what he says about his possible return. 12 news at noon starts right now. now. good afternoon to you and thanks so much for watching 12 news at noon. >> it's primary day in arizona, and many races for voters to decide and 12 news is keeping an eye on any issues voters are facing today. >> for the most part it's been a pretty smo locations, that is ten times as many as the presidential preference election. helen purcell expects only about 20% of voters to vote. so lines are essentially nonexistent. >> city it's an important day and people came across with minor issues. >> i don't know, i was refused to be able to vote. i have to drive another mile down this way even though i live one block that way. i live on the other side of the

i can't vote here. >> a lesson here, make sure you go to your designated polling location. those polls close at 7:00. all you need to know including a guideline, head to 12news.com. well, tonight we are watching two big primary challenges, senator john mccain is facing a tough battle with a former state senator kelli ward and sheriff joe arrest pie yo is against former police chief dan say ban. >> it's not just election day he states across the country. we'll see primaries for several politicians affected. >> tracey potts has more on that plus the race for the white house including a tweet from donald trump supporter that might -- some might find offensive. >> reporter: debbie wasserman schultz and marco rubio enter florida and john mccain in arizona all fighting for re-election. >> people judge me on john

trump. >> build strong borders, build a wall and illegal immigration. >> reporter: donald trump's preparing to lay out specifics in tomorrow's immigration speech, aides say he will call clinton's plan guarantied amnesty and he's going after black voters with the support of pastor apologizing for tweeting this photo of hillary clinton in black face. clinton's team has troubles team. >> i love him, him. >> reporter: top aide huma abedin is splitting with her husband after more allegations of sexting. >> huma is like family not just to hillary clinton but to that whole campaign. >> reporter: trump quickly called clinton's ties to the couple, bad judgment and suggested without proof that weiner could have accessed classified information. >> hillary clinton can't afford another scandal, something else for trump or anybody else to build on. >> reporter: abedin is also a

of e-mails a federal judge is now giving the state department until mid-october to turn over e-mails about huma abedin's activities outside the state department when she was working there. tracey potts, nbc news, washington. >> all right. thank you so much, tracey. and like she just said, federal judge is helping out there. also this afternoon, the valley is getting ready for another visit from trump. trump will be having a rally at the phoenix convention center 6:00. doors open at 4:00. mr. trump's arizona campaign manager tells us that vp candidate mike pence will join him here as well. all right. we can see the return of storms to the valley tomorrow. meteorologist crystal henderson has exactly what you need to know. and crystal, i want to know, are there going to be any huge changes in the weather tomorrow? >> not any huge changes, but definitely a huge increase on the thermometer. i see what you did there. having fun with this one, right?

it's really going to look and feel a lot like today. tomorrow but we're dialing up on the humidity so it might feel even worse. we will max at 105 there. after sunset, we'll finally drop back down into the double digits for relief. but it's going to be super humid out there. a little twist on that word, too. as far as today goes, if you're still heading out to the polls here, we're starting to see some clouds working into the picture here in our skies. so notice clouds on the increase, keepou sky, too, because there's going to be storms building around us in the mountains. temperatures already getting up into the triple dith dits, been there -- triple digits. we're going to be looking at maxing out at around 107. we've got storms bubbling up as we speak here. zooming in, where's all the moisture been anyways?. >> texas and new mexico have been borrowing it. but we're starting to get in on some of this.

forecast track, coming up. >> all right. thank you. well, police are able to catch a driver of a hit-and-run, and it's all because a tow truck driver chased the man down. brian west has the story from the newsroom. >> reporter: a tow truck driver is being called a hero after chasing down the driver of a hit-and-run accident that's happening overnight on the i-17. as soon as the vehicles came to rest, the driver fled the scene and ran into a nearby neighborhood, that's when a tow truck driver who saw the accident and t called 911. he was giving live updates to police. witnesses and the fire located the driver under some bushes. a k9 team was used. the driver about 500 yards from the accident. police used pepper spray. when the driver was not compliant, they had to drag him out of the bushes. the tow truck driver tells 12 news he almost tack willed the guy. >> i was about to do that at a point and then he started to run, so i started to dive behind him and try to keep up. if i would have jumped out when

