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the proposed sale of chase field from maricopa county... to a group of investors isn't happening. that group negotiating with the county has cancelled it's deal. county officials said they were notified of the decision yesterday. attorney said in a letter to the county that arizona diamondbacks had refused for the past three months to meet about a potential takeover. more casino gaming... could be coming to the west valley. governor doug ducey is offering to allow the tohono o'odham nation more options at it's glendale casino. it comes as part of an agreement with 10 other tribes. ducey made that announcement yesterday. the tohono o'odham still have not agreed to the deal. the man who represented jodi arias says... he'd rather be dis-
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a tell-all book about the sensational murder case. nurmi violated attorney ethics rules by revealing confidential conversations he had with arias and her family ... and evidence ruled inadmissible in court. this morning... we are officially kicking off the holiday season. and we are doing it with team 12's bryan west lacing up his ice skates out in glendale...
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update. good morning, tracey. >> reporter: and something new this morning, matt, good morning. a source close to donald trump's thinking told nbc or msnbc that he will not be pursuing an investigation against hillary clinton for her private e-mail server or the clinton foundation. he has yet to answer questions from the media after being elected three weeks ago. his spokeswoman says he's been working 18 hour days on this transition. >> gov to new york today to rejoin the transition team. they're in no hurry to announce more cabinet officials before thanksgiving. >> it could come this week. it could come today. but we're not in a rush to publish names just because everybody is looking for the next story respectfully. >> reporter: sources tell nbc former new york mayor and trump confident dant rudy giuliani is now being considered director of national intelligence. newt gingrich has confirmed he will continue to advice but will
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cabinet. he favors giuliani over mitt romney as secretary of state. >> rudy is a better pick and has the right temperament. because we're going to need somebody who is a fighter. >> reporter: in a video released by the transition team, president-elect donald trump says his first 100 days will focus on jobs. >> i've asked my transition team to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day 1 to restore our laws and bring back our jobs. it's aboutti withdraw from the transpacific trade partnership and reduce regulations across the board focusing on energy. now he is still facing questions about conflict of interest with some of his properties and this hole transition effort, especially here in d.c. where his new hotel is just blocks from the white house, just this week they had a big event, a reception, a tour with giveaways, free nights for foreign diplomats.
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it was packed according to people familiar with that. mr. trump tweeted that it's only the crooked media, as he described it, making a big deal of this. his spokeswoman said that their attorneys have described no -- nothing illegal, no conflicts between the business and the presidency. >> tracey potts live in washington this morning. thank you for the update. from politics to the morning juice. grab your cup. we've got a lot talk vanessa ruiz is here with hot new toys >> that's right. it's the holiday season and parents, kids already have their toys' list put together. this year's hot holiday day, has just hatched. they're sold out. they've even made their way on to ebay at marked u.p. prices. they're going tore $50, $60, but some of the toys are selling close for $1,000. yeah, so what's a hatchable? they're interactive toys that
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kids must nurture the egg to gint halving process. they can teach the toy how to walk and talk. >> the people that create toys, they have a lot of work because they have so much to compete with and so many new ideas to come up with. >> i know. but look at that. that definitely a hot item for the kids this year. so parents get on it. start looking on ebay. so here's another great ideas. march is that stewart and snoop dogg are cooking up something special. their show has already been renewed for a second s the show airs on vh1 and features the pair hosting a dinner party with celebrities guests and rap stars. the cable network describes it as, quote, a half-baked evening of cocktails, cooking, conversation, and fun with nothing is off-limits. if you haven't seen it, you into he had to check it out. it's an unscripted show and they've already had guests like seth row began, rick ross, quiz khalifa. with all those people put together -- >> i wish i was in that meeting.
