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finger at the competition. good morning to you. we will talk much more about the olympics and jimmy's forecast in a bit. travel news right now, a computer outage shut down flies everywhere and brian west is brian, you are hearing some good news from delta, right?>>reporter: delta telling us the system is back up and running after a technological outage that originated out of indiana. the line has diminished about a half hour ago there was a good 30 or 40 people deeper. we just got an update from delta, they are saying limited
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they do say cancellations and delays will continue and customers heading to the airport should expect those delays and cancellations. while inquiries are high, a lot of people are calling on customer service say they are doing everything they can to assist. people are getting their boarding passes and they are able to check their bags, but we have not heard of flights taking off. when this all started, this advisor still boarding, but we know that isn't true. this is not just here in sky harbor. anyone traveling on delta should double check flights and maybe call customer service. they are offering a waiver, you may get a refund if you are traveling today and you can find that on www.delta.com. jimmy, we have rain and
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>> yes, temperatures are going to be coming down, today we have a pocket of dry air. we are going close to 110 degrees for the high temperature today. a great sunrise, brilliant skies. it is going to heat up pretty quickly. 91 degrees currently already outside with a dewpoint of 46. it is feeling dry outside and that air will translate to load numbers on the monsoonal meter. as far as our future cast, things are going to change. today we have dry air. starting tomorrow tropical moisture coming from the south and going to change things completely. we are definitely going to talk about rain. today, close to 110 degrees, dry skies, good for the roadways minus the traffic. speaking of traffic, something is up on 17 southbound here on bethany homes.
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slowing since rush-hour is officially upon us. we're not starting to see a translate just yet, but we certainly are seeing hidden mist on the 10. this was the first one that we started to see traffic basically hitting the brakes. i will go ahead and break it down manually, but on the 17 southbound it is a 25 minute try from the three of three to dropping into the 40s. 22 minutes to take you down town, on the 60 westmount, it is zipping right now. 12 news is sure home for the olympics and vanessa ruiz is live in real right now. the nasa, we have to talk about what everyone can't get enough of, michael phelps in that performance last night.
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of history? >>reporter: it truly is amazing. it was certainly a thriller of a night last night here in rio for team usa. most of our athletes are going out there and doing their thing and already we are seeing them shine big time. it seems like those training sessions serve paid off for michael phelps. we all saw go down here last night, it seems like it was meant to be, michael phelps clinching metals, it was thrilling to watch the swimmers from team usa bring home the gold michael phelps is just beginning here, he has several more chances in the next
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and i will say it again, she destroyed her competition in the 400 m freestyle. by the way, she set a new world record in the process. they are now calling her the female version of michael phelps, truly an amazing thing to watch her swim. now, simone biles, this girl comply. she was incredible and her routine nearly perfect qualifying for the finals, team usa is leading the way rig beginning. i want to let you know today we have two of the valley's very own competing today. we are going to see them take the stage, we have alex in men's gymnastics and sam dorman indicting. rest assured we are going to follow their journey hopefully to bring home the gold. again, the excitement is palatable. the olympic park was gorgeous
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hands?>>reporter: can i give you a hand? do you want to take my hand? this is to celebrate, guys. that is how they are celebrating out here in rio right now. >> i love it. vanessa, thank you so much. all of us cheering on alex today. thank you. let's check your overall medal count, usa, with 12 gold medals. china is in second place with eight, italy and japan both have seven and australia is right behind them with six. there is a full slate of action today right here on channel 12. this afternoon you can catch the man's water polo team. there is also women's volleyball and a little later in the afternoon you can catch beach volleyball at noon and
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news out of phoenix where police say an armed robber shot and killed a 7-eleven clerk. we're live near 16th st. with the latest. >>reporter: good morning, this morning that suspect is still on the loose. police have been on the hunt for this man since about 1:00 this morning outside the 7/11 at 16th st. and southern. you can see the crime scene response unit appellees are both here. and as the gators getting the call around 12:30 am. police say a man in dark clothing wearing a bandanna and gloves walked up to a clerk standing outside of the store. the suspect told the clerk to go inside and join in other clerk behind the counter and then demanded money. the suspect then took both clerks to the back of the store where authorities say he shot and killed one of the employees. the other clerk was able to escape after the suspect chased
