the w5eu9 is just about -- the wait is just about over for arizona cardinals fan. what you need to know if you are headed out to the game tonight. >> cameras are rolling as two clerks at a to back down to a couple of robbers. >> the popular favorite that will be returning to the mcdonald's menu by the end of the month. >> it sounds a little fishy. how long scientists say this shark can possibly live. well, good afternoon. today a man accused of aggravated assault leaving the scene of a hit-and-run and

expected. >> when -- witnesses saw toady gaines gibson dragging a woman by the hair. when somebody tried to stop him, there was some serious injuries there. today a settlement conference was set today which means he could make a deal with prosecutors. he is accused of running down steven richardson, an iraq war veteran that wanted to help that woman out. tried to intervene when he saw gibson dragging his girlfriend wi richardson was so badly injured that he end ended up in the icu. >> i take full responsibility. but he just shouldn't have got in our business. if he minded his own business, he wouldn't be in the hospital. i wouldn't be here. >> so that was the suspect in the case. again gibson charged charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and leaving a hit-and-run and unlawful imprisonment. >> an unusual chase unfolding in the east valley overnight.

in a stolen tow truck. you don't hear that very often. these pictures here from our adot camera showing the pursuit westbound on the i-10 heading into phoenix. after the suspect there headed eastbound then on the loop 202, that's when officers deployed spike strips to puncture the tires. the guy continues to drive even after the tow truck caught fire. he jumped out of the vehicle and tried to take off on kyrene and chandler in the east valley. that's when a cane took him down. >> he got down here and the guy said, you know, this is a best damn tow truck i ever stolen. they had to chase me for four hours. >> pretty wild story. he was taken to the hospital to be checked out and once he is released he will then be taken to jail. celebrating for recreational pot advocates doesn't last long. now facing a major challenge in court today. steve krafft joins us live in-studio. so yesterday we found out that

to get it on the ballot and another group wants to keep it off. >> that's exactly what's going on. opponents of the regulation and tax sftion marijuana act are urging a judge to bar the initiative from the november ballot. that's superior court hearing this afternoon. despite the group getting more than enough signatures. the proposition needed about 150,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot. supporters filed 250,000. the secretary of state said over 177 thr 177,000 signatures are valid. there is argued the 100 explanation on petition sheets does not fully explain the effects of the legislation. so the argument goes people who signed it didn't understand what they were signing. supporters counter they did know what they were signing, legalizing recreational marijuana for adults with regulations like colorado and washington and alaska.

proposition backers if the initiative is approved, marijuana would be regulated like alcohol. if it were approved, anyone 21 or old core buy up to an ounce of marijuana or grow up to six plants for personal use and the drug would have a 15% tax. proposition 205 would establish licensed shops around arizona for the sale of marijuana and those sales would be taxed similar to the way the law works in those other states. much of the tax mon go to k-12 education. reporting live, steve krafft, "fox 10 news." thank you steve. a judge has disqualified a substantial amount of signatures gathered for ballot initiative to raise arizona's minimum wage. the signatures were tossed because some of the people didn't register with the state. others had felony convictions. opponents are challenging about 70,000 signatures out of the 240,000 that were turned in. the initiative needs 150,000 to qualify for the ballot.

increase to $12 by the year 2020. the family of zach amila, an arizona wildcat football player who died this week will lay him to rest in a private funeral service. he was found dead on monday after he didn't show up to practice. it's believed the 22-year-old died in his sleep. yesterday afternoon the public had a chance to say good-bye to that wild cat lineman at a viewing in tucson. one asu sorority seen some backlash for recruitment video they posted the sorority posted 3 1/2 minute video featuring the sorority sisters hot air ballooning and skate board in the middle of the desert. even riding the helicopter. some are finding fault that the video shows nothing about academics. what people are really shocked about is the price tag on this video. some reports estimate it was anywhere between $200,000 to

>> somebody's dad? >> a couple of dads. >> i guess. wow. that's a nice budget. you want to come here and produce some videos? >> cardinals football starts today. the team is kicking off the 2016 pre-season. the oakland raiders out in glendale tonight at university of phoenix stadium. >> if you are headed to the game, there are some things that you need to know. the game day parking lots will open at 3:00 this afternoon. that's when the great lawn will open for tailgaters. fans should keep in mind how hot it's going to be. it will be warm out there afternoon. and of course as we know with the heat it brings dangers of high heat conditions. so make sure you have a lot of water and wear a hat and sunscreen and gentle reminders. and get under some shade whenever possible as well. >> and pre-hydrate before the gallons of beer go down. >> start with the water now. sure. and these evening games during the week they are always an issue because you deal with rush-hour traffic. it's a 7:00 game so leave a little early so talking 5:00.

