fox 10 news at 9:00 starts now. thanks for joining us. at this time last night, we were reporting on breaking news, a massive fire that was destroying a gilbert apartment complex under construction. that fire spread so fast that people living near the fire were forced to evacuate.

to jump from a first alarm to a four-alarm fire in the blink of an eye. stefania okolie reports on this developing story. stefania? >> yeah, that's right, linda. investigators say it was all about what was up in the apartment buildings. construction crews just had up the wood, so that made fire burn very fast and very easily. in a matter of minutes, a single alarm fire fire and gilbert fire rescue crews were battling these ferocious flames, four apartment buildings destroyed, three of them ultimately collapsing. the fire spreading not only because of the intense heat but the framework, mostly plywood. without drywall you up, the rate at which flames spread is drastically different. it's much faster. >> within a few minutes, it had

got out. >> buildings nearby were evacuated, families forced to wait on the corners. >> we felt very stranded. we didn't have any of our belongings, our phones. >> i was pretty freaked out. it was pretty overwhelming. >> the scene like what we saw back in april at gilbert road. the frame made the fires hotter and fast spreading. in neither of these massive fire neighbors feeling thankful as well. >> no one passed away in this, and for that i'm exciting and going to praise god today. >> reporter: the fire was ruled accidental. as for last night's fire, the atf and fire investigators have to come back out again tomorrow when the safe to go inside to figure out what exactly caused that fire. of course when we get that up to date, we'll be sure to let you know. live in the studio, i'm stefania okolie, fox 10 news.

new at 9:00, a glendale family will have to find a new place to stay after a fire ripped through their home. now the blaze happened near 47th avenue and bethany home road. according to fire officials, the flames started in the backyard on a grill. the flames then went up into the eves and into the attic. fire crews were able to contain the flames to the attic and prevent it from spreading. we spoke with a woman who was out trying to get people to vote in the election when she first saw the flames. >> and i saw the smoke and i thought somebody was having a cookout since it's sunday and there's a lot of games going on, but as i looked closer and started walking i see the red flames on the roof, and that's when i grabbed my phone, called 911 and ran to the door to see if everyone was okay. >> neighbors say that the family just moved into this home a few months ago. thankfully, no one was hurt by the fire. now on to an apartment fire that left one woman without a

this happened near 12th street and indian school road. an apartment unit caught fire after the woman living there reported hearing a loud noise. and as she was able to get out with one of her dogs, but sadly another dog and three of her cats are missing tonight. crews were able to keep the fire from spreading to other units. one woman was sent to the hospital however. it's still unclear if her injuries are related to that fire. the cause of the blaze still under investigation. two teenagers 20-year-old are sent to the hospital after they overdosed. now, this happened earlier this evening in glendale. now, this is near 44th avenue and ocatillo road. police say these teenagers were using some kind of narcotics and were unresponsive but they have since awakened. so far no word on what they were using. the case remains under investigation. well, tododay hundreds

arizona fallen firefighters memorial. it's located at the wesley bolen plaza, and it honors those who have died on the job. fox 10's courtney griffin was there. she has more. ? god bless america ? >> reporter: since 1902, 119 arizona firefighters and paramedics have died in the line of duty. now their names are engraved in stone, and they will forever be a part of history. >> the servants is that we will remember. this is part of the remembrance. this allows families to have a place to come to see their father, brother, cousin, whatever it happens to be. >> charlene richards works for the department and her husband was with phoenix fire for 25 years. she says though he has passed on, she'll come here to remember him. >> i'll be here every year from

badges in memory. he loved the fire department. >> he's proud of how far the city has come to honor his fellow firemen. >> it's really a step forward. unexpected, also. >> the memorial includes a bell tower and ten life sized bronze statues, each weighing 500-800 pounds. it took a total of 20 years to plan and ten years to develop. it officially opened up last are. it will kill you when it decides it's going to do that, and these men and women risked their lives every single day for you and your families. and that's why this memorial is here. >> it's a quiet place to honor the sacrifice and dedication of those running in while others are running out. courtney griffin, fox 10 news.

