>> one of the three phoenix police officers targeted by an out of control driver outside a phoenix q.t. store early yesterday morning has been released from the hospital. but is still recovering from a concussion. after being thrown in the air after being hit by the car. it's still not clear what even motivated the suspect. 44-year-old marc laquon payne. we're live outside the q.t. with the developing story. >> reporter: that q.t. store has reopened for business. you can actually see the boards that cover the windows that were smashed when one of the officers was tossed several feet into the air and hit that glass. the suspect, marc laquon payne, sits in jail tonight without a bond. hanging his head and barely able to stand, 44-year-old marc laquon payne made his first appearance before a judge, facing several charges after he was caught on camera, slamming his car into three phoenix police officers. >> i need for you to please

>> marcrc payne. >> reporter: he appeared wobbly and did not speak during the rest of his appearance but had to be asked a second time to stand up. more details about payne, who ishomeless and was intoxicated at the time of the event. police are still investigating a motive. according to the documents after the collision, payne began fighting one of the officers, knocki back. that officer was unable to subdue payne with his taser but a second officer was able to deploy his taser and payne can be seen dropping to the ground. he faces a long list of charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. >> i am going to order that you be held without bail in this matter. >> reporter: and payne's nextcourt appearance is on tuesday. we're live in phoenix, 12 news. >> thank you, charlie.

5:00. the lawyers for leslie merit, jr., filed a lawsuit against the state of arizona and maricopa county. they claim their client was wrongfully accused in the i-10 shootings investigation. merritt was held in jail for several months until charges were formally dismissed against him in april. arizona dps says it still considers merritt a suspect in their investigation. a 1-year-old boy is rushed to the hospital after falling into a backyard pool at a ho this all happening in a neighborhood near gilbert road and hunt highway. according to fire investigators, that child was breathing and alert after the accident. they believe the little boy was able to get into the backyard through a doggy door and then into the pool area. a worker injured after falling 20 feet from a ladder at an industrial building near 16th street and university here in phoenix. this video from phoenix fire and rescue crews shows how they

then bring him to safety using a backboard. it's still unclear just how severe his injuries are. phoenix police have arrested a valley pastor and now he is facing charges of child molestation. investigators say he led a small congregation here in the val valley. >> we're live at the church where he worked near 27th avenue and indian school. >> reporter: the crimes are too graphic to even talk about. in my detailing his crimes against at least five children that went to this church. pastors are supposed to be the good guys, people you can trust. the 49-year-old pastor jose morales apparently lived a double life. he's accused of impregnating a 13-year-old girl and marrying a 10-year-old girl in mexico. >> he played on his spiritual position to accomplish that,

disgusting. >> reporter: morales' church was closed when i stopped by and they didn't return my calls. don seltzer, a volunteer says he hears stories like this all the time. >> using your place of authority overwhelm the child with their own intelligence and power and spirituality. >> reporter: court documents indicate it took the first victim years after the incident to come forward. she told her mother she was cutting herself as sexual abuse when she was just 12. the reports shows at least 5 victims, one of them police say morales married at 10 and impregnated at 13 or 14 years old. >> they're a victim. they are not guilty, but they feel the guilt anyway. they feel the shame and the guilt. >> reporter: the crimes are too graphic to mention. even more disturbing, morales admits he's relate to some of

if we don't talk about it. not only that, he's seen victims turn to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. >> it just destroys their lives. totally destroys their lives. >> reporter: morales was arrested last week and he'll have the very first hearing tomorrow morning. in phoenix, 12 news. >> thank you. now to decision 2016 and the race to the white house. >> there are just 54 more days until america chooses topic this week. today the clinton campaign releasing details about her case of pneumonia. they say she is recovering well and the remainder of her physical exam shows she's normal and in excellent mental condition, while donald trump talking with dr. oz admits that he is a little overweight and that he takes a pill for cholesterol control, but otherwise is okay. you're about to see and hear dramatic video that just

rescued by his own autopilot. >> this is incredible. the student pilot was entering a steep dive when he lost consciousness, and the plane kept falling without the pilot at the controls. the tower screaming for him to pull up. >> recover, recover, recover. so scary. luckily the jet's own automatic ground collision avoidance system kicked in. the pilot regained consciousness and was able to make a safe landing. >> talk about luck. according to aviation week, this is the fourth confirmed save of an aircraft and the pilot since the new system was put into place by the air force in their f-16 fleet two years ago. >> thank goodness for that.