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away with. as far as the investigation, there is good surveillance video that police hope will help. they are talking with the surviving clerk. police say the community should keep an eye out until the suspect is caught. if you have any information make sure you contact phoenix police. you can also get in touch with silent witness and you may be able to pull -- and you may be eligible for a $1000 reward. it has been more than three weeks since jesse wilson went missing and today his school starts back up again without them. we're live at bradley elementary with more. >>reporter: it looks like they are going to be starting the school year without someone very special. as the sun rises over bradley academy you can see his chair
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he disappeared early in the morning on july 18. investigators are led to believe he left his home through his bedroom window early that morning. since then there have been search parties and retail stores trying to keep the word out in hopes they will try to bring him home safely. his picture is all over the place, really to keep everyone on the lookout for all. students today. bradley academy are you ready to come back to school. classes start as we understand and 8:30 am. a bit of excitement and a bit of sadness here. we have seen maybe a handful of faculty members showing up wearing a yellow ribbon. hopefully they can bring him home. let's check some other headlines in the valley this morning, maricopa county
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of a three-year-old. neighbors tell us the boy was stabbed and his oldest sister was also hurt. phoenix police shoot a man they say was holding a knife. officers responded to a call of a man a woman fighting in the road. when they arrived they found the man inside of the house armed with a knife and arguing with a second woman. that is when the officer shot him. that suspect is in the hospital and is expected to survive. the search continues for a serial street shooter here in the valley. the suspect is now connected to 11 shootings, some of them deadly. a $50,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to an arrest. 6:10 am issue a time, taylor swift kissing a new guy? the juicy details. plus, a rapper stays true to his word and the reaction is
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welcome back, everyone. we are giving you a live look from rio de janeiro, the time there is 10:14 am. brie larson studies up for a big role. but first, taylor swift kissing a new man already? >> not everything that you think. swift keeping herself in these headlines, she does it to herself, she treated guests, it was her birthday party over the weekend and an impromptu performance with nelly. during the performance she planted a kiss on a mystery man's cheek. turns out the man is oil air
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don't get too worked up, it was his birthday as well and partygoers say the kiss was the only real contacts with hat with him. no word if tom saw that. recognize that baby face? little he is just bow wow now, at age 29 he announced he is retiring from the rap game. the internet responded with savagery. one person posted, trying to figure out what power is retiring from because music retire from him decades ago. the rapper will put out one last album before calling it a career. >> he was huge. i loved him. >> you never should've dropped
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with all the success of these comic book movies you better know your stuff. bree lawson is that a in her role in captain. marvel. she posted a picture on twitter of herself dressed in the superhero scholars reading captain. marvel volume 1. the caption read, larson industries. really cool, good for her. it is going to be now time for your second juicy question of the morning, it might make you feel old, but there are two things most kids take to school today that none of us ever had growing up. the first one is pretty easy, that is a cell phone. we are giving you that. the second item, that is what we want to know. what do you think it could be? facebook us, twitter, center thoughts. >> michelle disher as well as paul says a backpack western mark >> i heard that. i have one growing up. >> didn't everyone? >> laptop.
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>> i was brownback. >> in the meantime, let's look at traffic. traffic is fantastic, so far so good. tonight steady drive on the 10 w. line, no crashes in your way. on that stretch of freeway you can expect to basically pull off top speeds here is your drive between those two. as we take a look at the big picture here, only modest slowing that is just hit amiss on the 10th there and on the 10th eastbound. also maybe a little more company on the 101 between the 17 and the 51. right now is that window of opportunity to get your driver without any major delays. starting off heading eastbound on the 10, just a few minutes to 75th, another few minutes to
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times are ideal right now. as we hit the gas just backing off the gas pedal at 51st and then we have to stretch is there where we will see speeds drop into the 30s briefly and then pick back up again. so when averages out to be 50 miles per hour on the speedometer and 14 minutes for the drive overall. later on, 7:30 pm, a little more , probably going to be on your toes. long lines on the tool two, stop and go on the 10 westbound, things are really going to be picking up on the west side. 101 eastbound. this morning our monsoon meter for the valley is looking a little bleak. maybe about a 1% chance. above sub tuesday to a three and then a six on wednesday. it was at a seven yesterday but then the models lawson little confidence. a4 for thursday.
