office this flu season. 12 news at noon starts right now. 0. good afternoon to you and thanks so much for watching 12 news at noon. >> the big story right now hurricane newton making its way through mexico. the remnants of that system could bring thunderstorms and a lot of rain right here to arizona, including the valley. >> take a look. this san lucas which does getting hit by the storm right now. it marked out power. the area is very popular tourist destination but hotel staff say occupancy levels are average for this time of year at the twin resorts. one u.s. tourist we talked with says she's not concerned about the hurricane. >> they boarded us most everything, so we're just getting some essentials. we have some food and water.

the resort. so we're not worried. >> well, mexican emergency service officials are evaluating the progress of that storm and they're taking some preventive measures. new evacuations have been ordered. right now, as we take a live look outside across the valley, we can see clear skies right now. but obviously a very different picture tomorrow. meteorologist jen wall is here with how this storm could affect all of us. >> let's go ahead and get a look winds at about 70 miles per hour as it's making landfall. and then it's going to continue to move off to the north and east. so wednesday morning, winds up to about 50 miles per hour. as it crosses the border from mexico into arizona, by tomorrow night we can expect winds up to about 30 miles per hour. mostly in the southeast earn part of the state. some of that could definitely make its way into phoenix. we aren't seeing a whole lot of moisture just yet.

that is definitely going to be a different story. some clouds in the southeastern part of the arizona and as this storm gets closer, it could actually cross from mexico into arizona as a tropical storm. that is incredibly rare. it's only happened about four times in arizona's history. so our monsoon meter because of this system today, it's at a one, a lot of drier air. right now you look outside, you wouldn't even think a system was going to hit us. but that is overnight tonight. especially later this evening, we do have the monsoon meter at a three for the valley. the white mountains and southeastern arizona. so places like tucson. tonight a 50% chance for rain, especially tomorrow morning. you'll want to grab the umbrella out the door. wednesday night up to about a 60% chance. and then as the storm continues to track off to the east, those chances for rain dwindle. we get a lot of sunshine. friday morning, beautiful. and heat returns this weekend. so coming up next, we'll get a

see what you can expect. matt. >> looking forward to that. thank you. well developing today the woman accused of indecent exposure and performing a sex act on a woe boy is in court. the trial is in the fifth week. so far more than a dozen witnesses, including all serve of the boys involved, have taken the stand. the former yoga instructor has pleaded not guilty and said she was intoxicated and drugged. stay with 12 news for updates. right now a little girl is still clinging to life after falling into it happened last night near 83rd avenue. phoenix tells us a bystander started cpr and then rushed her to the hospital in critical condition. no word on how she's doing this noon. investigators say it appears, though, to have been an accident. the man accused of setting off homemade explosives in the bullhead city area is in custody.

officered served his home and found materials to make those devices. a traffic alert for you later this week. grand avenue will be closed in both directions tomorrow night into thursday morning. that closure will allow pouring of the deck of a new bridge at bell road. the sheriff's office continues to search for a missing boater at lake pleasant. deputies say 24-year-old shan disappeared while boating on sunday. looking for him. massive fire at a phoenix scrap yard and this one -- this one has firefighters scrambling to knock it down. right now investigators are trying to figure out exactly how that fire started. three separate hazmat crews were called in to deal with all the chemicals there. a k9 victim at crow cat program needs your help this afternoon. they started a program a year ago to help provide comfort to victims especially trained dogs are used to comfort victims particularly in cases of sexual

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out and come back in. >> reporter: and defending his laid-back debate prep. no cramming. no mock debates. >> i've seen people do so much prep work that when they get out there, they can't speak. >> reporter: hillary clinton's talked so much she's losing her voice but still crit tieing trump for getting into a twitter war with mexico's president. >> he managed to turn his trip to mexico into an embarrassing international incident. >> reporter: clinton's in florida today, sending her states. >> hillary clinton is the superior candidate, hands down. >> reporter: as this campaign enters the final stretch, early voting begins in a few weeks. the first debate at the end of september and election day, now just over two months away. so these candidates are eager to get the word out to you the voter. hillary clinton and her super pac have bought tens of millions of dollars in tv ads. fewer for drufrment he has some

88 retired general rales and admirals have endorsed him. in washington, tracey potts. president obama has become the first sitting president so invited nation of laos. the president arrived in laos on monday for a three-day visit that's meant to close a dark chapter in the history between the two nations. he plans to address the legacy of u.s. bombing in laos during the war. well before heading to laos, though, president obama met with attending the g20 economic summit. president obama said a meeting with putin on how to end hostilities in syria had been product i have but that trust issues have made negotiations tough. putin said today after the meeting that both nations could reach an agreement in the next few days and that both nations have reached an understanding with each other. well facebook is changing once again. see the update that will let you see more of your friends' posts.

