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to us either. meanwhile hillary clinton was in florida today speaking at a right lanely. her tarth chelsea clinton campaigning for her mom in westbound wisconsin and michigan. the first vice presidential debate is happening tuesday night. you can watch it here at 6:00. stick around for the new episode of the voice at 8:00 and 12 news at 9:00 and 10:00. one of the most debated cases in prop 205. how do you prove a marijuana dui. >> saying driving under the influence would still be illegal. law enforcement experts contend there's no way to prove it. a new breathalyzer test could change that. >> reporter: you probably seen a dui stop. cops have the tools to test for an alcohol dui.
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marijuana. questions are raised of how to test if someone was driving stoned. >> if it was an alcohol case we do breath and draw blood. if it's marijuana, i can't do that. >> reporter: this marijuana breathalyzer could change that. >> the science behind it is so challenging. >> reporter: breathalyzers measure alcohol in parts per thousand. marijuana is more difficult to detect. california based how do you know labs say it's find way trilen. >> we settled on a chemical solution. >> reporter: driving under the influence of anything is currently illegal. and those behind prop 205 say that wouldn't change. >> sf f splb is driving under
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im developing tonight we're learning more about the deadly commuter train crash in new jersey. >> investigators found the wlak box and are trying to piece together what happened that caused the trien slam and go over the bumper of the tracks. concrete dust. >> we hope to get information such as speed and break -- braking. >> the engineer of the strain cooperatin no red flags. an autopsy dwovrd the cause of death of two sisters who were found dead in their hotel room. acute pullen mare edema. where fluid willeds around the lungs. excess fluid in her brain. investigators are working to determine what may have caused the conditions.
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are several causes of pulmonary edema. including a preexisting heart condition. viral infection, exposure to some toxins and near drowning. police arrested a suspect accused of setting off fireworks inside a wal-mart. the incident happened in june. authorities took 20-year-old tristan bailey into custody for starting the fire andni the city of mesa's fire chief has retired. beck started with the phoenix fire department in 1937. mesa fire plans to hire an interim chief next week. peres was laid to rest yesterday pm.
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probably don't earn a high salary. if you're a teacher in arizona a new study shows the salaries are lower. the copper state is the third worst in the nation for tea overall according to this study. why only some schools in maricopa county will be getting millions more dollars. >> reporter: she zips across her classroom all day. before that she zips half way across the ste each morn. >> i drive from tucson. >> reporter: she said it's worth the commute to this charter. even though arizona was rated the third worst state to be a teacher. >> the staff here, the school, the communities, families and kids are what made me want to be here. >> reporter: that almost makes up for arizona having one of the worst student-teacher ratios.
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and the lowest average starting salaries. >> a lot of work we're not compensated for. >> reporter: the education servicing acy announced a $06 million grant for professional development. >> it's a great thing and $06 million is incredible. >> reporter: it false short. michael henderson's charter will not benefit. any time we have new money direct teaching and learning i think it's a great thing that permanent>> reporter: what will take the state to get out of the bottom of the barrel. >> we always come up short when we talk about the money and commitment to education in arizona. it's not happening at a rate that is fast enough and have an impact. heroined son says the bad student
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sight if the state as a whole can't be more attractive and welcoming to potential teachers. next. did a coffee shop employee really do something bad to a police officer's coffee. >> it started with a wish. the story of the first family to benefit from the make-a-wish foundation. here's our social sound off question for today. which places in arizona make this year's list of best
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>> a from fl donut shop is under fire after a police officer claimed an employee put soap in her coffee. she thought it was bad coffee at first so she through it away. the next day she went back and a different employee took her order but the worker from the day before stepped in. >> the same employee from the
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the cup from him and she moved her mouth towards cup and a motioning hike she was going to spit in the -- like she was going to spit in it. >> dunkin' donuts suspended the employee. this weekend the phoenix walk for wishes is back to celebrate another year of wishes and raising noun grant future wishes. through the make-a-wish foundation. >> the head of the mother of the first ever wish child hoping to inspire others to doe knight nat. >> -- to donate. >> it was february 4, 1977, christopher and i arrived. >> reporter: he was just four years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia in the late 1970s. >> he was a good little boy.
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he was my little buddy. >> reporter: christopher always wanted to be a police officer. in his last month a family friend helped make his wish come true. >> he got on the phone and called the dps regional helicopter and asked to do a show and tell. >> reporter: it was the last week of christopher's life and the beginning of the make-a-wish foundation. after 36 years the grassroots organization has granted thousands of wishes to kids well as those termly ill. >> there's always chances. >> this is my story. >> reporter: like christopher hunter battled leukemia. he is speaking about his wish and how this program changed his life. >> right now are more wish kids than we have wish granters in arizona. there are kids waiting in line to get their wishes put together. >> reporter: he works at cbre a
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phoenix. he and his employees inspire to support make a wish. >> the average wish is about $10,000. it is. the wish is expensive. >> reporter: everyone can help. volunteering time and money and keeping a legacy alive. >> the parents remember the wish. they remember the happiness and they hold on the to that. all the memo. the walk for wishes is happening this sunday morning at tempe market place. registration is free and a special reveal at the end of the walk. >> the one in phoenix happens this weekend and there's another in tu stan weekend after. if you can't make the event there's a way to donate $50 and they say that can go to something special for a big wish for a child.