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are sunny. i has a car trouble the other day and that umbrella came in handy. the dewpoint is 46, wins out of the calm side. here's what we have, we have a tropical system to the south of us. dry air for today will pump our temperatures right up there. and then there you go, our tropical system will move up and moisture is going to enhance here late tuesday. there could be some blowing sand and dust once again across our area. if you are in areas such as y with a lot of rain. we have a lot of rain of their this past couple of days. the monsoon is doing good for those trees. a lot of those fire restrictions have been lifted. overall, bright skies and conditions. rio is looking pretty quiet, temperatures into the 70s. remember it is winter for them right now, about 77 will be there high temperature. we barely moderate to 71 high temperature. we barely moderate to 71 x 6 p.m. and a low of about 69. pretty nice conditions for the
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a pocket of july air moving it will get our temperatures right up there. the monsoon meter only at about a one. for flagstaff at two. there you go, scattered storms. this could get pretty dicey, rock 'n roll and with a 60% chance of rain by wednesday, heavy storms in the forecast for thursday, friday 20% before we try out this weekend. is single life a happy life? settle down in your morning health check. it is definitely on in real tonight when the women hit the poor. why lily is calling out her russian opponents and white
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determine whether or not they continue to use them. a new study of middle and high school students found the most common reason for trying them were curiosity, good flavors and because their friends there. researchers found most youth tried the device because of the low cost and were still using them six months later. teenagers who began using e cigarettes to quit smoking were over four times more likely to keep another reason. moving your feet or legs during long periods of sitting can help protect against arterial disease. a new study of 11 healthy adults found tapping a bullet while sitting for three hours help increase blood flow to the leg enough to prevent the loss of artery function. researchers say digital is not as beneficial as walking or exercising. new research shows being
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scientists found single people tend to have richer socialize, share more psychological growth, and are more self- sufficient then there mary pierce. >> that's easy, you have to do it for yourself. >> they are also more likely to be resilient during hard times. speaking of single, one single finger the us swimmer has not been shy about her feelings toward a russian swimmer that tested positive twice for banned substances, yet was allowed at the last minute to compete. russian -- the russian has made the final along with king and billy is not pleased. king wagged her finger several
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interview called around saying, you have been caught cheating twice and i am just not a fan. the trash talk and finger wagging have bans all aiming for her to win tonight. she did come out on top, however, the russian did also qualify for the final. i love that she spoke out and says something. there are so many times were athletes just try to stay neutral. the rushing doping scandal is so horrendous. it just takes away of some of these other athletes who train and deserve to be there. i'm glad she beat her. >> i hope it throws off again. >> that is why a lot of people shy away because they are focused and hope it won't shy them away from their game.