revolutionary new breast cancer test that some say could lead to zero deaths from breast cancer. but first, we'll introduce you to an adorable little girl whose father documented everything as she went through an innovative cancer procedure at phoenix children's hospital. and here is today's social soundoff question. which arizona hotel is on the list of the 50 most historic hotels in america? we'll reveal that ahead at 6:15 on 12 news at 6:00. and hurricane season definitely not over yet. we'll talk about hurricane julia impacting the southeast coast coming up next after the

denny's introduced new buttermilk pancakes and now we're introducing free pancakes for kids. who's crazy idea was this? well, we're pretty sure we know who. for a limited time, kids get our new pancakes in any of these flavors,

all new at is pediatric cancer awareness month and in tonight's health section we introduce a father who documented his daughter's innovative procedure. >> gold is more than just a color for the family. ? [ music ] ? >> reporter: 8-year-old avery bentley absolutely loves to dance. >> i always dance when i was little. >> ready?

dance step has changed a little. >> back in august she woke up and started complaining that she had pain in her legs. >> reporter: at first doctors told the parents that she was just experiencing some growing pains. but when the pain wouldn't stop, doctors decided to do a biopsy. >> about 24 hours later, they came in and said she had cancer. >> reporter: avery was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, a rare form of bone >> they said i was going to lose my hair, get my leg cut off. >> reporter: she endured six rounds of chemo, but in the end, doctors found the tumor in her leg had died, but avery still faced the possibility of amputation. >> that's why she was in a wheelchair. she wasn't allowed to walk because after big hole in her leg. they were afraid it would break. >> reporter: even that wouldn't

>> dancing and stuff, and when i couldn't walk, i hopped on my leg. >> reporter: doctors came up with an ingenious fix. they removed her tibia and replaced it with an arm bone from an adult cadaver. >> they did an arm bone in my leg and so arm/leg, so i put it together. >> reporter: avery is now in remission. >> i just want people to know it's not going away, and if people aren't willing to talk about it, we're not going to get funding for it. >> reporter: gold is the color of pediatric cancer awareness. seems only fitting for this golden girl. >> the adults, they get all of the money, and when they get all of the money, they get to live. and when the kids don't get the money and they don't live, then they don't get to grow up. it's not that fair.

institute's research funding goes to adult cancers, while only 4% is budgeted for childhood cancer research. >> all this month, phoenix children's hospital is trying to paint the town gold to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer. for more information on that, you can go to 12news.com. >> thanks, guys. beautiful little girl. we wish her the best. this could game changer for breast cancer screening and become an alternative to mammograms. there's a new test that's been fea approved that can be nearly four times better at finding cancer than a mammogram and at a lower cost. it's for women with dense breast tissue and that's about half of all women. >> in my opinion, this is the most promising technique we have towards zero deaths from

breast cancer? >> why not? why can we not envision a world in which breast cancer doesn't kill? if we can reliably detect tumors before they have developed the ability to spread to the lymph nodes and beyond we would have a much better chance of avoiding toxic chemo therapies and curing women. >> and the technology to do that exists right now? >> it exists and it's available. >> gosh, wouldn't that be something? moon shot to really fight cancer. let's hope that comes through. still ahead on nbc nightly news, an explanation of how it works. >> hear from a patient who says the test saved her life. well, guys, it's been another beautiful day out there with below normal temperatures right here in the valley. on the east coast right now, totally different story there. they are feeling the effects of what is now hurricane julia.

florida's east coast, pretty rare. julia responsible for snapping trees and power lines and spawning tornadoes. let's give you a look at what's going on right now with this particular storm system. we'll widen it out so you can see a big shot of the united states. take a look at all of that green there off the east coast of georgia and south carolina. we have tropical storm warnings that are in effect there mainly off the coastline. that's kind of where we're anticipating the strongest then most of the rainfall happens to be also for the most part off the coast. you can see charleston there getting hit with pretty heavy rainfall. again for the most part which is good, a lot of this really heavy stuff is out over open water. so that's going to be the trend. the storm will continue to track to the north and to the east again with most of the moisture staying out over open water. but there is still going to be that threat there along

coastal areas of south carolina, as well as georgia. the potential we could see tornadoes and very gusty winds. meanwhile back in phoenix, it was a great day. 98 degrees. we were below normal this time of year. today's record is 112. that happened in 2000. 76, that was our low this morning. not bad, a little cooler than we should be this time of year. it should be pretty comfortable out there the rest of the evening. we'll be in the 90s for the most part. we'll transition into the 80s as we head closer to hour. tonight, 64 to 73. cooler than average overnight lows. that is all thanks to the low pressure system passing to the north of us right now. it's not doing much other than the fact that it's cooling us down. 90 to 95 tomorrow. that too will be below average. lots of sunshine and winds coming out of the southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. here's a look at the rest of the state. we'll dip into the 30s around flagstaff, grand canyon, chilly, tomorrow a great day. 84, plenty of sunshine there.

