this is abc 15 news taking action. >> phoenix firefighters work to put out a house fire. >> just found out about a bizarre crime in our state. a welfare check ends with a dog being killed. >> and proof work is never done even on vacation. this is video you've got to see. it is 4:30 on this thursday. thanks for waking up with abc15 mornings. >> we are cooling off. that is for sure. yesterday it was a struggle to warm because of all the clouds. we topped out at 79 degrees. those clouds are clearing out to the east and we are looking at clear conditions as you get

morning. there are showers to the north particularly north of the grand canyon. other than that pretty quiet across the state. still some breezes as the storm system moves through across northern arizona. as you get ready to head out no rain impacting your commute. today a high of only 73 degrees. i'll show you how long we get to keep these 70s around in a few minutes. from the live desk at 4:31 and breaking overnight that lit up a phoenix neighborhood. it just flaired up again as my understanding. those are going to be the main cross streets here. justin pazara is there on the scene. >> reporter: yeah, chris firefighters had to come out here. it happened here in this mobile

picture right here. this is actually from a viewer they sent it to us on twitter. phoenix firefighters rushed to the scene. tried to put out that house fire but what made this so difficult is the other homes are just kind of packed in here. they were trying to save those homes as well. it looks like several people displaced the phoenix fire department really trying to figure out what people need and then the big question caused that fire. at this point that fire is under investigation but everyone is okay. live in phoenix abc15. >> justin pazara starting us off. >> and this is also coming in to the news desk. a fort mojave man is accused of stabbing his dog to death. he was arrested monday night for animal cruelty.

mojave county sheriff's deputies and she thought that olvoid said there were demons on his roof. you cannot arrest me until you have a warrant. >> did you see what happened there? this has everybody talking this morning. it shows a police officer punching a woman right in the face. it's disheartening to happening right in our state. >> if you want to see if again here take a look the still not clear why that woman was being arrested. in the video she doesn't seem to know the reason. you can bet we got ahold of that flagstaff police department. they are launching an investigation right away. new this morning police are investigating a terrible crime scene in phoenix a man stabbed

street and van buren. they say the stabbing doesn't sound two serious. the victim apparently refused treatment. you mentioned term hoa you're going to get an earful. one valley hoa is trying to take it a step further deciding who can move into the neighborhood at all. the palm valley phase 1 in goodyear hoping to ban sex offenders. they argue sex offenders have already paid for their crime. >> these people have done their time. they paid their punishment. if it were me i would be more concerned about burglars because they're often substance abusers. >> when they do things like that in my opinion they lose some rights. >> the hoa will vote on that policy in december.

an 18-year-old burglar caught in the act finds himself in the hospital this morning. family members came home. once inside they saw a man going through their home. wasn't long before a fight started and that's when shots were fired. >> you've got to do what you got to do to protect your property and as long as nobody was on my side of the family. the good guys one. nobody got hurt other than the bad guys. >> the family members brother-in-law who fired his weapon is cooperating with sheriff's deputies. well the new phoenix police chief is holding a meeting. jerry williams took a lot of questions from the audience concerns about immigration and deportation under president elect donald trump. >> quite frankly i don't want to be political about it.

non work related questions just so you can have a chance to get to know her a little better. donald trump has filed his first lawsuit has president elect. over his hotel in washington d.c.. it used to be a post office and he rents it from the federal government but his legal team claims the tax bill is too high. they also claim the lease is only worth about $28 the lawsuit was already tossed out once but they have now re-filed it. governor ducey is in orlando right now meeting with other republican governors. he says the trump administration will be good for business. >> i think there's a road map. i think republican governors that have come before me have proven it. we hopefully see here in the first 100 days of a new administration.

day for our governor. congressman are you ben giego has joined a cabinet of more than 150 democrats. the democrats claim bannon promotes racism. bannon has ties to arizona. get this he was once biossphere 2. hillary clinton's message this morning is continue the good fight. >> i urge you please don't lose heart. don't give up on the values we share. look at the young people we are honoring tonight. if they can persevere so must all of us.

