audrey had just started kindergarten. a family friend tells us that the girls are younger siblings of a local boxer it was featured on 12 news as she attempted to qualify for the rio olympics. investigators say the mother of the children who does not live in the home called 911 to ask for a welfare check with -- which led police to coincide amazed -- make the gruesome discovery. a family friend said they were going through an -- a separation. investigators are trying to figure out what may have caused this father to snap. >> do you see the person flowing up a lot more. dc the person isolating more. >> karen is a licensed psychologist and says these are crucial observations that can be missed warning signs that something has changed. >> are the children signaling somehow that things are not really like they should be in

we spoke with a close family friend who spoke with the mother of his children earlier today. charly edsitty 12 news. now to another big story. let's give you a live look from loop 101 near the stadium where it looks like most of the bird gang has already arrived for tonight's big matchup with the new york jets. we are just about 20 minutes or so from kickoff and it is a >> there is absolutely no way that anyone thought the cardinals will be fighting for their playoff lives this early in the season but that is where they find themselves. they have to start piling up the winds. good news. it all starts tonight. here are my reasons why they went. david johnson is a nightmare matchup for opposing defense. he is averaging 139 yards.

given them more deep passes that more passing yards and any team of the league. and turnovers. the jets have given the ball away 13 times this year highlighted by ryan fitzpatrick's 10 interceptions. the cardinals are relentless in their pass rush. for more let's check in with cameron cox. >> reporter: week for the arizona cardinals and likely they will have another primetime game to get the job done. they are 8-3 and primetime games under bruce arians. the jets right now are 1-4. you know anything can happen on monday night football. >> there is some experience in guys played a lot of football. it's on monday night they are willing for a win you know they are coming in here expecting to win and they will get the best shot.

fitzpatrick jones is one of the best in the league. golden is tied for fourth in the league in sacks with six. golden is a motor and he keeps it pedal to the metal all the time. he never gets tired. >> being from st. louis you have to play hard if you want to play sports. growing up in you always have to play hard. it was rough and tough out there. my mom and dad are hard-working and the love i have for the game and i just want to win. >> reporter: golden making an impact in his second year with the team. car john wetzel will start us left guard and robert campeche is active for the first time

at 10 for the best coverage in town. cameron cox 12 sports. >> there is a t rex at the -- on the loose of the university of phoenix stadium. cardinals quarterback patrick peterson was in the costume. he lost a weekly contest at practice and had to wear this get up on the field. let's hope there is no short arms on his coverage of rented marshall tonight. highlights are news at 10 tonight to go --. >> kind of the ultimate insult to make a safety to wear short armed reptile. the whole point is -- nevermind. >> he may have a future of being a mascot. >> if the future -- if the whole football things does that work out. now to decision 2016 in the race to the white house.

trump go >> that is something the republican nominee says is because of white spread cheating at the polls. donald trump just wrapping up a rally in green bay wisconsin. early voting has been going on for several days. trump has claimed the only way he could lose in pennsylvania is if there is cheating. he has singled out philadelphia as the city to watch. election officials say the real threat to the integrity of the elections is process. hillary clinton taking a break from the campaign trail but today both her husband former president bill clinton and senator bernie sanders are stumping for the presidential candidate in new hampshire in colorado. >> clinton is not been helped by a steady flow of news about her private emails. a new document shows the state department and at the i discussed keeping a clinton email unclassified in return for placing more agents in iraq.

ultimately did not happen. those are not the only things happening in the campaign. >> can you believe there are just 21 more days until the polls open on election day. >> brahm resnik in the newsroom with our campaign report card. >> reporter: nobody saw this coming on the report card including the hillary clinton campaign. just three weeks before election day she thinks she can win arizona something only one de 68 years. plus the donald trump video just cost somebody his job. atop the report card hillary clinton is flooding arizona. with early ballots in voters hands the clinton campaign is sending chelsea clinton, bernie sanders, and first lady michelle obama to arizona this week. they are pumping 2 million new dollars into advertising.

new competition. donald trump's rig the vote. >> this is a rigged system but we will not let it happen. >> reporter: study after study rejects the claim that the fix is in. >> we have the safest and most secure elections in the world. >> reporter: is hillary clinton juicing? donald trump wants to know. >> i think we should take a drug test prior to the debate. >> reporter: nobody has any idea what trump is talking about. the trip of emails include secret transcript of nominee who talks of cracking down on wall street once told the baker's -- bankers they know the industry better than anyone. >> insurance companies cannot deny your coverage because of pre-existing conditions. no lifetime limits which is a big deal if you have serious health problems. >> this campaign is making saturday not i've great again.

since tina fey was doing sarah palin impressions in 2008. and a latebreaking report card item. the #billy bush made me is trending after melania trump wins the host for 89 her husband lewd remarks. late today they have announced that billy bush is no longer on the today show. the third and final presidential debate is this wednesday. hillary clinton live on trent -- 12 news at 6:00 afterwards it's an all-new blind spot and at 9:00 and 10:00 we will have debate reaction plus insight from a body language expert. the city of phoenix says they are setting an example in promoting outreach to the lgbt q community. they earned 100% score on the human rights campaign index for the fourth year in a row. this afternoon mayor greg

city talking about the gravity and benefits of having an inclusive city. >> showing the rest of the state that there is no downside in doing the right thing. treating people equally under the law is helping us to attract employees and entrepreneurs to grow our economy. >> mayor staton is urging arizona to pass a state law that protects the lgbt q community. they bring to cities based on laws and policies and services it is money-saving monday here on 12 news. up next four easy ways to save thousands of dollars in just a years time. telemedicine enters a new era and it may be coming to your workplace. we will show you a cool way to get a high-tech health screening. she did not evacuate and then she went into labor at the height of hurricane matthew. it is time for today's

which arizona restaurant has the highest yelp rating in the entire state? we really feel the answer at

welcome back everyone. how about some extra cash for that rainy day. >> your are four ways to put thousands of extra dollars in your wallet. >> keep track of every cent you spend each day. write it down and will show you exactly where a majority of

