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my daughter and my family. vanessa is going to get better just thank you everybody. >> the phoenix police department declined to comment pending its own investigation. the lawyer said doctors had to remove part of vanessa's cranium until the swelling in her brain goes down. this issue will likely be in the hospital for several months. into the terrifying moments when a 22 -year-old man and his four -year-old nephew were shot by a suspect police are calling the serial street shooter. the suspect says he got a good look at the man before the shots were fired into his car. charly edsitty is near the scene of the shooting south of thomas on 30th street. a total of five bullet casings collected by police but miraculously none of those hit a 22 -year-old man and his four
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>> it was gods deliverance from death. that is what i believe that honestly happened. >>reporter: two below holds puncture the of this phoenix man's car evidence of his scary encounter with the suspect phoenix police believe is the serial shooter. >> when i saw the gun i was shocked at first. within seconds it was like slow- motion okay he pulled out a gun is this really happening right now? to be identified but was driving home from a nearby laundromat as the encounter occurred at a sauce tonight -- them. the gun was visible and according to the victim at point-blank range. >> that is when he began firing so i looked away and i reached out for my nephew and i ducked my head. that i they make him to my mind was get away from the sky assesses possible. >>reporter: the man sped off, so did the suspect but not
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car. the man said both descriptions match the photos police have released regarding the serial shootings. >> i was pretty surprised that the shooter that shot me was linked to the other shooting. >> the four -year-old is said to be doing okay. >> helped him stay calm. he was aware something isn't right >> the man said he is not involved in any gang or drug activity. or another of 50,000-dollar reward offered through silent witness for anybody who comes forward with information that leads to an arrest. . now to hot headlines. we start in mesa where we are learning new details after a deadly crash involving a man riding a motorcycle. the crash happened just before noon a country club in southern. the guy on the bike pronounced dead at the scene after
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that man have been traveling down u.s. 60 minutes earlier at a high rate of speed. a dps trooper tried to pull him over as he was exiting a country club. there was no pursuit but the rider ended up crashing a few blocks north of u.s. 60. the intersection is back open. remember the sinkhole at 59th avenue and school yesterday? after repairs over the past day the intersection is now back open in both directions. tonight you will see expect lane restrictions in that area. engineer still trying to figure out exactly what caused the sinkhole to develop. no sign of jesse wilson, missing for more than a month after disappearing from his home in buckeye. police asking for anyone with information to give them a call. police in flagstaff have arrested this woman, investigators called after the
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after it was learned she is accused in a murder in san francisco the happened back in may. president obama toured flood ravaged louisiana, getting a firsthand look at the damage left behind in baton rouge. 30 inches of rain and historic levels of flooding over the course of a we kept left 13 people dead. the president says the federal government is helping in the rebuilding process >> we need to stay on this because these are some good people down here. we are glad that the families i had a chance to meet our safe but they've got a lot of work to do in they should not have to do it alone. >> some critics of the president should've come sooner but mr. obama says the visit was not about creating a photo op. in a jarring flip-flop donald trump seems to be backing away from one of his most controversial bows or promises to quickly deport 11
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u.s. without proper papers. now he is saying he won't just kick out the criminals -- he will kick up the criminals which is already being done. >>reporter: donald trump vowing only to build a wall. >> that will go up so fast your head will spend and you will say he meant it. >>reporter: he does not mean any more to quickly deport 11 million people he flipped on fox. >> the strong. the existing laws the first thing we are going to do is get rid of all of the bad ones. >>reporter: criminals known to police. the rest will go through some kind of process like what president obama is already doing. >> but people don't know is obama got a tremendous number of people out of the country. >>reporter: trump demands a special prosecutor investigate
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a reminder of the investigation in the '90s they got bill clinton impeached. analysis finds more than half the people outside government who spoke by clinton when she was secretary of state, 85 individuals pledged money to bill clinton's charity is much as $156 million supporting the charge that a check to the clinton foundation goodbye hillary facetime she joked on jimmy kimmel. >> my e-mails are so >>reporter: is new batches of clinton e-mails are made public it could take weeks they will be certain for conflicts of interest or coverups. speaking of decision 2016 we know a lot of you out there are scratching your heads wondering who you should cast your vote for not only in a presidential race but also in the local and state races. we want to tell you more