the ground, he would have took off and been out of my view. i just followed him. >> reporter: we're told the driver refused treatment from phoenix fire department. we're in the newsroom, brian west, 12 news. >> thank you for the update. meanwhile, phoenix police are investigating a triple stabbing between family members. this happened last night just after 11:00 here near 19th avenue. police say three men all stabbed each other. their injuries are not life-threatening. well, backers of a voter initiative to legalize recreational arizona secretary of state michelle reagan about the ballot description voters will see in november. they claim the ballot scription leaves out important information such as that a new 15% marijuana tax could mainly go to schools. they also aledge the description sizz marijuana will be legal for people over 21 when it should be 21 and older. the language needs to be

gordon and grant wood says the state needs to change how its giving out licenses. they say the department of health services is giving licenses to proposed dispensaries that do not have the right zoning approved just yet. they say that's allowing dispensaries to go into areas where they would normally be prohibited such as near schools and neighborhood. they want them to make those dispensaries have everything in place before the license is granted. >> you make zero cents to me. i don't know why they're doing it >> there are going to be court challenges, there are going to be lobbyists and consultants hired to challenge. >> it is not up to them, a spokesperson says the agency takes its cue from the cities whoa can say yes or no to a dispensary going in. still ahead on 12 news at noon, ryan lochte is not done with his drama in rio just yet. what he says about a possible return to the city.

save a little bit of money this year with a change. we'll tell you what it is when 12 news at noon comes right

. welcome back, ryan lochte is not saying whether he will return to brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report. the the swimmer says his legal team is dealing with the situation. lochte admits he lied about having a gun held tois a rio gas station during the games. despite his current problems, lochte has been named as one of the contest he wants on the upcoming addition of dancing with the stars. it's tebow time today. tim debow has been training for the past several months. today the former heisman trophy winner and nfl quarterback will take a swing at playing professional baseball. he will hold a one-man showcase

will be there. and tebow will run a 60 yard dash, catch fly balls. throw to the bases and have two rounds of live batting practice. >> west -- best of luck to him. we are days away from the paralympic games in rio. organizers say they are ready despite concerns about low ticket sales. rio is considered a difficult place for people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility because of few wheelchair ramps, poorlily equipped public transportation. the games starem a new home, check this one out. derrick hall is selling his home. the house is in paradise valley. it's four bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, is about 6400 square feet. all right. pitchforks up, asu fans can save some money this fall at the newly renovated sun devil stadium. that's because for the first time, asu will allow fans to

stadium. they made the announcement yesterday and they recognize how hot it gets during the games and that fans need to stay hydrated. the sun devil season opener against nau is this saturday at 7:45. and another fellow sun devil meteorologist crystal henderson, i know you've been tracking the weather for that game. >> you know it. i got all of my devils covered here with this forecast. even more reason to be pumped for the game this saturday. great weather. we're going to be sporting 90s by the time the game is with mostly clear skies. it's looking good. if you want to have fun in the meantime, today might want to find a pool near you. doesn't that water look tempting with this i -- this high of 107 and a ton of sunshine to go with it. a very high uv index is expected. got to throw in a little x factor, that is a chance for storms later on this afternoon and evening. i tweaked these numbers just a little bit, a 2 for the valley, a 3 for southeastern arizona. the white mountains still

storms underway right now. so dry air has been on deck for some time and especially took hold this morning. but now it looks like some moisture is starting to pinch off that dry air and allow for some storms to fire up. we're seeing that now on doppler radar. as we zoom in, it's stretching from show low. you can see just over 100 lightning strikes here. notice the general direction. while those won't hold they are strength to make it all the way some outflows with this and potentially more storms developing later on this afternoon and evening. you never know when that stray storm just might make it through the valley. if we miss out today, don't worry, we have more chances here in the days ahead. notice as the pattern shifts here we get into that picture-perfect pattern. it will be a very moisture-rich air mass to work with and we'll tracking those chances for storms. boy, we've been overachieving in