be driving during the evening rush and a concert -- it was jason aldean? >> yes. >> and he is a country star and he will be out there right next door.& the cardinals play their next two pre-season games on the road. watch out for the traffic. couple of gas station clerks did not back down from robbersvich you seen this video. look what's going on here. >> it's wild. >> this is a battle caught on camera. >> 24 people injured in turbulent jetblue airlines flight. they were on this flight here. we will hear from one of the victims who flew out of his seat. >> and we've got one good looking friday underway. will it last into your weekend? we will talk about it in the forecast in a couple of

we all have been on a turbulent flight before and it's not fun. new details coming in about the jetblue flight that sent two we are hearing from a passenger who said hours later he was still dazed and in shock after being thrown in the air. take a listen to this. >> well, i went flying way up in the air and my laptop flew up in the air and there was stuff flying the whole -- the storage thing up on top opened up completely just for a second and flew out. a bunch of people got hurt and stuff fell down all over them.

really hit big pothole and fly up into the air a little bit. he said it was like that times ten. russian presidet vladimir putin unexpectedly fires his chief of staff. he has been part of putin's trusted inner circle. putin didn't give him any reasons to relieve him of his duties and has been appointed as successor and a special representative. the guy was the chief of staff. and environment and transportation issues. so shake up in have putin's -- have aletmer putin's inner circle. >> scary news out of rio where police officers died after being shot in the head while working security at the olympics. the officer and two others got lost near a lum when they encountered gunfire. their truck was sprayed with bullets and officers helio vieira was killed and the other officer suffered minor injuries. more than 85,000 security forces

the olympics. caught on camera, violent attack on two gas station clerks. wait until you see this video. let's roll it for you. the two robbers walked into the florida city store and one starts swinging a baseball bat. and look at this. swinging the baseball bat at the two clerks. they get behind the counter and 9 guy with the bat swinging and the second guy grabs the cash out of the register and the clerk say forget this. they tried to protect themes and the robbers got away with $300. all of this stuff and you know now they are caught on individual yeesm strong armed robbery. assault and all of those things. police are hoping this video will get these two behind bars. >> the clerk grab the bat and start going after him. good for him. >> go after someone with a bat, you better be ready to have it come back at you. >> the battle rages on. why herd did not appear for a deposition today in l.a. >> remember that computer outage at southwest a couple of weeks ago? staggers amount of money. we mentioned this.

wait until you hear how expensive was for that airline. and we got dry weather across the valley. things are popping in other parts of arizona. still enough juice in the atmosphere. we will take a tour in just a moment. today? safe to look at your 401(k)? what do you think? >> they say not to look at it for quite awhile. >> not today. >> they say the dow is down about 48 points.

it's been rain, rain, rain, storm, rain and today? >> some folks the same. >> really? >> we got more rain out there. just popped up in the last two hours but not here in the

let's take a peek. as you look off to the north, that's it that's where the action is. the high country and on up around i-40 it's been kind of busy. so we will show you who is seeing those showers here in just a moment. it's warming up. 96 at sky harbor. and i have a feeling we will find ourselves moving toward the normal high for this time of year and i don't think we will get quite to that number. the 65 degrees on the dew points. not quite as juicy as it's been the last couple of d still thick out there 105. there is the norm and the record 115, that coming on this day in 2012 and you look across the west things are starting to dry out a bit. it's going to be a great weekend across california and nevada in fact i think up into seattle and portland they will see some good weather. still again humid enough to catch a few showers here in arizona. although they haven't snuck into the valley. i think we may escape the day without too much in the way of rainfall. you don't have to go very far to

from new mexico back into nevada some we will put things in motion for you here and show you what we are talking about. across the valley no rain right now although dotted around to the west of us we do see a couple of thunderstorm cells and look like pretty good ones and we will move things on out here toward the colorado river and around lake havasu city and eastward you will find the rain really pushing kind of on a nice lateral flow so from west to east and we will just take right on out i-40 and south of there. this is the corridor where most things are happening. although up around black canyon city you might want to keep your eyes to the west a shower headed in your direction. as you move farther to the rim country from payson over to christopher creek, christopher creek seeing a nice shower south and west of town. heads up, cbq you may catch some showers and then on over toward