17th avenue and washington street. if you would like to donate to the effort, you can head to fox10phoenix.com. we have a link there. well, as long as everyone is okay, i thought this was the story of the day. it was actually pretty funny. firefighters in tuscon freeing this guy after he was stuck in his chimney this morning. fire officials say that 26-year-old locked himself out of his house. hey, i've done that. but then he tried to get back inside i've never done that. this guy was trapped for four hours before a neighbor heard hm calling for help and called 911. firefighters then lowered a rope into the chimney, and as you can see, they were able to slowly get him out. they say he was far enough down that his feet were actually touching the floor of the house, but he was, oh, i like that. i didn't see that picture before. it's a sigh of relief and a hug of gratitude there. he was just so wedged in he

that's good to see. he was not harmed. the buffalo chips restaurant reopened this weekend following that devastating fire that happened almost one year ago. the buffalo chip reopened with help from the community, a lot of help, actually. people donated historic items to make a wall of relics of the things that were lost in the fire. this new building is connected to parts of the building that were not destroyed in the fire. people visiting say excited to see the bar back up and running. >> i think it's amazing. i think it's going to be amazing. i think the new building is amazing. i think larry is going to do, you know, more things for the community. i think it's just wonderful. >> reporter: the restaurant caught fire and nearly burned to the ground on thanksgiving day of last year. in the mood for a taco? well, these people certainly were today. this is the valley's taco

festival, or rather contest, to prove it. and from twitter rants to snl skits and more e-mails, today's presidential race certainly has it all. we'll bring it to you after the break. plus, it's on. the prime minister of iraq says he's getting tough on i.s.i.s. well, if the arizona cardinals are going to get back to where they want to go, protecting home field is number one. tomorrow night against the new york jets you want to talk to, right? richard saenz with this guy, number 31, david johnson, coming off player of the week honors last week in the nfl, ready to go against the jets. we'll preview the game with max starks, the best nfl analyst in the business. plus, david tippet, head coach of the coyotes coming out of that overtime win last night against the flyers, hockey, football, cards, jets, monday

james p. walsh: to keep our community safe - we need a sheriff who will put fighting violent crime ahead of his own political agenda. paul penzone has been a decorated crime-fighter for over 20 years. a police officer, undercover investigator, and dea task force agent of the year. paul penzone caught murderers, put drug kingpins behind bars, and created award-winning programs that protect our community.

you're watching the best, fox 10 news. iraq says it's getting tough in the fight against i.s.i.s. state television aired an announcement by iraq's prime minister, saying the start of an operation to reclaim the

control of i.s.i.s. this will be the biggest military operation in iraq since american troops left there in 2011. meanwhile, two i.s.i.s. strongholds in syria were captured by syrian rebel soldiers backed by turkish warplanes and a u.s.-led air strike campaign. on to politics in this country. donald trump says he is a candidate under siege. fox news is following trump's campaign. he reports from outside trump tower in new york city. >> reporter: trump kicked off sunday tweeting this morning, polls close, but can you believe i lost large numbers of women voters based on events that never happened? media rigging election. libertarian candidate gary

trump's denials last week that he ever forced himself on women in the aftermath of a video in which he described doing that included appearing to demean some of his accusers as unworthy of his alleged groping advances. >> believe me, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. >> trump this morning attacked saturday night live on twitter for last night's show opener. >> what about all of the women accusing you of sexual assault? >> they need to shut the hell quote, "watched saturday night live. hit job on me. time to retire the boring show." >> once again, the media is piling on with unsubstantiated claims, as the headlines, while they ignore the avalanche of hard evidence about corruption,

emanating out of hillary clinton's years as secretary of state. >> but house speaker paul ryan who said that he will no longer defend trump nor campaign with him says that he is confident the election will be fair. former candidate romney made a similar statement. so did pence. >> the stakes are so in -- so high in this election, but as donald trump said in the first the will of the people. >> trump said clinton seemed pumped up at the last one. clinton sidestepped. >> all i know for sure is that donald trump is going to be ready for the debate on wednesday night, and the american people are going to see someone who is prepared to lead this country. >> and severe damage inside a republican headquarters. this is in orange county north carolina. police say someone threw a