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get ready for a day of delays and cancellations, delta says limited departures are resuming, but travel is going to be a mess because of a massive computer problem. the radar is looking bone dry, we will have the details and rain headed our way. they are just 19, we are going to live to rio to talk about simone biles and katie ledecky. we also have the answer to your question of the morning, what our kids brought into the classroom? we know one of them is cell phones, what is the second thing? >> keep those gases come again. good morning, hope you are having a great start. passengers on one of the world's largest carriers are stranded at airports around the globe. brian west is life at sky harbor airport with our top story. >>reporter: we have some good
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she cannot imagine, it has been very frustrating. this was 100 people deep about an hour ago and now we are down to one person as people are getting their tickets and heading upstairs. all morning long because of the technology glitch none of the flies have been updating. we are seeing them update. an hour ago we spoke with lee and rita and they were heading to new york, it looks like their flight is now boarding and will be taking off. as you can ime frustrating for a lot of passengers. we did just get an update, they say it started in atlanta and impacted all the computer systems and operations worldwide. they also say if you are heading on delta, cancellations and delays will continue and customers may be impacted. they do say if you were impacted you can get a waiver for a refund, you can check on
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you can do it by live rap, phone, or online. a different scene that we saw a couple hours ago. now everything is back up and running. hopefully it is a quick end to all of that. let's take a live look outside on this monday morning, already 91 degrees. jimmy, i busy week for you. >> always great when you happen to the forecast center early and start to see big changes moving in as opposed to a straight high and dry forecasts. two points are down. pretty dry out there. no major problems on the radar. this is here in the valley, the monsoon meter anyone, a three
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four. today high and dry, 109 degrees. it is going to be pretty busy. things are starting to stack up on the 10 eastbound making your way in from the west valley, this is one of those spots where you get a little bit of a break. we saw it jam up at 75th avenue. and then is back into the action the closer you get to downtown. a solid orange line here we take a look at the bigger picture. right now it is about a 20 minute drive to go from the 101 to 7. also starting to see some slowing beginning on the 60 westbound before the 101. look at the 101 eastbound, it looks like it is flowing at 75th and past the 17. overall, averaging a 53 miles
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breaking news as a 7-eleven clerk's murder this morning during an armed robbery. we are live with the latest.>>reporter: phoenix police are still investigating the deadly scene. they have been out here since about 12:30 am. the suspect still on the loose. take a look, you can see the mobile command unit is here and a couple other people are standing inside the crime scene tape. police say a man in dark clothing wearing a bandanna and reckless walked up to one of the clerk standing outside the store. the suspect told the clerk to go inside and join another clerk behind the counter, then demanded money from the register. the suspects then took both clerks to the back of the store where authorities say he shot and killed one of the employees. the other escape after being chased by the suspect.
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we do not know how much money he took, if any. officers are investigating and say they are talking with the clerk was able to get out.>> we are trying to get as much information as possible and collecting physical evidence. as you mentioned, we are looking at any possible surveillance video. we understand the store does have good video and we hope to get that. >> we are also working on getting that video to show it to our viewers sky. police searching everywhere for him and say the south phoenix community should be on heightened alert this morning because of that. if you do have any information contact phoenix police or solid witness. the contact information for them is on our website at 12news.com. >> let's hope they catch the killer soon. meanwhile, it has been more than three weeks since jesse wilson went missing. today, his school starts back up again, that without them. we have either bradley elementary with more.
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without him but they certainly haven't forgotten. there are a number of messages all around campus and pictures of him on their website. they are still waiting for him to come back all. even here, one of the faculty members cars with the #lead jesse home. investigators saying they believe he left his home been search parties coming to the desert near his home to look for him or any clues that can bring them home. a number of retailers getting involved and flyers are everywhere. the fbi has gotten involved in this investigation, there have even been fundraising for the family and the efforts to continue searching for him, police are still looking for clues and estimates prepared start the school year without him it seems like there's going
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6:37 am, he or are your hot headlines. phoenix police have arrested a 37-year-old in connection with the death of a man or woman. -- man and a woman over the weekend. two teenage girls are recovering this morning after they were burned in a fire on lake pleasant. mcso tells us an explosion caused the re were on board as well as two dogs. only the 13 of 14-year-old girls were hurt. the waterpark in kansas will remain closed as authorities continued their investigation into why a boy died there. he died while riding on the world's tallest water's fine on sunday. it is still unclear how he died, but the waterpark is calling it an accident. he was the son of a kansas state representative.