will catch light rain for now. we will see if it adds up to much. one last look again here west of the valley, nobody really lives here but these cells are pretty strong. they will move over the hassayampa river. that's the sort of dry gulch you see there when it flows, it really gets going. we will see if those storms hole together. you may find the water really on the move for a short while. here is the way your forecast shapes up for the next couple of days of there is your weekend both saturday and sunday looking terrific. monday and tuesday as perhaps late next week with a cool down and another organized effort of thunderstorms. >> know what's great about this time of year you start looking as you go out and it's slowly getting a little cooler. >> i'm so excited. >> and then ready for october. >> you know? almost. >> two months. >> countdown. >> i like the way you think, syleste. >> thank you. coming up after the break,

what this means in the divorce case of johnny depp and amber herd. >> and it's a toasty drink to look forward to in the fall this is the part of your october theme, syleste. we will show you where you can get pumpkin spiced lattes at the

weeks after that major well, weeks after that major outage at southwest, the airline is now getting an idea of how much it's going to cost them. lose at least $54 million. 2,000 flights were canceled and hundreds more were delayed. >> $54 million. >> incredible. >> the company says a router failure is what led to the massive outage. >> time to get a backup router and then a backup to the backup. >> maybe a couple of them for 54 million. not even fall yet but you can get your hands on a pumpkin spice latte at mcdonalds. the fast food giant will begin serving seasonal coffee at the end of the month including that. last year the drink was only

and now it's available everywhere starting at the end of august. >> that pumpkin spice. >> people love that. >> yeah, they do. and your entertainment headlines this noon, rhianna will receive the lifetime achievement award at this year's music award show. previous honorees include madonna and kanye west. rhianna is expected to perform at the august 28th ceremony. nominated for vmas for her song, work. amber herd violated court orders to testify in the i feel like every time there is a brief filed in this divorce we hear about it. >> every time. >> is that very publicized divorce she was ordered to appear for her deposition. the problem is she is in london and says she had an emergency and couldn't get out and now her estranged husband and lawyers are asking the judge to stop her from testifying in next week's trial because she refused to be deposed. both sides are trying to setthal case but money is a big -- settle this case.

everyone to check out. criminal minds star thomas gibson could be axed from the hit series. the actor was suspended for kicking one of the writers during a dispute on set. now "tmz" saying the other writers of the show are creating a story line that eliminates his character all together. >> can't go around kicking the writers. >> bad idea. >> some are saying if gibson does return he will never be able to direct. his duties will be limited to acting. >> rapper tigga had a warrant out for his arrest after he owed his former landlord half million dollars. the rapper owed the landlord back rent, $16,000 a month. nice pad for tiga and severe damage. the wrapper left at that malibu rental home. the case settled but a bigger issue is tyga didn't appear in court. >> another check of your weekend forecast and we will be right

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facbeook.streaming on and we're live news nowchase on fox follow the houston.car chase in welcome back. 12-7bg 26 here. take -- 12:26 here. in houston there is a car chase going on and see this guy is driving in the other lane. opposite direction here. apparently what we are hearing is that he is driving on his wheels. >> that front if it was a spike strip that took that front tire out. here is what it gets dangerous you have this full-sized pick up and almost hit somebody there. it looks like he has a bunch of gear in the back of that truck and see now -- that's what i was talking about. it's going to be difficult for him to control that truck. when you lose your front tire and a rim like that it's difficult to control. >> it looks like he is veering& off to the left here whether or not that is some type of different road -- he is coming --

>> and you see the police officers right behind him. >> right. so you can imagine what the -- oh, with the weight of this truck and exactly what he is trying to deal with to keep this thing on the road. it looks like the rear tires are okay that's unfortunate in that he can get up to big speeds. wow. >> he was jumping on a ramp. look at that he is back up on the freeway and picking up speed. >> and that rim will disintegrate and go down to the axles and then see the sparks fly. we will continue on this. go t that's at fox10phoenix.com to continue watching this chase. we should see the sparks here any second. thank you for being with us. enjoy the rest of your day.

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