the lawsuit has a chance. live in the newsroom brahm resnik, 12 news all new at 5 pm, only on 12 news, were hearing from a family in north phoenix says that crime in their neighborhood has got not a hand-picked at the store to prove it. team 12, william pitts is there. >> reporter: phoenix police are looking involved with this party was caught on a surveillance camera and exposed himself to two young girls. >> there was a man in the backyard. >> reporter: he hopped the fence from a nearby la. >> -- from a nearby alley. >> the crime that residents say that is in the area is

>> it feels like it hit home. he feels more real today i will say that much.>> reporter: no one can point to just one reason, but some people blame the light rail. but then this golf course is acting as a campground for the homeless. the city cannot just get rid of him. >> when i leave my house, i set my alarm and i wonder if this is going to be the day i will be broken into. i hate that, -- >> bringing businesses and services in watching each other's backs. >> it's us taking pride in ownership. >> is something that she never thought that would apply to her until tuesday.

is usually really safe, it becomes real.>> reporter: you can see the video, we got it a few minutes ago from phoenix police. it shows the man looking over a fence from the alleyway. is around the tent and dunlap area. that's where she saw the mantle of the later on. she did not know was a guy at the time. if you see or know anything about him call phoenix police. we are live in phoenix, william pitts, 12 news deliberately plan is car into three phoenix police officers is heading to corporate he pleaded not guilty. he stood before a superior court judge he is facing several charges that the police said that he purposely targeted the police officers but all three officers survived the attack. avondale police released the name of the little boy that accidentally shot and killed himself yesterday.

he picked up the unsecured gun inside the home. the boy's mother was home at the time and place are trying to determine exactly what happened. a suspect is dead and a treatment police officer is injured. the shooting -- a kingman police officers injured. the police officer went under surgery he's in stable but serious condition. four construction workers collapse. one of the workers was taken by evanston hospital for treatment and the other three were treated at the scene. buckeye police have identified the woman found dead in the canal is friday. she lived in surprise, it's unclear what led to her death. if you have any information that could help investigators be sure to call buckeye police.

holding out until the very end. let's get a live look at time right now. the sun has returned. after a gloomy morning here across the valley, this was the scene around downtown phoenix. this was earlier this morning. there are plenty of titles out there. the showers move through. -- there are plenty of puddles out there as the showers move through. not a ton of rainfall has been picked up in the valley or flagstaff but it's nice to get those close to start off the day. there's nothing happening in the valley right now. we will continue to have a chance of storms tonight here's the bigger picture. this much more activity over in south east arizona. we have some flood advisories and i talked. temperatures are dipping into the 60s and 70s.

overnight. we will take a look at your weekend forecast coming up in a minute. a commuter train crashes into the height of the morning rush hour. investigators say that the person killed when that trained -- tran -- when that train crashed into the station. she was a woman that was hit by debris. the engineer was treated at the hospital and released and he is cooperating with investigators to see what happened. >> i was walking to the stairs, onto the platform, and then i heard this loud noise. is like nails on a chalk board. metal to metal. then there was this huge bang. then soon after that it happened.

is safe to go into the area. they will take a closer look at the evidence. we will take you to the scene of the crash pad at 5:30 pm on nbc news. josi fernandez has been remembered as a lounger -- larger-than-life player. he was 24 years old time all-star, he died early sunday along with two friends at a boating accident off miami beach. three phoenix police officers lost their jobs after they allegedly forced a mantilla marijuana. it was during a traffic stop. >> tonight, we are hearing from the 19-year-old man at the center of the investigation. team 12, ryan cody spoke to him. he joins us with a story

resign. and castro wants more. he says he will sue the city of phoenix over a violation of his civil rights. he and the reverend, making that announcement at city hall this afternoon. castro says that he was pulled over september 13 for speeding, and police searched his car down a bb gun and marijuana and said that one of the officers told him to eat the marijuana or go to jail. castro did in just a week and -- he did in just -- he did in just -- he did eat the marijuana. >> it was an illegal stop. frankly, i do not know if he is currently being charged with possession. why should we speak to something terminally that's not even going on? >> you have admitted that there was marijuana in the car?

marijuana on the side of the street. >> yours what you said minister earlier -- know we said he was mitis the marijuana on the side of the street. >> later in the interview i asked him if the marijuana was in plain sight and he said no. so obviously, the story has contradictions at the moment that may or may not matter when castro files the lawsuit reverend said he will file it over the next couple of days but for now, we are live in downtown phoenix, ryan cody, 12 news were giving you a sneak peek -- were given new -- we are giving you a sneak peek of the new snl show coming up. is time now for today's

best city for single moms? you can guess on social media. we will reveal the answer ahead at 6:15 pm on 12 news at 6 pm. tonight only on 12 news at 10 pm. true crime thursday, the training it takes for experts tell the difference between human and animal bones. that's tonight on