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at monday morning to you, it is day three of a full day of competition with the 2016 summer games in rio, there is a live look down in rio. meantime, team usa continues to have the golden touch. we are live this morning inside of olympic park with the very latest. good morning to you, what a way to start the day. i love that music. the us team. peppy when it comes listen, you have michael phelps, this guy is pretty good at the swimming. last night he is in the 4 x 100, he is the second leg, he gives in the water intakes to leave for the americans, they never relinquished the lead even though france was a favorite, team usa wins the gold there, great news for them. katie ledecky is the female, 19
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the pool last night with a gold medal in the 400 freestyle. she has three more events, that is three more metals have to figure 14 usa. and a lot of swimmers in the water today and that has been good news for the americans. simone biles, everyone knew coming into this she was going to be a star. she did not let anyone down, great last night, as was the entire american team, nearly tuesday. tonight, we have the man's team in the finals and they were a little shaky to be very honest. they are in second place, they feel like their best performance is ahead of them, we should see something good out of them tonight as well. it has been fantastic thus far for team usa. and they are ahead in the medal count as you talked about, tie for the lead. things really going well and let's keep it going tonight. >> i want to mention the men's
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from the valley here in arizona. meanwhile, something not so much on it up note, venus and serena williams were shocking yesterday. >> yes, it is unbelievable. coming into this the williams sister 15-0 in doubles play losing in the first set, nobody thought that would happen. in fact, most have penciled in gold medals. now serena did find in the singles portion that she would beat the australian portion and move on. let's talk about the men's side, you have the number one seed on the men's side of this tournament playing. and the argentinian, this guy was stuck in an elevator for 40 minutes right before the match is, i guess he is so mad he gets out of the elevator and rolls over and really flips the entire bracket on the men's side.
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where did you pick up the shirt? >> we're going to try to do this throughout the event, this is the olympic team shirt. you will see a lot of the athletes wearing it to some of the other competitions and seeing how their hello athletes are doing. jade, i don't know if you're watching, but it has us olympic team right here. >> i love it. he is not >> it is not bad to have some noodles for breakfast. >> all right, thank you so much. we will see you tomorrow morning. there is a full slate of action today. this afternoon you can catch the men's water polo as team usa takes on spain. there is also women's volleyball and a little later in the afternoon you can catch beach volleyball, canoeing, and kayaking. time to check your morning juice with emma.
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part of your childhood? >> yes. >> about the movie. you know what, no one puts baby in a corner or apparently a remake. jennifer grey is finally speaking out about the remake of dirty dancing. she says she was asked to play role in the three hour to the movie that where on abc, but she declined saying it would be sacrosanct for me to do it because it didn't feel appropriate to me. abigail breslin will star as who will star aside her. the original film came out back in 19 star aside her. the original film came out back in 1987. a new statue of lucille ball is now of an western new york. not without controversy, hundreds of fans gathered at lucille ball memorial park as the new statue was unveiled. it is replacing what critics
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new one right there. the old statue not going away. the mayor says they are going to be moving the old statue to another part. the new statue was unveiled on what would've been her 105th birthday. >> that is how it should be. let's get to your second just a question of the morning, making us all feel old, two things most people take to school today that none of us ever had gr these days. the first thing is the cell phone. the second item, that is what we have been wondering. so final guesses, what of you been getting? >> so many people were saying backpack. >> if anything you use a backpack left now because we
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>> the answer is hand sanitizer. >> that is so true. >> think about it you both carried all the time i have it in my bag. crystal, a little speechless. >> the first juicy question and we are like right on, this one stumped us. we were totally focusing in on electronics. nothing a good old-fashioned hand sanitizer won't do for us on a school day. let's talk traffic now, moving to rush you are routine, no crashes that will trip your routine right now, you are just
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these guys are off to the side, not worry about those. we are not only seeing traffic pick up on the 101, which is an 18 minute drive, but it looks like new to the list of slowdowns is the 60, the 202, the 101, we're going to take a virtual shot of that in just a minute. the 10 in either direction is the most crowded. let's take you on 10 more than double that to get the 51st more than double that to get the 51st avenue. and all the way downtown. it begins at the 101 and then it is a long and solid stretch where it is jammed with traffic, all the way to the office. 35 miles per hour is the average on that speedometer. let's take you went mile by mile on the 101 northbound, one to see hidden mist trouble here. it's emitted the indian school and shea boulevard, he or is
