here in arizona. tonight, he is under fire from veterans in the valley and some across the country. yesterday in virginia, a veteran asked donald trump about holistic care from those who suffer from ptsd and traumatic brain injuries and here is what don olds trump had to say. >> when people come back from war and combat and they see things that many people in here have seen it and you are strong and can handle people can't handle it. >> i don't think he is trying to be mean. he is so completely uninformed. >> the soldier asked the question was upset it turned into a political point. trump's campaign saying they have tried to deceive voters and veterans. nicole garcia spoke to two vets

>> reporter: trump's commenteds struck a nerve and both agree that trump's remarks are ignorant and they perpetuate incorrect theories about ptsd. thomas is a double purple heart recipient. he was deployed twice and he lives with the insinuation of vets like him are weak, it can be dangerous. >> he cannot apply the level of critical thinking to a concept to really want to understand it and especially when you're talking about veterans and veterans with ptsd. that is downright dangerous.

angry, you could be affecting the livelihood of those with it. it is is a thing in a long list of uneducated, some what ignorant rhetoric he had over the last year. >> reporter: frank was deployed twice and suffers from pfsd. >> he is ignorance. >> reporter: did it change your view of him? >> no, it is a common misconception. people don't understand what causes ptsd. >> reporter: both vets want the same thing to come out of this emotional debate and that is to spread more awareness and education about the invisible injuries many of our vets come home with. >> what i hope is they can put differences aside and not politicize an issue that affects

society. it is larger than either of them. it is larger than the presidency. >> reporter: the v.a.'s national center for ptsd says "ptsd can happen to anyone. it is not a sign of weakness. " nicole nicole garcia, fox 10 . a new report from the v.a. inspector ge veterans died while waiting for care at the v.a. hospital. the hospital was at the center of a scandal over wait times and a secret waiting list. hundreds of vets ran were waiting for care. the house v.a. committee chairman says many of the original problems at the phoenix v.a. still exist. a new presidential poll shows hillary clinton continues to hold a lead over donald

shows clinton has a 46% to 40% advantage. the numbers virtually unchanged since last week. the vice presidential nominees go head to head in their first televised debate. shepherd smith is joining us live from virginia. it is home court for tim kaine but new for mike pence. the projectry of the showed a poll that hillary clinton is climbing. it is more important for him tonight, isn't it? >> reporter: i think you're right. the job for mike pence is to steady the ship, to convince conservatives that donald trump will bring in the kind of supreme court justices with more traditional conservatives want an established conservative electorate that their candidate

they will understand and appreciate and smaller government. mike pence is a guy who conservatives across arizona and the country know and have known for quite sometime. tim kaine is more of the unknown across the nation. he is the senator from here in virginia. a liberal guy in what has been a liberal state but this part of the state where we are, the center of the state is a rule place where you see trump signs all over the place, at least until the clinton camp came in and added some of their own. it should be an interesting night with tim kaine but more conservative neighborhood. >> i'm curious, because we saw the first debate, the presidential debate, these two guys are gentile. do you expect they could get surprisingly fiery tonight? >> reporter: i think it could and i say that, john, specifically because there are democrats on capitol hill who

known as a see brail quiet family man from virginia to go for the jugular and go in and make mike pence and donald trump one in the same. to make mike pence own all of the stuff that donald trump has said, the immigration matters so port in arizona to make him own those and dig deep on the matter of tax returns and the loss of $900 million in the mid 1990's and get him off of his game. don't let him allow him to steady the ship. if it starts to blow up and the teeter continues to sunday, the republicans have real trouble and they know it. >> i will see you in st. louis next weekend. it should be fun. >> reporter: yes, sir. >> take care. good seeing you. you can watch the debate here on

6:00. we will stream the debate live on fox new nows and our facebook page and we'll break things down for you on fox 10 news at 9:00. sentencing day for a casa grande man who molested more than 10 children. 54-year-old luis martinez was sentenced to two life terms. he molested family friends for over 30 years. we are getting new details about this horrific train crash that happened last week in new jersey. investigators say that the train's engineer has no memory of this crash whatsoever. the new jersey transit train remains stuck in the hoboken terminal. the engineer claims he was only going 10 miles an hour as he approached the station. the data recorder who was

braking has not been functioning so investigators hope to extract a second data recorder this week. one woman was killed, more than 100 people were injured. also out of new jersey, a horrific scene. by the time officials arrived, they heard a hissing sound of gas and 15 minutes later the gas triggered an explosion that leveled the two homes. several homes and cars damaged. nobody hurt, which is a miracle but five firefighters were being evaluated. wildfire burning in colorado has forced dozens of people to evacuate their homes. this fire tearing through pueblo county. it has forced 57 people from their homes. students from one elementary and middle school were forced to leave school because of the