the children's defense fund a non profit that she spent years working with. dan at any moment here the search is going to resume for a couple from california, from los angeles who vanished after leaving on a camping trip to joshua national park. they were last seen leaving their home on saturday. friends and family got concerned when they failed to show up for work on monday. you see that, that's a gofundme account. raise money to start a proper search here. that's supposed to start this morning danielle. all right. well he was supposed to having fun and relaxing but a new york firefighter comes to the rescue of a driver while he's on vacation. this is some intense video from georgia state. there's a man strapped z inside that car. he almost didn't make it out alive. this could have been so much work. didn't see any emergency crews

trained to do. >> it was a bad trauma. he was bleeding from the head. he had blood all over him. his legs were pinned under the dash board. eventually we got him free. >> a few days later he got a call from the driver's mother who just could not stop thanking him for saving her son's life. hundreds of friends, family, and police officers they gathered in a pennsylvania cemetery to celebrate the life of a fallen officer. offi in an ambush. a second officer was injured. the shooter then shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. time now for our most accurate forecast. we've got 50s across much of the valley. so keep that in mind as you get ready to head out. another cool start to the day. winds right now still a bit breezy coming out of the west southwest across the phoenix area. we'll keep some of these lighter

but it doesn't look like they're going to get too strong in valley. and check out these temperatures. i do think we're going to cool into the 50s for a little bit even in phoenix this morning before we start to warm up. but we only warm to 73 degrees today. that will be it. that will be our high. but task going to get much colder tonight and we'll talk about the weekend forecast as well in just a few minutes. abc15 desert drive times brought to you by century link prism. >> acompl. just a couple moments ago it looks like dps did a traffic break. it's looking slightly heavier than normal. everything should ease up quickly. that just happened a few minutes ago on the 10. i'm going to break down your north valley drive in just a couple of minutes. mallory, the time right now is 4:40 and crews at this very

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good morning. just about 4:45 on this thuda as we take a quick life look outside. 62 degrees and we are in for some cooler temperatures today. we'll check in with meteorologist iris hermosillo. first the abc15 live desk and christopher sign. danielle new developments come k in right now involving that 7 point earthquake in new zealand. one coastal town is almost

about 700 residents and tourists have been stranded. a royal new zealand transport there transporteded about 500 evaceeewes e evaccues. >> there's a report this morning u.s. law enforcement about untraceable semiautomatic rifles. the key part is called the 80% receiver and it's legal to buy in the u.s. what makes it incomplete it's a chunk of metal still needs to be removed for the magazines and the trigger mechanism. now the atf doesn't consider that part of a firearm so they don't require a serial number. >> that means anyone can buy it without getting a background check.

customized in many different ways with all types of accessories and equipment. you can make that rifle your very own customized rifle and there's a very large demographic out there that does just that as a hobby. >> so the consideration here is that experts were lone wolves might be able to assemble an ar 15 and nobody would it. go to abc15.com for more on this story. a man was lifted onto a stretcher after being rescued from a deep trench. take a look from above here. he fell 12''. we don't know what caused him to fall in the first place danielle. just this week another deadly crash involving an

avenue and dunlap. now there's a memorial growing. they were just going to mcdonald's when they were hit. he cried, patted his chest last night saying just how much he loved his son. the driver was speeding when he rear-ended the teen's car. a website that escort services. backpage.com again in the news. he will likely throw out the pimping charges against jim larson and michael lacey. a final ruling won't happen until december the 9th. the tv station in seattle spoke to office depot employees to falsely claim the computers were infected were viruses so

plans. they brought in six new computers to different locations and workers told them four of the six needed repairs. office depot says they have opened their own investigation. they do not condone this kind of behavior. this man's story certainly captured our hearts. maybe you've seen paul in phoenix. he sells copper coins to earn money for his wife of 54 years. well a preschool teacher paul walking with his wheelchair and walker and she wanted to help. surpassing their goal by $20,000. so many people just wanted to give. we are hoping to hear from paul. how great is modern technology? >> amazing. happened so fast. all right. let's talk about -- speaking of modern technology the way we can track these storm systems.