>> shop around for the best savings account that not only pays a higher interest rate but no fees. >> dome city exercise. especially here in arizona. there are plenty of options that you can do for free. >> try public transit like the bus or light rail. a lot of employers offer discounted transit passes. with advancements in technology a new type of healthcare is coming to it allows employees to be seen by a medical professional virtually without having to take the time to go to a doctor's office. last year about 20 million people got remote healthcare and now there are a growing number of healthcare kiosk in the workplace. >> the kiosks are a great benefit for the worker. it gives them a private place where they can discuss their medical problem and it brings something additional in this

them with monitors and scales in high-definition medical instruments and cameras to really help the provider on the other end see better than they could in person. >> it is expected by next year 75% of average -- large companies will offer some type of telemedicine. >> we will bring you much more in the trends on telemedicine at 5:30 with the nbc nightly news with lester holt. reaching us after hurricane matthew devastated the southeast earlier this month. leslie matthews went into labor in charleston north carolina in the middle of the hurricane. she called for paramedics but was told there would be a major delay because of rising floodwaters. she decided to walk. she made it five blocks before someone picked her up and gave her a ride to the hospital where she gave birth to her son.

it if i was you. i was not thinking about me. i was thinking about him. any mother will take extraordinary measures to make sure their child is safe. i had to do what i have to do. >> turns out mother and son have a special bond. matthews herself was born during a hurricane. her mother gave birth to her two days before hurricane hugo. let's take a live look across the downtown phoenix area. you can see chase field and nothing bu and has been a gorgeous day. just a touch above average for us this time of year. we had a high today of 91 degrees. we were a couple degrees above the normal of 88. we have some pretty warm temperatures across the state to go we are sitting at 90 degrees currently in tucson we are at 89 in phoenix. high country is in the 60s and 70s. can you believe temperatures in the midsection and the east are actually a little bit warmer than we are here in arizona.

tomorrow a good swath of the nation from texas to the midwest will be under major heat. we are talking temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above the average for this time of year. that is what they are dealing with is a ridge of high pressure. out to the west we still have a very active jet stream pushing storm after storm into the pacific northwest. you can see another one moving in tomorrow fighting to the north not impacting us much and then here comes another one toward the end of the week and that will be the story here as the systems are likely passing to the north of us. our temperatures for the most part are just a little bit above average. not too much to complain about. the pollen count will be on the rise. we are up to 6.6 tomorrow that is still considered in the medium range but once we get to thursday and friday we bump it up into the medium to high

toward the end of the week. here is a look at your forecast. 97 to 62 with clear skies and winds at of the west. tomorrow we will see plenty of sunshine 87 to 91. temperatures at a touch above normal. southwesterly winds and a great day. the next few days we will stay about the same. there is not much fluctuation. as we head into the weekend still a wonderful looking forecast with plenty of sunshine. that is your forecast and i will toss it back over to coop for sports. the diamondbacks introduced their new general manager to the media this morning. his name is my kazen. the 40-year-old is in -- a married father of young boys. he stuck out like a sore thumb making it easy for the diamondbacks to offer him the job. >> is a perfect blend of baseball knowledge when it comes to scouting and player

we need to become more sophisticated in analytics and make it part of the game. we need every advantage possible. >> the buck stops at your desk your. >> is that exciting? >> of course it is. it's exciting that you hold yourself to a standard that you are holding yourself at the field. it's exciting to come here i'm told it's 115 with a dry heat. i'm avoiding t shovel snow this year and that is great. >> he comes from a strong baseball pedigree. he spent 11 years in the arts -- red sox organization. he was originally hired as player development and scout and spent four years as assistant gm and last year served as red sox general manager. started his career with the cleveland indians after spending two years as a player

coming up after the break as bad as saturday's asu performance was in boulder something good came out of it. was it enough? come back and

all right time to step on campus and inside the huddle of asu football. the devils were absolutely dominated and embarrassed saturday night against colorado buffaloes. with first place on the line we all expected a tough and competitive game. instead the devils give up over 300 yard rushing. they have the number one the eighth rushing defense into the game. they did get three field goals of over 50 yards but it was not enough to please coach todd grant. >> there were a lot of individual efforts that were very commendable but what does it matter when you lose. that was definitely not our best effort and we have to play better. the most important thing is for a win and that is something that our guys have gone to work on today and nobody was happy or pleased

we are flying high and slamming and jamming with another addition of the coop's clips. i think there may be some moms in the coopy. >> did i make another appearance? >> there are some moms. i'm not going to say that -- you. >> i think i am the only one on the desk unless joe has something he would like to tell us. >> i think i know who the moms are in is worth watching. >> all right. that's a good teaser. a major switch in the seasons. up next in our omg video of the

tonight at 10:00 a father videotapes the moment he told his the-year-old son his mom died of a heroin overdose. the heartbreaking videocon viral has many asking why he would make a private moment public. his answer tonight at 10:00. it is time for the omg video of the day. as you can see it is beginning to look a lot like winter in

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