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today in iowa park >> donald trump and hillary clinton are urging people to vote. >> you can go vote and we can be on the path to victory here in iowa. early voting started today and the state. trying to get the backers to the polls early. donald trump saying that the clintons are part of the sorted past and his presidency will provide a break clean future. he tried to connect hillary clinton her husband's incident. the house impeached bill

perjury and obstruction of justice. hillary -- bill clinton was acquitted by the senate. you can watch the vice. -- you could you can watch the presidential debate next today. right here on 12 news you can bet for sure that this week's first presidential debate will be the opening brand-new saturday night live that census weekend. >> somehow, you knew that was coming. >> so good.

the 2016 olympics headed to the white house earlier today. president obama, first lady michelle and vice president joe biden greeted the athletes. and assert word was presented to the president. >> there you see him, he earned a silver member metal. >> medal. today started out with plenty of clouds. it was raining. >> it was kind of nice. >> it was the nice steady rain, nothing too crazy, it was nice. it was a great way to wind up --

day of the season of monsoon season. let's take a look at how things turn out today. we were below average. 93 degrees in sky harbor coming in below the average of 95 degrees. skys are pretty quiet as far is a radar goes across the valley. but definitely not the case in southeastern arizona. take a look, we have flood advisories and we storms heading towards at -- heading towards interstate 10. up to the north, we had quite a few showers, apache, navajo county, left over, some storms in western maricopa county. it looks like the direction of storms is moving north. it will be moving over some rural areas and over towards

energy that will be moving up from the south as we head into the evening. we will have a lingering, slight chance a rank are pretty much throughout the day tomorrow. that will get us through 3 pm then we will drop those rain chances and we will go to partly cloudy skies and then we was set up for a dry weekend here across the valley. the last time you will see the monsoon meter is pretty not district pretty much now. we dry out temperatures will stay pretty much average for this time of year. next week, we do see some cooling, take a look at the high temperatures. were talking about a high of 80 degrees for next tuesday -- we are talking 80 degrees for the high on tuesday. pieces they need to carry their way. >> what else has to be said? we have to carry our way.

means. we have to accept the challenge. >> the message was received loud and clear. >> is the issue wearing them down? this is not the same high- powered offense we saw last season. the teams are playing differently but the cardinals are not flat-out make in place. the balls not there, were used to seeing carson palmer with a deep pass time to time. but that's not happening. some son >> that's the way we play ball when it going to change our game. were a big shot team and we will take our shots as part of our makeup. and then it will come. >> the rams defense is tough. this takes us to our throwback thursday morning. larry fitzgerald moment,

from the very first play of the game. larry, he has more receptions against the rams more than any other team in the nfl. they miss seeing one more, hitting his first career home run. they lose 5-3. this awful season at home this weekend. against the padres. still ahead, americans are making europeans look bad. no one has teed off yet. coming up tomorrow morning, on 12 today, is it all must win for your arizona cardinals? two things they must do to get a victory. the valley will get a spooky transformation.

>> i wonder what they are? i will take notes. come join us tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 am. that is on 12 today.

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he has dropped some serious weight recently in -- and he's in the best shape of his life. >> i lost 10 pounds. i want to 189. was so big and i got so skinny. i love it. i will try to keep that going forward in meeting right. and with the recovery, i will says.>> this is putting your money where your mouth is. this is awesome. a fan was heckling some of the european players on the practice green. so he calls them out, he said, you make it. keep us $100 right there and watch the fan. he sings it. david johnson from north dakota, showing it how it's

it begins tomorrow. you can watch it all weekend right here on 12 news. >> that's why i love it. lady gaga will be the super bowl halftime show. coming up next, we have the cutest video the cover

coming up on an all-new 12 news at 6 pm. >> a small dog that was trapped on top of a roof for five days. >> i was giving the dog food and hot do. >> how the dog got on the roof, it's a mystery. we will have the answer for you coming up at 6 pm. arizona brewers are tipping their glasses to the idea of using treated wastewater for their newest craft beers. will the state allow it? that's new at 10 pm on 12 news

actually, 23 panda cubs, offered the cutest scene imaginable. ages one year to four months were born. the base has a bread 100 the base has a bread 176 giant pandas, the world's largest artificial panda bred population. >> that is >> you've seen them all. >> there even cute when they're old. see you back here at 6 pm. you're watching 12 news,

tonight, deadly train disaster. a speeding commuter train crashes into a station at rush hour. the panic inside, at least one killed, over a hundred injured, and the safety system that might have prevented it. why didn't this train have it? mystery motive. what drove a 14ea shooting rampage at a school playground? tonight the firefighters hailed as heroes at the scene. bank scandal. the former employee who says wells fargo fired her for following orders to open fake accounts and the ceo in the hot seat again today. plan of attack. how team trump is plotting to go after hillary clinton for her husband's past scandals. and flu warning.