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new language. it has more features, too. let's get back to the big story of the day. it is hurricane -- it is hurricane newton which could bring a big storm here to arizona. mexico got drenched with rain yesterday. the hurricane is taking aim at baja california's twin resorts where folks there had nailedly wood over windows and pull in boats. so meteorologist jen wall has been tracking the storm for a couple oda hit the valley? >> good noon to you. the storm certainly backing -- packing a punch and it looks like we'll get rain out of it. dew points rising quite a bit. just about an hour ago we were this the 30s so that means a lot of dry air around the state. dupes at 51. and daytime highs are rising. so we have all of the ingredients we need to get a big one here. upper 90s around the valley

flagstaff. temperatures in your local neighborhoods, year at 96 in glendale. as you look out to the east, we're at 93 right now no fountain hills with temperatures still climbing. as far as the tropical storm goes, we're expecting the heaviest rain tomorrow into thursday. could see about an half earth to inch and a half especially in the southeast part of the valley with the biggest threat being flash flooding. so we do have a flash flood watch in effect tonight through tomorrow night. can certainly expect to see that heavy rain at times. and some of those totals especially in tucson 2 to 4 inches. phoenix about a half inch to an inch and a half. the northwestern part of the state, a little drier. so the main storm threats here, we have that flash flood risk. we could also see frequent lightning. the risk for blowing dust a little bit lower. gusty winds, about 10 to 15 miles per hour. if you do get sut up under a thunderstorm cell we know those could be a little bit stronger.

mexico, but it's starting to inch into arizona. still leaving us clear and dry into phoenix. here's those rising dew points we're talking about. we can see the moisture. phoenix at 51. 46 in scottsdale. so you can see the wetter air out to the east in the mesa, gilbert and west side of the valley a little bit drier. let's go ahead and track the future cast of the storm. it could cross over from mexico into arizona as a tropical storm overnight tonight in with that future cast into motion, we'll see wednesday into thursday, we really see the wetter weather. then thursday into friday we start getting the drier air in from the west and the heat returns as well. zooming in your future cast just a little bit, you see phoenix starting to get the rain by about 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow morning so we could certainly see some of that wetting weather throughout your morning commute. we've only had four tropical storms hit arizona in its

september 25th, 1997, where phoenix saw nothing. yuma getting four inches of rain. seven day forecast, here we go. low 90s once the storm hits. a little bit cooler wednesday, thursday, guys. and then that eat certainly returns into the weekend, back into the triple digits. >> all right. thank you. summer may be over but many of us still want to keep that beach bod. we look at a nonsurgical procedure that promises to zap that fat. >> when it comes to celebs and the doctor and his team are showing e news the tricks to getting the look. >> when is the advantage of this procedure over any other fat-burning procedure is it. >> well i think the number one advantage is it can cover this whole area in one sitting. and then you combine it with this prolonged, you know, fast, tremendous advantage. no down time. >> why are you here today? >> well, i'm trying to slim my abs up. >> so this is the area right

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. welcome back. keeping an eye on your health this afternoon. most parents rely on outdated and incorrect advice when carrying for a child with a concussion. according to a new survey,

would wake their i injured during the night to check on them. but doctors say disrupting sleep may prevent the brain from healing faster. 84% of parents said they would make their kids sit out from all physical activity after a concussion. and while they should avoid contact sports, light exercise may help boost their spirits. . well the end of summer means the beginning of flu season. pediatricians recommend the flu vaccine over 6 many doctors will not offer the nasal spray vaccine this years after studies show it does not protect against many strains of the flu virus. it's not too early to get your child vaccinated. doctors are encouraged to begin offering the shot no later than october. well today is national read a book day, and there's a new survey out that reveals print books are still more popular among americans than those digital ones. the survey is by the pugh research center. it found 65% of americans have

year, that is more than double the 28% who read an e-book. and more than four times the 14% of those who listened to an audio book. nearly four in ten read print books exclusively. and we are following breaking news this noon of a bank robbery in avondale. >> that's right. shots were fired. the suspect took off in this car that you see right here. shots were even fired from that car as we give you a live picture right here from sky car. it is in the avondale area. we have been told -- actually it's seven street at broadway. so we're talking south phoenix. you can see that vehicle, that suv is on a chase in the residential area. so it's not on any, you know, freeways or other major thorough fares here. it looks like possibly police --

but obviously they are keeping an eye on this vehicle. again this is possibly in connection with a robbery that happened at a bank. now it looks like it's going through a back aliway. we know that three people have bailed from this week. one person still in the car. obviously that's got to be the driver there. it's now come to a stop. and going back, probably because there's really nowhere to go throughout that back aly way behind those homes in that residential area. we're getting information right now that it looks like the back windows may have been shot. but again, it's very hard to see from this vantage point. don't know why the driver keeps going forward and backwards. thought maybe the driver would go back on the streets, but obviously that is not the case there. it definitely is picking up speed as it goes through that ally way. lots of debris so it makes it