80s. 97 in casa grande. conditions in the high country are absolutely perfect. not bad here in phoenix. we'll stay in the 90s through sunday. it will be dry. we'll get back up there to the low triple digits by monday, tuesday and wednesday. here's coop. thanks a lot. the cardinals return to work today for the first time since sunday night's loss to the patriots and the sour taste from sunday's loss. bruce are a ri yans and his -- arians was positive. >> i liked how the guys bounced back and practiced. good spirited practice and they know the challenge that's ahead of them right now, a really good football team coming in here. >> arians and his coaching

matchup with the tampa bay buccaneers at today's practice. the bucs are a new and improving team with top end skill position players led by jameis winston, the former heisman trophy winner tossed two touchdown passes sunday. he's familiar with the head coach. the two met at a football camp when winston was 11 years old. winston added that his dream to win a super bowl began after arians showed him his su >> known him for a long time. hell of an athlete, good leader, really, really bright guy. 4.0 student. and extremely accurate. he's obviously making a really nice step, which he made a great step as a rookie, but he's really making a nice step this year, the way he played this past week. >> in the meantime, the cardinals will continue to showcase david johnson at every

89 yards and a touchdown. he also caught four passes for 43 yards. yeah, expect to see more of the same on sunday. >> he does so much in the pass game, not only protection, but running routes. he catches a lot of balls. but you know, very little things work in the pass game if we don't have a run game. him running the ball like he's been running from the beginning of training camp until now has tremendous effect on the pass game and he's as this offense as anybody is. >> i love that open field, you know, open field is so much better. you can see a lot compared to being so many defenders up on the line. you know, i love having the ball in the open field. all right, straight ahead, why this one play from last season's playoff plays a big part in my fantasy football tip of the week.

of the fantasy football league? i'm in three different ones, winning one and losing two. drew brees killed me with a 56 point fantasy day. week two, i ask you if you remember this play from last year's steelers bengals playoff game. antonio brown, he suffered a concussion and missed the following week's playoff game. running back bell's year ended

regular season. clearly the steelers will be looking for a little pay back on sunday, right? >> you know, that would insinuate retaliation, and that's not who we are. i think it's a physical football game. it's a physical division. that's what we expect, a physical football game, clean. >> look, i'm not buying that one bit. hey, here's my fantasy advice for all of you out there who own the cincinnati bengals defense, sit them. don't play them. the steelers will unleash their offense sleeper of the week. chargers star receiver allen last week proved to be devastating. he tore the acl and is done for the year. allen's injury opens the door for someone else on the chargers receiving corps to step up. that guy is this guy, travis benjamin. he's going to be that guy. benjamin will be targeted a

out so pick him up. and also keep an eye on second year chargers receiver terrell williams. >> thanks, coop. we'll take you to the national zoo where these folks were seeing the live version of today's omg video.

ahead, germ zapping robots. the place using them right here in the valley and how they work. that's on 12 news at 6:00. tonight at 10:00 a boy raises money for the trip to harry potter. his idea could start spreading. the omg video of the day. >> we promise it's the cutest thing you'll see today. a brand-new orangutan mama holding her new b kissing him. that is so sweet. >> zoo officials say babyorangutans communicate with touch, gestures and lots ofsmooches. >> that's adorable.

breaking news tonight -- health revelations, new details released late today about hillary clinton's pneumonia diagnosis. and our exclusive interview with tv's dr. oz, what donald trump told him about his own health. hack leaked e-mails from colin powell that include scathing takes on both trump and clinto and a new warning to key democrats that their cybersecurity has been breached. tropical trouble, millions under flash flood alerts, a dangerous system lashing part of the country with heavy rains. road ready? we go for a ride in the first american city to get a self-driving fleet of cars. are they safe? and new cancer weapon, a less painful test that can be almost four times more effective than mammograms alone.