liquid overnight. there's even spray paint on the outside, referring to, quote, nazi republicans. no one was hurt, but police are alerting other party offices. we are learning tonight more about what could be an illegal move by a member of the clinton state department team to influence the fbi's investigation into her e-mail scandal. fox news reporter has the state department executive patrick kennedy. >> to your knowledge, did anyone associated with secretary clinton or her campaign ask or instruct kennedy to see classification of e-mails? >> absolutely not. i have no knowledge that that happened. absolutely not. >> late friday, the fbi sent a third batch of interviews from the clinton investigation to the house intelligence and government oversight committees. republican lawmakers briefed by staffers say kennedy wanted the classification of at least one

would benefit the department as well as clinton. and in exchange, there was discussion of more slots for fbi agents overseas. this is a flashing red light of potential criminality. government oversight committee jason chaffetz said -- campaigning in kansas, congressman mike pompeo phone. >> by the state department, every effort was made not to protect our american servicemen in the field, not american national security information but hillary clinton. >> a state department spokesperson says this allegation is inaccurate and does not align with the facts. kennedy held a closed-door

redacted where kennedy pointedly asked redacted to change the fbi's classification regarding one of hillary clinton's e-mails. a state department spokeswoman read from a statement. >> we have been clear all along that our freedom of information act review of secretary clinton's e-mails was a complex and multiple step process. >> a bureau spokesmen said the issues were not the e-mail classification was never changed. the new fbi files could be public as early as monday when an independent review will be possible. in washington, catherine herrid herridge, fox news. accusations flying against both candidates making the final presidential debate between trump and clinton wednesday night a crucial one, which is why you'll want to keep it right here on fox 10. our own john hook and steve krafft will be reporting live

good evening, everybody. do you see this big h here? do you know what it stands for? it stands for, hey, where's the cool weather? we'll see if we can get some, coming up in the forecast in a few minutes. yeah, i want to know that too. hey, where is the cool weather? have you connected with me on social media. i want to know that too. you can like me facebook page at facebook.com/lindawilliamsfox10. also follow me on twitter. despite incredible attempts on my part to get a good shot the, what do we call it, a harvest moon, a farmers moon, a jupiter moon? >> super moon. >> super moon. all kinds of moons, i couldn't get a decent shot. it's a camera phone, after all. so instead i put in pictures of my favorite other pictures of

hey, everybody. your exclusive accuweather

ready for a big week. it's going to be great out there. we are in for some really nice temps, if you love it warm, and if you didn't, you wouldn't be here. because we have got more nineties on the way. here's your story, beautiful night across phoenix, and the temp slowly falling, we are in the mid-80s right now, and not much of a breeze out there, so get ready for kind of a still night. this big huge area of high pressure continues to anchor itself over us, and it will be our constant companion here for the next several days, this heavier weather across the northwest has been trying to days, that very big storm there unfortunately is going to be kind of shunted up to the north of us. so we are going to be left with i think fair skies right on into tomorrow and for the next several days. so the temps at the moment, here you go, 82 at lake havasu city, 64 in sedona, the same in globe, and as you look across the valley, our numbers look good too, 74 in surprise, 81 in chandler, 73 in apache junction,

sunrise tomorrow at 6:34. how about the rest of the nation? we have got beautiful conditions for the middle of the country. say you're in maybe a morton, illinois. everything is great there, always, really. it's a pretty nice spot to be. across the northern plains and into trockies, things are a little more unsettled. we have seen some cold weather across the rockies but things are kind of this is the main feature, this big storm that continues to lash at the coast of washington and oregon. and it looks like it is just about done doing so. so things will start to calm down here over the next days. tonight, 70 for lake havasu, 50 for prescott and casa grande. tomorrow 87 in safford, and it looks like low 90s or upper 80s for the rest of the desert parts of the state.