excuse me, that suv to go through all that trash. once again, it's going backwards. don't know why. we are still waiting on some more information on this situation here. but again, we believe that there is just one person in this vehicle. three other people got out of the vehicle. police still nowhere to be seen. it looks like the phoenix police helicopter, though,t but the driver is staying put, not going anywhere. and again, just stuck in this residential area. probably, perhaps -- oh, it looks like the driver just threw something out. too hard to tell right here if it was maybe a weapon or a bag. and oh. now there's someone from one of the homes right there trying to see what's going on there. thank goodness that person was

but again the driver just taking off. again, this location near 7th street and broadway in a residential area behind a back ally way of some homes. now getting back on the streets and hopefully drivers in that area, people living in that area, stay clear away from this. because of course it can be a very dangerous situation at high speeds, and police still -- we can't tell from this picture how far away they are. but it police helicopter is keeping a close watch on this suv. >> we know many times in a situation like this, the police cars on the ground will pull away for public safety issues and instead they'll track it in the air. so it looks like we've seen the phoenix police helicopter or from another law enforcement agency in the area. you're seeing this black suv. what we are hearing is one person in it, three others have bailed out of it, this after what could have been a bank robbery in the avondale area.

phoenix in the seventh street area, a little bit south of downtown. it's gotten to a stop sign here and is waiting. it looked at one point though that the back window may have been shot out. you see it on the passenger side there and then on the driver's side as well. both sides have some shattered glass there and this suv is taking off. and again, we're trying to get more information from phoenix police exactly how they're tracking it and what connection this may have to a bank robbery in avon tale. the suv is on the run. we're trying to figure out what streets. and there's an suv that was making a huchlt- -- u-turn. don't know if that was law enforcement. the suspect suv at this time -- we're trying to get an expect description of where it is and obviously phoenix police aren't even blocking traffic or anything in the area as well. it made a right near a circle k under a little bit bigger of a road. we saw it in an ally.

window, then someone picked that something up or in the area and close off a gate. this was down a dirt allyway. it looks like this black suv is picking up speed once again. certainly hoping that everyone else in the area is paying a lot of attention to that. without police nearby blocking off traffic, you never know what can happen. >> this is where it gets really dicey. before when that driver was in the residential area, you know, not a lot of people around, difficulties here, but again, a live picture right here from sky 12 with this chase that is going on right now. obviously the driver picking up the speed a little bit. now he's -- he or she is on a main thoroughfare where there are a lot more cars and a lot more of a potential to be involved in a crash. so obviously it's very, very dangerous here. don't know how far away phoenix

but again, in a situation like this, anything can happen and obviously it looks like this driver is definitely picking up speeds. but again, with this more cars, more traffic happening, it becomes a lot more difficult to maneuver and obviously a lot more dangerous as it turns on that road here. i want to ask the producer, do we have any indication on where this location, this driver is? okay. the last we heard it was near seventh street and broadway. but obviously we're still trying to g driver is going east or west, north or south. but definitely picking up speeds. and obviously sky 12 on a close watch of this suv. i have to imagine that phoenix police from above and on the ground obviously watching this -- this vehicle, this suv, very closely as well. >> in case you're just joining us, we are continuing to follow breaking news of a potential bank robbery suspect on the run.

black suv. we don't know it's exact location. but we know earlier today there was a bank robbery in the avon tale area. and there were four people involved. we are told three of them bailed out of this suv. there is just one, the driver who is left into it. at some point, as tram just mentioned, the suv was in the area of seventh street and broadway. it went back and forth a couple of times down this dirt ally for it dropped something off. someone looked like a woman opened up a gate and then shut it. then that driver took off again getting on to some busy streets. picking up speed and creating a very dangerous situation for drivers out there. as you can see, phoenix police are not in close pursuit of this suv. one reason why may be that police oftentimes pull away from a chase when it's in a residential area or busy area on the roads and they track it from

the phoenix police helicopter tracking this suv and using infrared technology to figure out exactly where this suspect could be headed this afternoon. >> and sometimes from the view above, you know it's hard to tell where this vehicle is going to be headed and sometimes phoenix police, they'll use stop sticks to try to stop this vehicle. sometimes they'll use a pit maneuver to stop the vehicle as well. in this particular case, you know it's really hard, they're going through a main -- main phoenix et the chase is on. you just have to, you know, kind of brace yourself for anything could happen, whether it's a car crash or what have you. but obviously this driver picking up a lot of speed, thank goodness there's not a whole lot of cars around this vehicle. but, you know, in a situation like this, you never know what could happen, whether there's pedestrians in the area or what have you. but again, we are following this