tracking the big picture for you this friday night. >> charlie foxtrot crisis in arizona. a 12 news original series. >> they volted for donald trump but say they have been vote shamed into the shadows. >> slime, raw chicken how you can see if your favorite

>> why did it take 9 years for this family to reunite with their lost dog in the valley. 12 news at 10:00 starts now. . >> i didn't want to engage in it just because there's no win there. i can't have a reasonable conversation with somebody their first iteration is you're a racist. >> vote shamed into the shadows. some trump supporters here in arizona say they are afraid to publicly celebrate their calls the silent majority. voters who kept their political views a secret throughout the campaign. then showed up in droves to vote. >> it was a move the pollsters could not predict and led to trump's victory. tonight for the first time they are speaking out but still in fear and heavily disguiseed. >> we want to know are you afraid to post your political views? you can go to 12 news.com/your

if you feel you've been vote slammed. kevin kennedy in the live alert center with the story. >> a lot of trump supporters say they feel shamed and bullied many afraid to express their beliefs and support of trump. so instead of walking around proud, they prefer to remain anonymous. >> they are hiding in plain sight men, women from different religions different races. >> i'm a trump >> a silent coalition that has been living in the shadows for months. >> my name is carey and i am a trump supporter. >> survey monk than e online poll finds hillary clinton won the debate. >> hillary clinton has a 4 point lead in nbc journal poll. >> they are your friends co-workers trump supporters who still prefer to remain

the hate because i support him. >> i knew that if i put myself out there i was just going to get bombarded. >> social mild ya dividing not connecting trump backers saying their faced with implied associated guilt support him you support hate. >> i don't support what he said but i support what he stands for and what i think he'll do for our country. >> i didn't anybody come to my thanksgiving dinner and see who sits around my table because nationalities, our family is full of gays. >> yet here they are three days after the election still hiding shrouded in darkness. >> i'm not embarrassed by it. >> i don't think the relationships i have at work would be the same if they knew i had supported trump. >> does your candidate deserve any of the blame for the position you're in right now? >> no. i don't think so. >> there seems to be a belief

supporter that you air bigot that you are a racist that you are a miss song fifth you're intolerant of other that's not true. >> three trump supporters speaking out but only one willing to finally come out of the shadows. >> i'm cyst information smith and i voted for donald trump. >> like so many others these two will continue to hide amongst us. >> we want to know if you're afraid to post your political views. go to 12 news.com/your voice vote shamed. you can vote throughout the newscast we'll have the results coming up in 20 minutes. we'll immediately terminate president obama's 2 illegal executive amnesty. >> another group. people in arizona say they are being forced to live in the shadows since donald trump won the election are latinos. tens of thousands of dreamers are setting their sights on january 20th.

office and many fear he'll follow through on his promise to kick them out of the country. >> that is a fear they can come to our door mom knox the door and possibly take our families. >> some families are already leaving because trump has pledged to eliminate d aca the program that lets tens of thousands of dealers work here legally but does not grant legal status. >> many fear they won't baseball to or pay their bills. congressman paul go czar of flagstaff is not waiting for the inauguration. >> he's introducing a bill monday to kill d aca. >> donald trump as well as my aspect saying secure the border first so we know who's coming and going. >> if trump does want to deport dreamers he'll have no trouble finding many of them. d ac a recipients gave the government their address when

>> only on 12 news we're reflecting on the service and sacrifice of our veterans and we're focusing on the troops still in need of our support. suicide isn't something that we typically talk about. >> but we can't ignore the 22 vets a data their own life and here in arizona 28 a month. there is still little help for the mental wounds these brave men and women bring back home. >> with your help we hope to change that with 12 news original series. policy that's stripping thousands of service members of their lifesaving benefits. william pitt starts our series charlie foxtrot. >> he's basically captain america deployments iraq afghanistan. even delta force. he's the elite the army can churn out. rocket attacks iraq afghanistan

haunts him to this day. >> father and son came outside down the side of a road dad had an ak in his hand. dad reyes his ak up and i ended up killing his dad. then the kid starts reaching down i remember telling myself you know don't do it. and the kid grabs the gun. i'm like don't point it. and the kid starts to raise it up and i shot him and killed him. >> jeff knows it was him or them. knows if he hadn't taken that shot it would have meant the lives of him or his team. that doesn't really matter to him. >> a lot of that resulted in me self medicateing i ended up