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to all of you undecided voters. >> i hope you will take that pitch. we hear so much about polarized voters it seems everybody has picked a side. but this election is different. many voters don't know who they will vote for or whether they will vote at all. they are the undecided and we want to tell your story. more than 2.5 million arizona's will cast their vote for president in november. up to 10% haven't made up their minds. that's 250,000 people. you will have more choices for president. donald trump, hillary clinton, libertarian gary johnson and the green party's jill stein. what issues are you most passionate about? look at any of them say or do to win your vote? i want to share your story. >> you can e-mail me at 12
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facebook. we will tell your story in your own words here on 12 news and also on 12 news.com. 250,000 people i hope we will get some responses. i went be surprised of that number was higher. i have talked to a lot of people that thought they knew who their were voting for and as time has gone on whether registered republican or democrat or independent they have changed their mind. they don't know who they have changed it to at this point. >> right now a big decision point for a lot of people. they will either make their decision or forget about it. >> in recent memory i can't remember election were so many people were on the fence. it could be because they are undecided or because they don't like any of the candidates out there. >> two of the most unfavorable candidates in modern times. >> i believe it. it is turn back the clock tuesday. in just a few minutes, sleeping
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introvert. way could keep you looking and feeling younger. look who is back after spending most of august in rio de janeiro. celebrating with vanessa in a few minutes. tonight social sound off question is pretty simple. what is the best diner in arizona? tell us what you think the answer is using social media. use the hashtag #social sound off. the top choice ahead on 12 news at 6:00. after earlier this morning temperatures great today in the '90s. could we see more on the way this evening? monsoon meter coming up next. . homegrown seco no longer and miami but now across the state. new worry for florida health officials.
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falling flat and lifesavers for allergy sufferers is why is this cost of epipen skyrocketing? . tonight the one thing that may be causing balding. something we all have. >> tonight after the premiere
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. it is turn back the clock tuesday. >> throughout our newscast we are giving you ways to look and feel younger. at 4:00 we started counting reasons why sleeping on natural, naked, can help you turn back the clock. >> here is number two.
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relationship. experts say if you share a bed sleeping in the nude is a foolproof way to increase intimacy. >> what is the sky doing in this picture? >> the heimlich. >> [ laughter ] doesn't look very intimate. we will reveal the number one benefit of sleeping nude and of course we should mention that all goes away when you have kids. >> no >> they should let us do the surveys. we take care of all the answers for you. for those of you a little too shy to bear it all here's another idea. >> how about three surprising health benefits of being an introvert. according to pew are wow you have a lower risk of obesity because introverts rely more on internal cues. introverts get more sleep because they are not out. they have nowhere to go and
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>> because they have nowhere to go. >> they are introvert. >> experts say that helps introverts understand their bodies better and helps them handle outside stresses better. she is not an introvert the back from rio. vanessa ruiz, along with our photojournalist garrett wish men both did a phenomenal job, just got back to our boss was there to greet them which is kind of cool. we can't wait to catch up with vanessa when she heads back to the studio we think she will come in friday for a little bit. what were your favorite moments from the summer games? counting down the top 20 rio moments. number 15 raising 5000 meters,
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another runner caught in the temple but instead of getting up and running away she actually helped hamblin to her fee. she twisted her ankle and tripped again. this time hamblin stopped to help her get to the finish line. both finished together hamblin giving up her chance at medal. sportsmanship caught so much attention they will be receiving international fair play committee award from the international olympic committee. that is only been handed out 17 times in the past. congratulations to b runners. join us for 12 news at 6:00 for the 14th best moment from rio. be sure to join us tomorrow at 4:00 when arizona's brady ellison stops by he wants of both an individual bronze and team silver in archery in rio. can't wait to hear his stories. after morning monsoons things have cleared out. could we see more later tonight? let's check back in with caribe for the full forecast. >> today we might be in the