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at warner. another little trouble spot between the 60 and the 202 and then once again as you are getting closer to shea boulevard and average of 57 miles another little trouble spot between the 60 and the 202 and then once again as you are getting closer to shea boulevard and average of 57 miles per hour. and little bit of hayes out there, you can see a quality is also out there. we talked about the inversion layer, it is a little more prevalent in the wintertime, but we still have it all the time. that clue where the jobs across the valley from the mountains. our dewpoint is 46, the relative humidity is pretty try across our region. -- pretty dry across our region. we are expecting a dry pattern at least for today. things will change by tomorrow preacher medically. across the country, storms
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let's go to winter, the other side of the world. winter in rio de janeiro. they are looking at temperatures mainly in the 70s, gorgeous weather out there, a high of about 77, overnight temperatures a few degrees colder, about 70 or 69 degrees. our webcam, high clouds and there you go, there is the moisture in our tropical system pumping a tremendous amount of moisture. they had flooding in parts of dry air coming in for today, but this will be short-lived. a one for the valley, a twofer southeast arizona, white mounds about a three. future cast to the south for our area today which have try here. to the south we go, the moisture will be creeping up with a 30% chance of rainfall in the region. the seven-day forecast, dry today, a few storms late in the day along with some dust
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scattered storms could be heavy and potential for localized flooding, with it, thursday, and maybe even friday. let's check some other headlines in the valley, sheriff deputies investigating the violent death of a three- year-old in youngstown. mcso hasn't released any details but neighbors tell us the board with staff and his older sister was als phoenix police should a man they say was holding a knife. officers responded to a call of a man a woman finding in the role. when they arrived they found the man inside of a home armed with a knife and arguing with a second woman. that is when an officer shot him. the suspect is at the hospital and is expected to survive. the search continues for a serial street shooter here in the valley, the suspect now
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offered for any information leading at arrest. donald trump delivers a speech today that will focus on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage a cutting business taxes, reducing regulations. hillary clinton will deliver what aides are billing as a major economic speech on thursday. today she has to reschedule rallies in florida. a quick reminder, miss any olympic events today, all you have to do is go to our website and click on our daily rewind to get you all cut up. we have a final check of
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those sunglasses on the way out the door. rush hour is certainly taking its toll, hidden mist on the 101 northbound. it is the usual slowdowns, on the 101 eastbound. taking you forward in time to the 8:00 hour, just a little over an hour from now we will see stop and go traffic on either in of the 10. 30s on the 202, again just before the many stack. we could see average these in the 30s on the 51 southbound. we are going to start out with bryce guys out there and dry weather around our area. 90 degrees and we are going to be heading to close to 110 for today. not a lot happening, but we are not done yet. things are going to start to
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over arizona. dryer air moving in, but things are going to change. by tomorrow we are going to go up to about a 30% chance for rain and we have that 60% chance for the high country including the white mounds, it is going to be rocky starting tuesday through friday. final takeaways, sadly singles are happier than couples. >> that was my take away. >> that was my take away. >> my deal is a ie or a married researcher did that study. you are always happier the other way around, that takes up about four of the takeaways. >> our weather will be influenced by tropical system hobby area to the south. it is a creeper. it is going to be nice and dry for today. >> are you guys ready for the portuguese word of the day. to say hello it is oik.
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jane? >> mine, if you wonder where nelly is he is providing private parties in the hamptons. >> it was going -- although we would never change our lives at all for the record, but i wanted to see suicide and i missed it. hearing the rating you gave it, 3.5, right? >> 3.75. >> see it in ax one last take away, best of luck to team usa, the man's tenacity is less than a 10th away from getting a gold medal. you will see that better today. don't forget 12 news is always on. >> we would see you back here at 4:00. cf.
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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, gold rush. >> phelps with olympic gold medal number 19. >> michael phelps does it again taking home gold and adding to the record books with an emotional wir katie ledecky breaks a world record of her own while on the tennis court a shocking outcome for venus and serena williams as the three-time gold medal champs are out of the competition in its opening round. ?? plus the walk seen around the world. supermodel gisele bundchen opens up to natalie about what it was like to be part of rio's opening ceremony. >> i just kept thinking to myself i can't cry.
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