forecast for the next week and a half. it looks pretty nice. we'll keep the 90s going, just about the average, maybe a couple of degrees warmer than te usual, but no significant weather makers on the near horizon, so i have a feeling that over the next couple of days, you're going to find things looking pretty swell. >> swell. >> and really kind of in the happiness business, linda. >> yes, you are. >> i think that i am anyway. sometimes it doesn't work out in my favor, but so no far no real haters back off. that's what i say. >> you know what. >> in the words of a great american. >> i'm not as happy as i could be, but i wasn't as miserable as i was in july, so things are working out. >> that sounds like a fridge magnet. >> it's a good trajectory. when we go down, you know, in temperatures, i think everyone gets happier. >> heading into the best seven months of the year. >> yes, we are, good way to look at it.

describe why we live here. october through april. >> all right. i'm going to sto stick with tha that's my story. we are looking at now this is the 6th annual hawaii chocolate festival. it took place this weekend. hundreds made their way to the festival where two-dozen exhibiters showed off their chocolate. they should have given it away but they are in hawaii, so life is pretty good. festival's mission is to increase interest in hawaii chocolate industry. it may not be taco tuesday but that didn't stop people from going to the 7th annual taco festival at salt river fields. now, people created teams, and this is the competition. more than 50 teams competed to be in the grand champion title. the national taco association

crowned as grand champion. we spoke with the winner of the competition. there's the winner. victory! what was his winning strategy, you ask? >> i took two tacos at a time. i had a lot of crumbs left, so i stuffed them into my last taco. of course i had open water. i drank it down. >> ah, two tacos at a time. that's the key. an estimated 100,000 tacos were served at the event, which looks like a blast. believe it or not, early voting has begun in arizona and several other states, but do all of these early ballots point to a win for hillary clinton or donald trump? plus no one raising a glass toasting one company, the distillery that is filled with angry workers. yes, i love to end sunday with a good implosion.

fox 10 news is back. arizona just one of several states that has begun early voting and, as fox news reporter bryan llenas tells us, all of this early voting is prompting candidates to increase their campaign efforts. >> more than 750,000 ballots have been cast around the country, 36 states and

voting before election day, and it continues to increase in popularity. more than 45 million people are expected to vote early this year. that's about 40% of all total votes expected to be cast, and so far early voting shows positive signs for hillary clinton. battleground north carolina has been accepting absentee ballots since september 9th. so far, some 31,000 ballots have been mailed in. 38% are from republicans, and 37% are from at this point in the 2012 election, republicans had a 2-1 lead in absentee ballots, a good sign for democrats. in battleground florida, more than 477,000 absentee ballots have been returned. 2.5 million absentee ballots have been requested by floridians. 40% from republicans and 39% from democrats, another positive sign for clinton, because in 2008 republicans led in ballot

but there are encouraging signs for donald trump in battleground ohio. over a million absentee ballots have been requested but there are declines in heavily democratic counties like franklin and cuyahoga. white voter ballot requests up and minority voter ballot requests are down. the majority of states begin early in-person voting after october 17th. in new york, bryan llenas, fox news. on the ballot this november will be minimum wage. ballot proposals from arizona and three other states come just two years after five other states did raise their minimum wage. in south dakota, they are voting on the issue again after raising the minimum wage just two years ago. in arizona, prop 206 would raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020. meanwhile, hourly workers

to protest. workers say they are being forced to work long hours. the union president says that some full-time employees have to work more than 70 hours a week. workers say that they love working at jim beam. they just want their message to be heard. >> we love our jobs, our company, and we are not doing this to hurt the company. we just want to be heard. >> jim beam released a statement saying that they believe these workers' contract is fair and negotiated in good faith. it's now against federal law to bring a galaxy note 7 on an airplane. this mandate comes after reports of battery fires, explosions, and, of course, a massive recall by samsung. now, the company has gone so far as to discontinue the phone all

carry the phone with them in their carry-on luggage or even on their checked baggage. the tsa will not be searching people, however, for the device, but if you're caught with the phone on a plane, you could face a fine. well, by now you know we love our weekend implosions. first we have a georgia power company bringing down one of its smokestacks. we did a couple of smokestacks i think last weekend or two weekends ago, right? 1,000-foot smokestack on lake sinclair is no more. you see, it went there in just a few seconds. it makes me want to yell timber. i'll resist. it was the utility company's smallest smokestack. this was the latest step in dismantling the defunct coal-fired plant. saving the best for last,