cooler drier air. the green that you see. that's the cloud cover that we had yesterday. some of that moisture. but the brown indicates the drier air that is moving in behind that cold front. so colder but also drier air taking over as we clear out those clouds and maybe if you're getting ready to head out the door know that those clouds will be cleared out of the valley. now i want to show you i am tracking a few what looks like snow showers. dry conditions across the state and again dry in the valley as those clouds clear out to the east. clear conditions and also some cool temperatures to start the day. we're down to 56 in glendale. mesa you're checking in at 54. buck eye. goodyear all coming in the upper 50s. plus we're still feeling some light breezes. they're not too strong but

5 and 15 miles an hour. up to our north a different story. we're seeing those sustained winds between about 15 and 20 miles an hour in most spots. cholo as that cold front inches closer you're seeing the strongest winds right now with gusts as high as 40 miles an hour. gusts to the west you'll notice between about 25 and 40 miles an hour. again, not as strong in the valley and i don't expect strong breezes in the valley. and those winds will even start to drop down and lighten up across northern arizona as the day goes on. so for the valley plan on winds between about 5 and 15 miles an hour. across northern arizona those winds coming out of the northwest at times gusting to 20 to 20 miles an hour by this afternoon. so if you look at your most accurate forecast that drier air sets in and today's high temperature sdroping below average in the low 70s that's it. so we're sitting right at 62

bit further then be back up to 62 by 10:00 a.m. then highs in the low 70s by mid afternoon. with sunny skies in the forecast for today it is going to be a gorgeous day. tonight getting colder and we've got to talk about some freeze alerts that are in effect for parts of our state. notice tomorrow 70s again before we get a little warmer saturday into sunday but then also some rain chances back in the forecast. i'll have more details on that in just a b now i want to remind you that of course abc15 is still giving away $500 tonight. two lucky winners will get a $500 gift card. watch tonight only on abc15 news at 10:00 for your chance to win. i want to head up to our century link traffic tracker. even if you continue southbound

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any time an officer is killed in the line of duty it is so tough to even comprehend. but when it's in a small community like cholo the pain is even more visible. >> this is just weeks away from his retirement. one of the companies taking action to raise money for the family is total tie keep. they were recently featured on a show called shark tank. they were donated the proceeds >> everybody's really come together and helped each other out and just supported the family. >> they are also hoping the people come out to the lodge and pine top on saturday. they will be holding a silent auction and that begins at noon. u of a scientists hoping to make a cool discovery on pluto. the dwarf planet may have a

i'm guessing it's slushy. a frozen ocean under its surface. oh, you know what that sound means. yes, it is time for operation santa claus. we are collecting clothes, and non parishable food items. all you have to do is stop by or any of 120 plus ups store locations. you can also donate to givetothe givetotheclaus.com. . all right. get ready to feel a cooler air today as temperatures only top out in the siktsd to low 70s under sunny skies i've got your hour by hour planner in minutes.

phoenix firefighters rushed to a neighborhood to try to save a home. but it's what they did to a neighbor's home that made this fire really hard to put out. >> the legacy of jesse morrison. an investigation revealing what

>> i'm megan thompson live in phoenix and about the nuclear power plant here. we'll get to that coming up. all right. but first let's get you out the door with your most accurate forecast. colder air. so today's temperatures below average. now this morning still just as cool as yesterday. we do have some lingering breezes. that's keeping your temperatures in the 50s to low 60s as you get ready to step outse those clear skies. it will be dry. those clouds from yesterday cleared out to the east and we're going to stay sunny today but highs only make it into the low 70s. i'll break down your hour by hour planner next. and iris we are delay free on the roads as well as you step out the next couple of minutes. that includes the 10 out in the west valley. this is a 10-minute drive time for eastbound drivers. in just a couple minutes we're