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 would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone.

abc15.com. tonight we're following a big story, two tonights pinned between cars. we're getting updates. >> they ran out gas, tried to push their car when they were hit out of nowhere. the scope of the medical bill

the teen's loved ones. >> they got out of surgery in the last hour. mindy merckel had two surgeries. her boyfriend gave us this picture of her recovering. both legs were damaged. left leg had fractures the right leg had bars in it. mindy is expected to have more surgeries. >> seeing her like that is the worst. it's horrible. >> she's recovering, but it will be slow. they have to take it step by step. they have set up a gofundme account it is on abc15.com. they are hoping to find her chihuahua that was in the car at the time of the crash.

hoodie, beanie-type outfit. while they are in the hospital waiting for the girls to recover the man who hit them also in the hospital guarded by an officer tonight. that's troubling for them. we are hoping to get more updates. >> a live picture as drivers are bracing for the carnado. this would be city. traffic jams in downtown vegas as crews widen the par gety bowl: spaghetti bowl. 15 southbound and northbound will be closed to february. the upgrades are needed and it's on you to figure out ways around it. a traffic alert in the valley.

after. work going into the night hours after a semihit a fire hid rant. -- hydrant. just reopening. a new look at camelback, two cars involved in a head-on crash. police letting us know everyone is. the cause will take a while figure out. our forecast, amber is tracking it. we're getting ready for a record. >> we have three records that may be in jeopardy. the most 90s in a row for october. tomorrow's record haiku go down and the -- could do a go down.

breaking the daily record of 98 setback in 2001. when will we get a break? we'll find out if things will cool out for 458 wean it's -- halloween. the boss' boss says not any more. this comes after a report laying out hundreds of firings over the last two years. you are hearing from a worker. >> she's an arizona mom who did nothing wrong while working at the department of economic security. here's a letter saying she's fired. the governor saying there will be a change at des. >> it used to be sara's job to help people sign up for welfare, but she's on welfare after being fired.

i had to pay out of pocket for my brings and -- brings -- prescriptions. >> just that my services are no longer needed. now her top boss is not needed to fire people. tim jeffries wants to fire someone he has to get approval. des has fired 475 people since the start of 2015. >> we will not 208 rate any -- toll rat any bad actors in the venture of serving the poor. >> sara wishes the governor had taken away his power before she was fired. >> he needs to look into all the firings, a lot of us have

because we lost our jobs for no reason. >> we reached out for commt, we did not hear back. the governor's issue -- says they take any issue serious. a daughter shoots a younger sister. >> she was laying ther hard. it's not fair. mom was arrested the night it happened and has not seen her daughter. mom and dad said the gun was behind a locked door with the safety on. but what happened happened. >> she didn't intend to do it. i love all my kids. >> it's not just mom, heartbreaking words from the

pulling that trigger. >> when i picked up the gun, she scared me and i shot her on accident. >> 12 shooting happened a week ago, the toddler is in the hospital. notre dame prep is filing an appeal hoping to reverse the probation. the football team banned from the playoffs. many parents feel strongly adults in charge should be the only ones held accountable. a want wanted poster. taco bell sunday night, this is in queen creek. got the money, nobody was hurt. a bus stop creeper in nashville. a mom robbed at gunpoint moments after her kids hopped on the bus. she's okay.

checked. >> i'm unlike myself. i'm paranoid and i'm not a paranoid person. >> in 10 seconds he got her purse, and phone. a twist on keeping you safe, it's hitting other police department, what some are calling predictive policing. it's preventing crime by foreseeing where and when police are using it, putting more police in the hot spots as a me emotive move. a mom and dad accused of 17 counts of child abuse. police say melissa lloyd and michael beat their daughter with a stick wrapped in duct tape. the family was investigated seven times in the past.

afraid to talk, because three other times she fold workers about autobus and nothing happened and she was beaten. >> it's a great question, we need to figure that out. there are gaps within our system. >> lloyd was placed on life time probation and lost her kids for a couple years. abuse accusations in 2012 and new developments in the shooting death of two palm spring police officer. the dea will seek the death penalty for john felix. he has entired a not guilty plea. they promise to fight to the end. a day after justice department filed charges sheriff arpaio

they say the judge had off-the- record meetings with the court appointed monitor. it's not the first time they asked the judge to recuse himself. a trio of crime alerts to solve as thieves stoop to you in lows, hitting homes, animal shelter and pumpkin patch. they are connected to 20 cases and stolen property worth thousands of what do you do about it. >> i worried, i checked my stuff up and the security cameras help. >> neighbors warn each other using the next door app. a victim found her stolen stuff online for sale. precious faces, they were swiped at the animal well fare league.