is no more. the foot bridge on germany's autobahn was brought down it make way for extra driving lanes, but the job is not finished. the workers will now remove more than 3,000 tons of debris from the site, that's about 150 truckloads of stone and concrete. well, here's one couple who is knocking tradition, tossing the flowers for cuddly liv bouqu bouquets. what's this about? pluses, could there be possible election problems come election day. why some are worried that technology may get in the way of

brunch? that's great! where'd you get that idea? well... sweetie? you know what we're craving right now? crispy chicken, and fried egg, with bacon. like brunch. brunch? but it's 8pm and it's tuesday. huh, i wonder if my mother would like to stay with us... should we get started? who wants coffee? introducing my new brunchfast menu. with tasty options like my brunch burger and a crispy bacon and egg chicken sandwich. served all day, every day. only at jack in the box. live from fox studios, fox 10 news is back. chelsea clinton will be campaigning for her mom on wednesday in tempe. she'll be at the arizona democratic party early vote rally at a.s.u. clinton will be speaking at the university's arizona ballroom in the memorial union. this comes as we are just weeks away from november's presidential election. and the presidential race

florida. do you remember that? well, a new technology, could touch screen ballots become the ballot controversy in the race between trump and clinton? fox news reporter eric shaun tells us why one of the easiest forms may not be the most reliable. >> he tried to vote for himself, but he did, he says he got a big surprise. >> i went and touched the box next to my mark magicaly appeared next to my opponent's name. >> moin han was voting on a touch screen similar to this one and was shocked to see his choice was switched. >> oh, my gosh, i was dumbfou dumbfounded. >> for years voters across the country have claimed that touch

reported from ohio. imagine voting on one of these touch screen machines, you press the x and the name goes to the other guy. >> i kept pushing in different areas to try to find out where -- how the heck am i going to get that check mark in my box? >> can a touch screen switch a vote? >> they -- people say that they can. i've never seen it do it, and i work with them all the time. >> patricia colb is the county clerk in orange county new jersey where touch screens have been used for a decade. she knows of no cases where a vote was switched and says poll workers can be alerted if there is a problem. a paper receipt is spat out that confirms the voter's selections before they confirm a vote. >> you're touching the machine. you don't know what's happening. but when you can see that paper,

what's being recorded. >> both she and jim say double-check. >> stay there. be sure the vote registers for who you want to register for. >> look at the paper trail that comes down, make sure that is who you you wanted to vote for. >> jim voted in chicago, and the cook county clerk's office tells us that his machine has a calibration error, the common reason why a vote would be changed. they took the machine offline and say no actually registered. jim was able to vote for himself, but he could have used some more votes. he lost the race. in new york, i'm eric shaun, fox news. a new advanced warship joins the navy's arsenal mid fleet week in baltimore. the uss zumwalt is the navy's newest warship, and it was commissioned at fleet week in baltimore. the $4.4 billion vessel is equipped with cutting edge

el elmo zumwalt. >> he really opened up the navy for african-americans, all minorities, filipinos who were really relegated to just is doing kitchen and cooks now could be a part of any part of the navy. >> the warship is on its way to san diego for installation, police in houston, texas, on the lookout for burglars who stole six bulldog puppies from a pet store and the theft was caught on camera. surveillance video captured four intruders breaking into this pet store. you see them opening the contagious and even smashing glass to reach the dogs. six puppies were taken. four english bulldogs and two

for the return of each puppy, no questions asked. people in monrovia, california, calling for help aftering spotting this, and this is disturbing to see. this is a deer with an arrow, wow, through its neck. >> i called today from pasadena humane society responding to a deer with an arrow stuck in it in monrovia. it was reported first i bel it's been running around the neighborhood here all week. >> well, as you saw, as that deer leapt over that fence, it appears to be in good shape. it's able to run around. i'm sorry. i have to watch the video. it's just so startling. here's the good news. vets removed the arrow and they are keeping an eye on it to see what happens before deciding whether to release the deer back into the wild. well, when most couples get