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we'll get that information out. >> hopefully a good turn out. >> the weather is not going to stop anybody. >> that can get out and walk. we have a lit built of weather developing out there now. let's look at the wind gust in sun city. you have a gust at 33 miles per hour. we're also seeing gust out in the west valley and i'll show you the radar here. that's where we find a little bit of activity with some showers trying to mak on in but dissipating. that's reason why we're seeing the gusts there in twern part of the valley and showers developing down south near maricopa . we'll keep an eye on those. it doesn't look like it will be too intense. we'll keep watching for the possibility of a few showers and storms moving into the valley. let's look at the south eastern portion of the state.
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eastern co-cheese county. and up in the northern part of the stay state we're seeing storms basically south and southeast of flagstaff. it doesn't look like anything in that area. but can you believe the monsoon is now over. we are on our final day and we're going to start to clear things out as far as our weather pattern over the weekend. here's look at what we had as far as rainfall. 2.47 inches. officially it's a w we typically get about 2.71 inches. we were shy of that. here's look at what the weekend is going to be like. our first weekend out of the monsoon. saturday 96, sunday 95. monday we'll drop to the mid 80s. look at what's happening across the nation. good weather ezest especially to the midwest. 0 in cedar rapids.
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expecting quite a bit of rainfall. 58 the high there. in miami look agent thunderstorms. 86 the high there. if you're heading to the west coast. 78 for los angeles. here's what we're expecting as we head into next week. we've got an area of low-pressure dropping down to the pacific northwest. it will keep us dry here in the valley. it will bring us really nice temperatures. take a look at this. once we get throat the 90s we deputy -- we get throug we dedip into the 80s and we warm up as we head towards the end of the week. thanks. it's football friday and the cardinals are entering uncharted waters. >> we've deltd dealt with injuries i don't think we've ever dealt with just getting our butts whipped. a new set of adversities. >> yeah.
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that's not cardinals way. >> the cardinals haven't lost two regular season games in a row since 2014. they haven't started the seasons one and three since 2004. no doubt the cardinals have the talent and the time is for them to show it. sunday's game is a must-win game and good news for the offense evan matt thinks who missed lags week will be able sunday. that's important against a talented rams' defense front. when you consider many of the experts have the cardinals winning super bowl 51. so what is the problem? >> the team is trying too hard. and we kit loose one game and played good. the rest we pressed a lit bill -- a little bit. >> stay in the moment. don't worry about december, jan. you have to stay if the moment.
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that have been said or is being said. >> the cardinals and rams kick off at 1:25 sunday. >> talk about your inanswer the success. we'll fwrus introduce you to a local high school team that is not only winning but dominating
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is in it's second year of existence they are playing their first season of varsity football. the team is comprised of freshman and sophomores. this is expected to be a tough long losing season but somebody forgot to tell that to the colts. kelsie perry has more. >> we go out every week expecting to win. it's exciting. >> reporter: it's 5-0 in the something that will be here for years. >> reporter: the team comprised solely of freshman and sophomores is not just winning games but blowing the competition away with an offense averaging 50 points a game and the defense has only aloud go two touchdowns. >> they're disciplined. coachable. it doesn't surprise me we're competitive in games.
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success back in 201 #12 he took over a struggling program and took it into a play-off contender two years later. >> i learned a lot as a coach. obviously we carry things over as a coaching staff because i brought my entire coaching staff and we enjoy the new opportunity to be here. >> reporter: it's maiden stroij team talks about the future. with the success it's had this season they've got big plans for >> as the year's gone on we progress now we look at a state championship. >> the goal is to be the best we can be. >> what that looks like we'll see in a few months to come. there's no doubt we with -- we can have a ton of success, win a lot of games and produce a lot of high-quality athletes. >> thanks. tune into friday night fever
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week. ss -- asu prep joins us in studio. nymy my favorite line. i nef get tired. >> next. our o measuring g video of the day. -- omg video of the day. full of cuteness and might
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>> almost time for the susan g co-man race for the cure. you can register now at co-men arizona. to be demolished. >> taking down within one sec of each other. be reduced to rubble when they plan to push the button and how long it's taken to plan this demolition. >> tonight at 10:00 or investigation continues into the case of the mesa police lieutenant who tried to pull a cop card and talk his way out of a dwi. a scottsdale -- after cameras
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special treatment to that officer behind bars. >> time for our omg video of the day. yesterday we showed you baby dpan cubs. always a hit. it's more today. >> check this out. doing sit ups. getting his work out in. >> a research base in southwest china. >> three. come on. one more. you can do it. >> he has goodrm >> he did more is it ups than i have -- sit ups than i have today. >> now looks like he will do push ups. >> 12 news is always on.
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tonight, trump's tirade. donald trump lashes out in a middle of the night rant, attacking a former beauty queen again with sex-tape allegations. now she and hillary clinton are firing back. crash cause. the ntsb begins questioning crew members in the aftermath of that train disaster, as the black box is pulled caught on camera. police release video shing a fatal officer encounter with an unarmed man. sex abuse scandal. dozens of disturbing allegations against the doctor who treated top olympic gymnasts. now the fbi is investigating. tonight one athlete tells her story. and hurricane threat. matthew strengthens to a powerful category 4 in the caribbean. some forecasts tracking it to impact the u.s.

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