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wise. that moisture help to keep temperatures down. we over the topping out at 80 -- 96 degrees, 8 degrees cooler than this time of your. we started out nice too 74 degrees lower than the normal of 82. good beneficial rainfall. the totals from across the valley as we sat rain move in overnight and early today seventh avenue and peoria .39 inches, sh the 143 and 202 and in mesa to 10th of an inch. pretty good other. here's a look at the scene right now. nothing developing out there. and if i widening out nothing developing out to the west like yesterday. nothing to the south. the state as a whole overall quiet. the most active area happens to be the northeastern part of the state. storms recently moving through
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mexico border. we have activity north of flagstaff moving south. in flagstaff be on the lookout in the next few hours. futurecast starting to pull back on moisture until we get to friday and starts to pull moisture back in. a little green popping up on futurecast. more moisture moving in from the south late friday and saturday. until then we will keep the monsoon meter numbers really low for the valley. 1 tomorrow with activity expected in the high here's your forecast tonight 73- 78, partly cloudy skies light winds. tomorrow temperatures below normal 97-101. plenty of sunshine wind out of the south and west. your seven day forecast looks like this. temperatures below normal pretty much through the weekend. we will introduce slight chances of rain friday and saturday. sunday things back in the clear and the start of next week dry
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next tuesday. let's check in with coop to see what is going on in sports. >> last night goldie's fourth career walkoff home run. still got us thinking who is the diamondbacks all-time leader in walkoff home runs. we will give 6:00. >> a.j. paula could be back in the diamondbacks lineup friday night. he had elbow surgery before the start of the regular season. a long recovery process. his rehab assignment in the minors ends tomorrow. he is batting .433 and eight rbis. sports illustrated releasing a 2016 football issue of its magazine in the coming
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on the cover is a cardinal zone larry fitzgerald. they are predicting that the arizona cardinals will be super bowl 51 champions. already i am hearing from some fans lamenting this sighting the sports illustrated cover jenks. i don't believe in the jenks but i believe the cardinals and i believe sports illustrated got it right. i bet you also belief in the that means one thing friday night favor the best high school football show in town returns friday night at 11:35 right after the tonight show. be a believer, catch the fever. coming up after the break a story about hard work and perseverance paying off on a
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. let's talk asu football. devils 11 days away from kicking up there 2016 season. we are all excited. there is a player on asu team bursting full of joy and excitement. his hard work and perseverance has been noticed and rewarded. >> i feel so ecstatic about this
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starting to pay offly for walk on the defensive lineman earning a scholarship has been his biggest achievement at arizona state. he was awarded a scholarship by coach todd graham on monday. >> he epitomizes work out, sacrificed and worked his tail off, meant so much to be a send it will. >>reporter: the redshirt from milwaukee never felt different from anyone on the team. >> there is a like i wasn't in where i wanted to be. every rep every set i feel like it is my last. this is i wanted to be. >>reporter: this is only the beginning of his journey the film up -- the fulfillment of a lifelong drink. i still want to be treated like a walk on to keep me humble and keep me working hard. go out and work like i'm still
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>> absolutely. george simoni himself is a walk on the earned a scholarship it is you. those players are special because they had to work extremely hard to catch the coach's i improve themselves day in and day out just to get the scholarship. >> more power to them. tonight on 12 news at 10:00 maybe it is a dry heat. new data from the san francisco- based car company that says drivers in arizona are among the most aggressive in the phoenix is number one. what do you think? why and which cities came in
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. coming up donald trump may be returning to the valley to give a speech. >> nearly a year since theirs flames ripped through the buffalo chip saloon. tonight a behind the scenes look at the rebuilding. stay up with us at 10:00 after the premiere a bett balding and it is something we all have. >> i will be paying attention to that story. >> 12 news is always on. >> see you right back here at
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developing news tonight. new homegrown zika, for the first time, confirmed outside of south florida, on the other side of the state. pregnant women are in fear and mystery about the spread. and pay for play. donald trump calls for a special clintons as new questions arise about the clinton foundation and trumpaces criticism over his new controversial outreach to black voters. >> and the price of epipen skyrocketing over 400%. drug executives under fire and parents worry about how to afford it. is there an alternative? and medical miracle. the little boy with a double hand transplant who moved so many with his amazing will and

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