>> my life was over. at that point it was a very dark time in my life i was coming off of meth i had lost everything my family is around the verge of a divorce been taken away from my kids. >> just not saying he shouldn't are v been taught. he's saying that this was a sign of something bigger. he's saying that this should have been taken into account en she wasn't charging my there were points in time she was charging he reduced rates when i was paying out of my own pocket. in all honesty she lost money treating me. but because of her compassion for soldiers and because of her desire to want to help us, she

he's articulate. he can really go far. but an employer is going to look at his other than less than honorable discharge and think maybe i don't want to hire this guy. >> how many years was this? >> it's in low level misconduct. it's drugs, alcohol awol talking back of those are symptoms of ptsd. >> chuck hagel issued a memo saying discharge review boards should err on the side of veterans with ptsd there those hearings but christine says that's not happening. >> we filed that exact case vietnam vet and he they spend a

address any of our arguments. s s. >> i've been blown up. i've watched my friends die. i've had people close to me commit suicide you know. 7 people in my life that i knew in some way shape or form was close to in some way shape or form have committed suicide. that changes anybody. i don't care around the world that expect that change when their guys come back. ours doesn't. but the expectation needs to be out there. when someone goes overseas you're not coming back who you were before. >> s it's not just a arizona either. our team of investigators found thousands of veterans across the country with discharges like these. they are called bad paper

>> general absence of all logic. surprisingly they don't stop themselves. the transition from military service to veteran. >> general absence of all logic. as many. >> it's about being a smart fast lethal soldier. >> l you don't know who the bad guy is you don't kn the moment you drop your guard you're done. >> they train you how to go to the deployment but they don't train you how to come home.

>> i love the military. i always knew i was going to go in. i serve in the 506 infantry regiment. the band of brothers. i think it just came to a head i snapped. 6 months went by i just don't remember much the sleeping, the pains and passing out. blacking out. not wanting to tell anyone that's happening. >> early the va for all these years would tell me you're not a veteran and then they want to see my actual paperwork and so they see the hard copies in front of them and tell you okay

sorry you can't come in. disgrace is biggest understatement ever. >> if someone comes to us serve in the military veteran have other than than honorable discharge we are by law not allowed to treat them. the congress sets the terms who we're allowed to treat and eligible criteria are. >> they volunteered to serve they didn't volunteer to get ptsd. >> i feel like that we're just battling the military and he may look okay and he may function okay, but they don't know what we deal with. >> i had faith that as an american our soldiers would be treated and that their injuries would be compensated for. i was naive because i believed in the system. the system doesn't work.

>> i miss that carefree happy intelligent fun-loving son that has been taken from us. and i miss that. >> when you got word that it would be upgraded how did you find out? >> by i wanted to call everyone and brag. and then strangle those that yeah i mean it was not quite retribution not quite relief. but awesome. because i knew from that day

>> i was a sergeant before my 21st bird day. i was really good at my job. >> taking photos of dead bodies that's not like the one thing that left me with post- traumatic stress disorder. hearing explosions in the distance not knowing my friends were dead. >> it was getting shot at from who knows where bouncing off the vehicle next to me. >> i was punished for attempting suicide s. i mean they had threatened at one point to charge me with damaging government property meaning myself, which ridiculous. pattern of misconduct generate

dishonorable conduct. that's someone expressing symptoms. >> . >> could you imagine missing the first year of your child's life to serve in combat and then to be told by the va you're not a veteran. >> a veteran who has an other than honorable discharge who's not allowed to get treatment at the va who's more likely to be without a job who's more likely to be homeless, who they don't qualify for healthcare how are they supposed to prove that they have ptsd? if the va locks them out. >> the medical expert they had in the room was an orthopedist. >> they were following letter of the law at the time.

>> why not a dematologist. >> exactly itch i was there contending that post-traumatic stress disorder and depression were the reasons i attempted suicide. and orthopedist decided that that wasn't a legitimate case. >> this is only part of the story you can watch the entire thing on 12 while you're there you can help close this loophole by signing the petition this support of bipartisan fairness veteran act it will ensure all veterans get access to va benefits. you want to know email us at verify at 12news.com. >> there is such an important story. we're so glad that you took the time to watch this with us tonight. some of the invisible wounds servicemen and women are dealing with on this veteran's

for the sacrifices you made and continue to make in we're the land of the free because of the brave. >> we want to say a big thank you to our military families out there as well who spent holidays, birthdays and anniversaries away from their loved ones not an easy feat. >> a valley family is counting their blessings after being reunited with their dog who to a micro chip. trisha hendricks has the miraculous story. >> 9 years after amy's dog brownie went missing they are together once again. >> it's incredible. i just feel overwhelmed. mixed emotions. i can't believe it. >> this picture was taken way back when brownie was just a puppy. one day he just disappeared. >> my niece came to visit my

