went to the adele concert in miami on the eve of her 69th birthday. so how does the race for president shake out in the latest arizona polls? a statistical tie according to

there. trump had 46%, clinton 45 with a margin of error. both figures could be off by as many as five points. looking ahead the next heavy hitter to pop up in the valley will be donald trump junior. he has been making the rounds at rallies in places like ohio. his public event thursday at 2:00 at asu, the tempe campus, scheduled to be an hour long. money is pouring in to influence your vote on prop 205, recreati an analyst found at least $8.5 million raised between both sides with polls showing prop 205. the airwaves are flooded with messages of the dangers of marijuana. >> i think the way this is going to go is each individual voter deciding am i personally in favor of this, in spite of all the advertising, and do i think this is good for society. >> the latest big money

prop 205, this man, $500,000 from billionaire casino owner sheldon adelson. prop 400 sparking a crime alert in peoria. 50 of the yes siefns been stolen. volunteers telling abc15 they set up perimeters hoping to catch the thieves. just in from kansas city, don't be fooled this money isn't real but plenty of criminals are trying to spend at a number >> these bills say right on them in big bold letters for motion picture use only. they are not real. they have no value at all. >> that's right. the money is actually meant for movies and tv sets. counterfeiters are now getting ahold of it. two dozen cases so far. our fall heatwave continues, and in your most accurate forecast it is showing no signs of letting up. this october is going to be one for the record books. we already have 19 days in a

the 90s. in fact, actually that 21 days in a row in the 90s is tied for the most on record for the month of october. many more in your forecast to come. we are going to take you day by day through your seven-day forecast coming up in just minutes. updates on a police shooting in tucson. we broke with it as we learned about it last night, cops trying to stop a man on a bake when they say pulled out a gun and shot at two officers. both cops returned fire. the man shot multiple times in critical condition. the officer hurt, very lucky he was only grizzed. >> we're following the search for a man in a deadly stabbing at 63rd and camelback. glendale police say 53-year-old kelly kearns was living in a home with 39-year-old ronald farrow when something happened and the two men got in a fight. that's when police say kearns stabbed farrow. a disturbing story out of company cheese county. a man -- cochise county.

roommate anding his body in the body, then hosting a barbecue the next day. all new, a firefighter burned by his party behavior. how crashing a wedding cost him his job. this is the kind of cop you want watching over your neighborhood. hear what a tempe detective says it really took to tackle a virtual obstacle course before tackling a burglar. enough people sick to land a plane so why airline spill the details? the ticket office was open at 8:00. he stood inline half the night to get the tickets and finally came back and said, okay, kids, i got the tickets. and a must see story.

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$20,000 of clothing is what set off this police chase. >> now we're getting to learn what was going through that officer. >> and really just watching the video gets your heart pumping. >> reporter: so the body cam video makes hopping a fence look really easy right. but think of it this way. i'm 5'4" with shoes on. jumped over. so he could jump over me. so detective molina says he always does the running so this was just another part of the job. in the gym it's called a box jump. an easy job for detective molina. dedicated to cross fit he even competes but the real pay out is on the job. >> best investment of my life. >> reporter: those work outs preparing him for a police chase worthy of a scene in a tv

with a burglar he's busted before. >> he was either going to square up with me or run. so i thought, okay i guess we're doing the running game. >> reporter: and the suspect hurled himself over not one. >> he was going over the second fence. i thought all right. >> reporter: but two fences still running. >> i felt i zoned out and joined the thrill of a lifetime and just kept going. >> then he busted through a gate. >> i think everybody was under the impression that i opened a gate that was easy to open up. >> reporter: to most it's impressive. to him. >> i honestly felt really slow. >> reporter: it should come as no surprise he is very humble, just part of the job. >> i like this job that's why i did it. you catch bad guys and put them in jail. >> in tempe, abc15 news. a shocker tonight from our

a firefighter now off the job after he crashed a wedding and would not leave when he was asked. the firefighter says he doesn't remember much after taking a couple of shots. 27 people mostly cabin crew and the pilot taken to the hospital. passengers not happy about being left out, confused and pretty much clueless in their seats. >> they just left. so i guess what irritated us part one is that, if you've got a ship, you make sure your people get off your passengers get off first not the crew first. >> we know passengers were told the technical failure. british airways confirms the investigation but nothing more. even refusing to reveal anybody's symptoms. >> a theme park nightmare unfolding tonight at a place called dream world in

when something went wrong on a water ride. four people killed in this. and there are now reports suggesting there might be red flags on that ride earlier in the day. we're taking action on obama care. that big rate hike you've been hearing about may not be as bad as you think. even though the premiums may have doubled the sticker shock may go down because of government subsidies. anybody making more than $54,000 a year you're not eligible for government help. >> i knew going into my own business, i knew i had to budget for health care. that has now doubled. game one of the world series between the chicago cubs and cleveland indians and

indians dominate with a shut out tonight. >> the pitchersare clutch when the bases were loaded in the seventh. tomorrow's game already moved up an hour to beat the rain in the forecast. >> and we just talked to a valley man, a die-hard cubs fan who's returning to wrigley field for game three of the series. nightingston and his brother was there. he's been a life always dreaming that they would be back to the world series. so his family pulling their money together to send he and his brother back to chicago for this world series. >> i couldn't be more excited. this is so much none. getting a chance to go back and see my team after all these years looking forward to it. it was a different world then and a lot of fun to watch the games in those days just like it is now. >> too cute. phil says back in 1945 he and his brother ditched school for

the ballpark. he's hoping the cubs can pull it off this time around. and breaking it down by the numbers. the world series will have an impact here. both teams have spring training homes in the cactus league. and the most recent study pegged more than a half million dollars with the cubs and indians battling for the world series title. both mesa and good year getting ready for a big boom in business. >> it means a lot to economy. that's people spending money on hotels, shopping, eating everything in our area. >> goodyear says they get about a $15 million a year boost from spring training games. >> a travel alert right now. and a new poll to keep a closer eye on your luggage every step of the way. >> delta is out with an app that will follow your bag. it's the only carrier with a tracking system quite like

a radio frequency i.d. tag attached to your luggage. the radio waves help to track it in realtime. >> the estimate is the technology will cut down on lost bags by 25%. >> not bad. >> a scary surprise popping up out of this candy machine. >> and more sunny and dry days ahead in the forecast. futurecast showing high pressure building back in and temperatures will be soaring once again as a result. the question is, how close are digits and could we possibly see our latest 100s ever

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c1 we're bringing in a nice rain video out of northern california. santa rosa area we're just doing this for our own sanity. >> we need it now. because we're gearing up for a big slow video looks really nice though. >> yeah, that storm system going into northern california is going to miss us unfortunately. let me show you what it looks like on the map. the jet stream carries it well to the north. high pressure builds in for us. blocks that rain track from coming through the desert southwest for the next couple of days. instead for us it's all about the heat. the warm up continues. temperatures are going to approach record levels by thursday. 98degrees is what i have on the forecast now for thursday which

some of the latest models coming in now. we're going to wait for a couple more coming in for the overnight hours. if we happen to hit 100 degrees on thursday. it's the latest triple digit heat. that record right now is october 23rd it'll be well after that. 80degrees is where we're sitting right now. winds are calm. they're going to stay that way overnight. we flagstaff currently at 80 degrees. up north will not freeze tonight. several degrees above that freezing point up to the north. tomorrow 72 in show low. 78 in payson. 90s out near lake havisu.