scott. the totals to date, nearly 11 inches of rainfall for press kit. that ranks in the top ten rainious monsoons on record. the number six spot for flagstaff and also the number six spot for pay sin. and while today may be not be headline weather, it was so intense on this day back in 1971. an f-1 tornado hit tempe injured more tha more than 100 homes, ton of rainfall with these storms and hail that caused severe damage to mcclinton high. wheel we're talking about calendar dates, let's review august so far. would it supplies you to find out that when you average out all of these high temperatures, we're actually below average in terms of those high temperatures, two degrees below average. kind of hard to imagine that with that high, right?

temperatures come down, but certainly that means we're going to be dialing up the humidity. watch for storms really this afternoon through friday. >> that's a good-looking forecast. if you live in scottsdale be aware of giant snakes. seriously. you can't make this stuff up. the scottsdale fire department tweeted out this picture. a woman was taking out her trash and came across a seven-foot bow i can't constrictor. it's a red-tail bow i can't. it's native of south america. that n this is the third snake call in the area in just the past month. the other two were burmese pythons. well, is exciting news for us dog lovers. your dogs really may understand you when you're talking to them. i've been saying this all along. you here's how it works. people understand language in two main ways, words and intonation. researchers in hungary found

to ones of human. they used an mri to measure dog brain activities as they listen to their trainers talk. so what does this all mean? well, your dog understands to a point what you say and what you mean. well, still ahead you might be able to pop some blubly in the past few months, or not be able to. what's causing a champagne shortage. that's next here on 12 news at

. welcome back. in today's health check, detect breast cancer at a glance. researchers at boston's brigham and women's hospitals showed radiologists mammogram images for half a second each. in the time they recognized the abnormal mammograms. and while split second decisions may not be used in real images. and just a little bit of

citizens from developing memory problems. a new study from ucla found sedentary seniors have a 50% greater risk than those that stay active. it doesn't take much. researchers say a brisk daley walk, gardening or even ballroom dancing is extremely beneficial. singing to pre mys help them thrive. researchers found that mothe breathing. the babies were also discharged three days sooner than others. and music therapy does not just benefit newborns, mothers stress levels dropped when they sang to their little ones, too. >> that's interesting. consumer alert for all you champagne drinkers. there's roomers there's a shortage. production is down a whopping 70% because of problems like frost, gray rot, and mildew. but don't get yourself in a tizzy just yet. they have reserves and actual

however, this could lead to stockpiling which leads to increased prices. in fact, they say prices could go up from $100 to $170. apple is going to hold the bet next week. the tech giant announced that date by sending invitations today. apple is not providing any details other than the see you on the 7th. but it's speculated we may get introduced to a new iphone whi convention. that company traditionally unveils new devices in september. record sized gator caught in mississippi you'll want to see

. gator hunting season in mississippi is off to a record-breaking start. take a look. the state's wild life department confirms this nearly 14-foot, caught this weekend.

just an eighth of an inch. hunting season is also underway enter florida. >> nope. that's what my son would say. nope. >> crystal is here with one last look at the forecast. >> we've got storms rapidly filing off. counted more than 250 lightning strikes making their way to the southwest. be keeping your eyes to the northeast. certainly more storms and showers expected later on this afternoon. we may see a stray one here in the valley. d the rest of this week. >> all right. thank you, crystal. thank you so much for joining us today at noon. we'll see you back here at 4:00. don't forget 12 news is always on 12news.com and your favorite

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. hello and welcome to arizona midday everyone. i'm your host. today, you have a chance to win free tickets to the zoo, a new movie for "star wars" fans and a recipe, too. plus your top the day. there's something brand-new at disneyland everyone. we'll tell you about that in just a few. but first the end of summer is almost here and with it, labor day. you can celebrate the holiday with an amazing deal on some hot fashions. kayla from clothes mentor is here and she has the scoop. all right. first of all, why don't we talk about what's on trend for labor day? what are people going to be wearing? >> i think it's a matter of we're in arizona so you still want to be cool but you're