>> they looked for years hoping one day he would show up. >> we suffered a lot. we would look for him day and night. >> one day he ended up in a tattoo parlor five miles from where he went missing. >> he was an adult. i did not think -- >> brownie had a micro clip. after research she was able to contact his owner through facebook. >> asked me if i was missing a dog she showed my a picture of brownie. looks like my dog. >> brownie ring any bells? >> when kathy as photo of a flier her mom still carries with her. >> that's when she was like i think we found your dog. >> even though brownie is in pretty bad shape now blind and quite a few years older. >> brownie's hair color is the same. >> they plan to take him to the vet to try to get him healthy. >> i don't know how much longer he's going to live but at least he's going to live the best moments where he belongs. >> trisha hendricks 12 news. >> thanks trisha.

risk the 12 news exclusive report last night that had you talking about your own experiences at valley vaunts. is your favorite restaurant on the dirty list. health code violations around the valley don't miss our next exclusive report next thursday at 10:00. >> we're counting don to jimmy now with just a few minutes to go until tonight show kicks off after 12 his guest starts are jeremy rain er and myck i will do you remember try. >> bobbierly how much i've missed you. as you hosted portland state. remember the name for ingraham the senior coach from buffalo couldn't play last year made up for lost time tonight dropped 23 off the bench tray holder also had 23. asu opens up with a win. 88-70. the final.

honolulu hawaii number 10 arizona number 12 michigan state. spartans down 3. actual actual, jr. throws up three rust abouts and we're tied at 63 with # seconds left. wildcats geting one more shot. car dim allen how do you give him a three path to the basket. arizona up 2. one second left. wildcats tip it away, ball game arizona gets the win 65-63. gcu opens up the season tomorrow at number one duke. practicing today it's the second time in three years gc you will open up against the number one team in country. dan marley calls this arabic list item coach against legendary coach k. tipoff 3:30 local time. the election thank goodness it is i don't have. but did you know the cardinals could have a future presidential candidate on their roster. rookie guard kole turn he went to harvard and took a class on

political expert in the locker room and amongst all locker. >> that's the guy. future president right there. >> might want to run for office some day i don't know we'll see. >> sound like you thought about it. >> i've thought about it. i thought of doing a lot of things. >> could be president. >> yeah. >> you run for president you promise vice-president d. j. humphrey >> secretary of state has got to be jared. >> some mike would be >> he would put you as the vp. >> that's my dog. s. >> guys apparently the cardinals offensive line will be in the white house. one day. cardinals will honor pat tillman onslaught to service week this sunday with number 40 decals on their helmets but one noncardinal is taking this to

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at cancercenter.com/phoenix >> taking a live look outside from downtown roof cam it's a pretty nice night breezy conditions of those will start to taper off a little bit but for tomorrow thins are going to warm right back up. look at your forecast, 83 degrees by the afternoon average for this time of year coming in at 77 and you can tell we've got a huge warm upcoming our way because pressure is going to build directly into arizona. that means temperatures upwards of 90 degrees by the time we move in towards tuesday. 7-day forecast, 84 for sunday. 89 on tuesday. check out that thursday and friday 74 gorgeous degrees. >> thanks matt don't forget we want to know fuero afraid to post your political views? go to 12news.com/your voice and let us know if you have been vote shamed. >> final result of our live

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thursday night. catch the fever tonight at 11:35. mvp of the night all the men and women have and continue to fight and sacrifice their life for our freedom we all thank you so very much. steelers wide out antonio brown of guys these are the cleats he's going to wear there sunday. seriously. special design to honor pat tillman onslaught to service weekend. they are images of tillman in a cardinal on one side. army ranger on the other. tillma from asu was drafted by the cardinals in 98. he enlift list flood the army 2002 following the events. september 11th. live these cleats guys. >> don't go to bed in 6 minutes year reply reneeer and michelle dockery join jimmy fallon on the tonight slow

. >> here are the results from live interactive poll. >> we ask are you afraid to post your political views online. >> 59% said yes. 41% said no. >> we appreciate you being part and weighing in tonight. >> thanks for joining us jimmy

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