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think that's a great match. >> i think they're a great pair. it's time for your juicy question of the year. on average each of us will have this happen a couple dozen time, people often have this happen when they meet tram. what is this? >> what would that be, matt? you're around tram a lot. i have no idea. >> i can't wait to see what the answer is though. >> let's reveal the answer since we don't have guesse our life. >> you start crush when's you're five, 6 years old, you have little school yard crush. >> that's a lot of crushes. >> it increases. >> that is a loot of crushes, my goodness. >> we'll include celebrity crushes inch it's time for your second juicy question of the morn. during is morn most of us will -- during the winter, most of us will do this. >> coming from the med west i
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windshield. >> okay. lighting a fire? fireplace? >> yeah. >> interesting question, because here in the valley, wint ser so different than what it is for the rest of the country. >> i don't know. maybe we'll get another hint. jen, do you have any guesses? >> reporter: what about sleeping in an extra half an hour or something, because you add it all up, because it's dark and chilly, you don't want to get out of bed. > driving, driving to. >> reporter: driving to work. getting stuck in extra traffic because of all the snow and ice on the ground? chris says he's biased. obviously we don't have to deal with the snow and ice. let's get an picture of the traffic. i-10 backing up quite a bit. also around the durango curve we're in the yellow zone this, movement the 17 a little slow. other than that, we're pretty clear on valley freeways. so let's go ahead and get you
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now and that is the i-10 westbound approaching 67th avenue. we'll pan over and give you a view off to our left here. this is all the traffic starking up in the eastbound lanes of the 10 heading into phoenix from the west valley. so we were kind of hoping that tuesday would be light because it's a holiday week and make folks are taking a few days off. but unfortunately it doesn't look like that's the case. we have a lot of headlights behind us and you can see again braig on the eastbound lanes of the 10. so we will continue to cruise around the valley this morning and find any trouble spots for you. give you your drive times as you're heading out the door. >> all right. the i-10 always slow for us in the west valley. switching gears now, it is turkey tuesday, a fantastic day. we've got jimmy qui?ones out there live right now collecting the turkeys as we speak. hello, you little turkey. >> reporter: you're killing me,
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chandler heights out here in chandler and we are collecting turkeys at this bashes. but you can -- you can go to any bashes, any food city all over the valley and the state and donate a turkey or even a dollar to whatever you have out here. we have the weather kids helping out as well. let's introduce you to the weather kids. your name and school? >> i'm rachel and i go to glendale prep. >> i'm austin. >> you guys can cheer. >> i'm alexis and i go elementary school, home of the coyotes. >> i'm payson and i go to green field elementary school. go gators. >> i'm sophia. >> i'm i will anna and i go to horizon community learning center. >> i'm carson and archway glendale. >> these are helping me out for today as well with the forecast. let's double check the forecast really quick. today, cold start. the weather kids are really freezing out here. bundle the little kids up.
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close to 70. 73 for wednesday. and our thanksgiving person needs to wear a turkey hat. but 76 for thanksgiving day. what do you guy -- how do you like your turkey cooked? fried? yes with gravy on the side. love it. 76 for friday. the weekend is great. 73 and 69 for sunday and monday as well. 67 degrees. so we are in the clear. looking really beautiful too. remember this goes to such a great cause collecting these turkeys. we're talking to estra here. the need pretty great? >> it's great this time of year. the holidays can ab a difficult time for a lot of families. it's great we have this special event so we can give families a thanksgiving dinner. >> you serve thousands of families, millions of people every year. >> absolutely. last year we served ten -- we provided 10 million meals in our five valleywide dining rooms and through our food boxes.
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year. you go through these pretty quick? >> we go through the turkeys pretty quick. we hold -- host food drives and get donations all year long. everything helps. >> this is great. remember, it goes on all day long at any bashes or food city right here in the valley or the state. we're going to show you not only the weather kids, but the weather kids' parents. they're going to run like you won't believe this. look at that. they're all over the place. great folks out there. the kids wouldn't have made it here if it wasn't for the parents. and some of these parents came of the valley. so a long drive for a lot of these kids. back over to you guys. >> all right. the weather kids are stealing the show. just let them talk for the entire 6:00 hour. i love it. all right. well donald trump's grandfather, he begged to stay in germany, but the germans they had other ideas. a look at the president-elect's family tree in five minutes. >> plus president obama's wearing his last medals of freedom. we'll look at the list on 12
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. good morning to you. welcome back to 12 today on this tuesday. it's 5:55. let's get a quick check of your hot headlines. police near the standing rock north dakota protest site say they have closed a bridge. they say that spraying the protesters wh freezing temperatures was necessary and they won't rule out doing it again if washed. authorities used the tactic during a clash with protesters saying the water was to put out fires set by those protesters. they were throwing objects at officers including rocks and as fought. >> police have arrested the man they believe shot and killed a detective sunday morning. otis tie row mccain was taken into custody and charged with
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detective while writing a ticket. a handwritten ler found in german archives is showing president-elect's donald trump pleading not to be kicked out of germany. his grandfather was born and immigrated to the u.s. as a teenager when he was older he moved back and was expelled because he didn't serve his military requirement when he was younger. in the letter, he begged the prince calling him a well-loved and just man. it did not work and mr. trump was deported. obama will give out his final round of presidential medals of freedom. they include ellen degeneral he is, tom hanks and robert denarrow, michael jordan and saturday night live creator lauren mike als will be honored as well. former los angeles dodgers announcer vin skully will be given an award. make sure you stay with us on 12 today. we'll have details in a deadly shooting in a crowded apartment complex in phoenix overnight. >> kanye west canceling his tour
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>> and cardinals head coach bruce arians is back home this morning after yet another health scare. >> and i'm out at west gate teaching you how to drive a zamboni. >> where are you going? >> sorry about that. we're going to tell but this event coming up. if i don't get arrested. >> reporter: and it's that time again, rush hour, we're stuck in it. and we're going to tell you how to stay out of it. >> make sure you stay with us. you're
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