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more than 2 million more than $2 million in grant money is helping authorities in maricopa county put rapists behind. arizona has a huge backlog of untested rape kits and getting through the backlog is going to take money and manpower. courtney griffin has more on how two recent grants will help out. >> reporter: a backlog of more than 2,000 rape kits have yet to be tested in maricopa county. thanks to a large grant that can >> this is absolutely amazing for us. we are extremely proud. >> reporter: the u.s. department of justice gave the phoenix police department $1.5 million and $1.2 million to the maricopa county attorney's office to test rape kits. >> effective july 1 of 2016, the phoenix police department went to test all proceeds, every kit that comes into our possession will be tested through our crime lab.

$2 million helped his always test 600 kits. out of those tests, two people were indicted, one was a serial sex offender, the other was a known burglar. >> this confirms our suspicions that by going through this process, we'll be able to go forward intervene and stop offenses in committing sex assaults and take into account those residential burglaries. >> reporter: he sad last year's grant plus the additional grant money this year allowed them to test the 2,300 rape kits. phoenix vice mayor encourages victims to get tested to get justice. >> today is an important day and it ensures that we we leave no

created a task force to figure out how to get rape kits tested more quickly here in arizona. the group presented the recommendations and they will do this this fall. have you gotten sunburned even though you're wearing sunscreen? a new machine will help out called snappy screen. you stand in the booth and rotate as various forms of sunscreen covers the skin. many cosmetologies love it. >> i would like to see it at marathons, hotel, big parties out door. >> sorry, the dermatologists love it. the snappy screen is being used at a few hotels around the world and the inventor hopes to add

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>> business cards. >> what a letdown. we are only 82 days away from christmas. are you ready? are you getting your shopping done? the national retail federation is out with the holiday sales and predicting seas will jump 3.5% this year. a total of $165 billion will be spent but does not take into account restaurant sales. >> reporter: to you're saying there is a chance that is the thought process for the arizona cards. the cards not ruling out carson palmer just yet. palmer has to be a long shot to play this thursday. the veteran q.b. left sunday's game with a concussion. oh, yes, so palmer can't play until he passes concussion

happened. late in the game, palmer goes down and hits his head on the ground and he is done for the day. branch went down with a groin injury, same for running back chris johnson. both guys out for eight weeks and, by the way, we've got three days before the next game. b.a. with a tough task of getting the guys ready for thursday night football. >> it is always difficult to come off of a physical game and with the iur occurred in this game, because your not sure who is going to make it to the dance. you have to get somebody ready so you do your best and hope that the guys are studying who are injured because you can't run anyway. >> reporter: it is bowling for a good cause. paul goldschmidt is steaming -- teaming up with his wife amy for a night of bowling with the

children's hospital. the d-backs are in a transition. g.m. and chip hale were fired. >> i just reached out and told him thank you. he was awesome to me and you can't ask anything more of him. i'm sure he was disappointed. i talked to him over the past couple of months is positive and we wanted to play better for him. >> reporter: more local stuff in a matter of minutes, the cards are looking to get back on track and get healthy. details later tonight. it is supposed to open for tours this week. why fans may have to wait a little while longer to get a

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it is incredible. the city council hasn't approved a rezoning request. several council members say they need more time to study the impact of opening paisley park as a museum, opening the neighborhood around them. ? ryan lochte's image took a big hit after he vandalized a gas station in reyou and lied about it. lochte says a couple of have stood by his side, including vanilla ice. his advice, put it together, man. yesterday's history and tomorrow is a mystery. poetic. ? >> reporter: so solange doubles down and ben's bombshell and kim causes panic in the hollywood nation.

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installments mapped out. solange knowles thrilled fans with release of two singles on monday. they are from her latest studio album "a seat at the table." in hollywood, adam housely, fox news. giving you a live look at longwood university in farmville virginia. we are a from the vice presidential debate tim kaine versus mike pence. >> it looks like the moderator is waiting for the event to start. this is the only vice presidential candidate debate of the season. you can watch it unfold coming up here on fox 10. we will see you back here on fox 10 news at 9:00 and 10:00.

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get to know us at aarp.org/phoenix >> announcer: this is a fox news special presentation. and good evening from fox news. i'm shepard smith live from longwood university in farmville, virginia. this is fox news special coverage of the vice presidential debate. tim kaine and mike pence will face off. tonight america is watching to see how it goes. this has been donald trump's most difficult week yet, after he blasted a former miss universe and called her out for gaining too much weight.