police have surveillance video. tips from you could help solve this. >> a pumpkin heist, really. rocker serve farm picked clean. a team must have hit sunday night and early this morning. it's at the worst time. >> to know that someone came on the property and took a big chunk away for the people coming this weekend. >> police are on the case, so far no sign stealing persons. >> she told him he's rude and she got pushed for it. >> two runway scares, one mechanical and one a judgment all. >> the viral pictures speaking

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night in jail. the jet at sea-tac. the brakes were on fire. the plane returned to the airport. nobody was hurt. that scare said to be caused by boozy pilot. it's come up before, this time an arrest. 38-year-old pilot showed wreaking of alcohol and was going to fly. he made it on the plane before being hauled off and replaced by a backup. the pilot who has been licensed since 2001 has been barred from flying. the police chief said the system worked the way it's designed. nobody's safety was compromised. >> the video bringing your eye

no word on who's responsibility for the light. kim talked to an astronomer. >> this woman was out for a bite to eat. she stepped outside, looked up seeing the light. she did what anyone would do she hit record. >> that's wild. >> that's header kelly outside the in the lights. >> it's like something was spinning. >> you with see the light going in and out. >> started with six lights and they disappeared. >> video shared over social media, comparing them to the mysterious phoenix lights in 97. this has been baffled. >> he's seen videos where it

the lights. >> i would say maybe that's a flair, but i doubt that. >> he says it's a ufo it can't be identified and he doesn't judge anyone who says this. >> i think it's a ufo maybe with aliens in it. >> 40u naive to think we're the only spiezes in the kas -- cosmos. >> we called everybody, airports, the arizona national guard and the faa and nobody claiming these lights as their own. it remains a mystery. michael phelps has been hiding something. he's been married to nicole for months. it happened in paradise valley.

their engagement they had tied the knot. june13th was the big day. he called any oil his financee. -- nicole. >> trending now, the picture will make you mad, tonight just know the forgotten dog is getting a new start. >> look at the story, his family in detroi behind when they moved and he waited for them for a month. they came back once to grab more belongings but abandoned the dog. it took 15 hours for boo to trust the guy that rescued him. he's doing okay now. he will be ready for a foster home soon. terrifying field trip to

attack. the animal trainer scratched and dragged with kids watching. one misstep when the trainer tripped the tiger grabbed her by the leg with his paws. she survived this. after a successful surgery is on the mend. the tiger never bit down, it was the claws that did the damage. doesn't matter voting for. this next clip is not cool. map map that is trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame. it going to take a few days for repairs. the detectives found the hammer, hat and vest. but a man is claiming

police have yet to say if he's the prime suspect. looks good in the morning, tomorrow afternoon going home, record heat in the forecast. highs in the 90s, more clouds that won't do enough the cool us off. we'll take uday by day through the four day forecast. >> likes cash and he likes cats too. the mug attached to this robber. a state by state down, the scary movie that has arizona shaking in our boots

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. halloween -- you may have to rethink the costume. >> i'm committed, i'm so mad. >> this is not good. you i posted halloween stats if you want to check those out. we're tracking the 90 plus tre days, today marks the 22nd day in a row. there was a record indicating back -- dating back to 1952. this is the second host ever be counting. we look to beat the record of

start of the weekend as the 90s continue. we won't break the record over all. there's not enough days left in the month. we're at 80 degrees right now. dew point in the 50. upper 70s to low 80s. 77 in goodyear, 78 in scottsdale. anthem at 83. as we look to the north, temperature in the upper 50s and low 42 in flagstaff and 55 in show low. a few clouds in north western arizona, and here's what we're tracking for you, moisture surging in from the southwest. over all high pressure in control, just off to the east, and it will be pushing farther east by the end of the week. in the mean time tomorrow looks like the hottest day of the

to the east, the next low pressure comes onshore, the gem high -- jet stream will take it north, not brick it into our state, parts of northern arizona will sit on the fringes of the storm track. there's a chance of action in those spots. 10to 20% of a few showers, the valley forecast will stay 39 in flagstaff. tribe in prescott. highs for tomorrow from the valley out to the west. every location in these spots will hit the 90s. phoenix at 99. sedona 84, flagstaff at 71, lows for the valley upper 60s to low 70s. lows and highs 10 degrees above average for this time of the

90s 11:00 or noon tomorrow, and 99, 15 degrees above normal for us. record breaker for that day. if we inch up one more day it will be the latest we've seen triple digit. >> besides a hot halloween, what is arizona scared of. >> loaded question, let's narrow it down to the scariest mo we're in the same boat with nebraska and washington. friday the 13th streaks us out the most. >> we have an old clip. the theory is based on the movie that sells the most. they figure people are too scared to keep the movie in their collection. >> the rest of the list, it, and conjuring, the ring, the

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. we have breaking news, that white truck part of a police pursuit. we have calls out the police. sounds hike police were after the armed driver with felony warrants. a lot of information -- little information coming up. the street specifically are over on priest, that's the area you want to avoid as police try