of the wedding photos, but one couple opted for leaving bouquets on their wedding day. they used rescue puppies for their photos instead of the traditional flowers. the pair chose this lovable touch for their big day because both support secondhand hounds. it's a local organization that rescues dogs from high-kill shelters. making a difference, h others with technology. and if we make it to mars, it looks like we may have

james p. walsh: to keep our community safe - we need a sheriff who will put fighting violent crime ahead of his own political agenda. paul penzone has been a decorated crime-fighter for over 20 years. a police officer, undercover investigator, and dea task force agent of the year. paul penzone caught murderers, put drug kingpins behind bars, and created award-winning paul penzone...

live from fox studios, fox 10 news is back. the european space agency's mars rover started its three-day descent to the surface of the red planet today. nasa currently has two

europe's rover is scheduled to reach mars wednesday. its main goal is to find out whether life has ever existed on the red planet. well, valley students making a huge difference combining technology and their passion for science and medicine to help their peers. anita roman has that story. >> there are all of these elastic cords and fishing wires, so they are strung across the hand. >> reporter: the design is complex, but the idea is simple. >> my hosts an event where these -- this company, they provided the hands, and intel assembled them, and my dad participated in that event and he told me about it and i thought it was pretty cool, so i wanted to do it at my school. >> reporter: raul jay, a student in chandler started the hand challenge here in arizona this past summer, his goal to create, build, and assemble 30

donated to the hand challenge. >> it doesn't require too much money, and it's money that i can fund raise. the design is not mine. the design is -- comes from an online community. it's called the has just hand challenge. they provide the design. they provide the sizing that you would like. >> our company helps people who make physical products, either make those products or we sell them the tools they need to make those products. phoenix analysis and design technologies. the company is printing the unassembled prosthetic hands over the next few weeks so jay's classmates can assemble them. >> it's a win, win, win, a prosthetic for a child that needs them, a chance for the school to put it together and a chance to give back to the

but needs help raising more money so he can help even more kids. anita roman, fox 10 news. the arizona cardinals get set for the national stage tomorrow night against the new york jets, tyran mathieu, the defense of course you know about the two new offensive linemen. we are going to preview the cards jets, plus we'll tell you our lineup tonight on sports

you're watching fox 10 sports with jude lacava. well, speaking of monday night football, the arizona cardinals will make an appearance on the national stage tomorrow night against the new york jets. cardinals are going to have two new offensive linemen against a very aggressive front seven, of course directed by todd boles. as for the defense, tyran mathieu with every game getting back to being the badger. against the new england patriots, they had him play off the offensive line a little bit. a big test anytime you get a reconstructive acl, and then you see him in the win against the san francisco 49ers last thursday, closer and closer to where he wants to go as the impact guy. they will need play makers. they want to dig out of this 2-3 hole and hope to get back to 500 with a win tomorrow night against the jets.

of low bills, certainly a setback. it set bills on a course to turn around their season. the cardinals need a performance tmorrow night against the jets. >> i felt like i moved around today a little bit better than i did in the previous weeks, but i'm really looking forward to monday night just to see how my body feels with the a couple of extra days of rest, so it will be fun. it will be fun. >> let's keep rolling with baseball, post-season, clayton kershaw, can you believe it, pitching for the 4th time in ten days. got some help early in the game. top of the 2nd, adrian gonzalez solo shot, 1-0 dodgers, trying to even up the series after the grand slam home run by montero in game one. kershaw gave it up here to baez, but he was absolutely spectacular tonight for the

performance tonight. keep an eye on the play here, and you see baez makes a nice play, lets the ball bounce, and russell takes it from there as they get the runner going to third base. look at the cubs, a close game across the board here. could never get going offensively, only a couple of hits tonight against kershaw, spectacular again, striking out you want to talk about a brilliant performance, put this one down for the analysis, and then baez gets a hold of this one, but pederson tracks it down on the warning track. the dodgers, they go on to win 1-0, and that series is now even up at a game apiece before they head back to los angeles. cards jets preview with our guest analyst max starks in studio. what you should look for in

tippett's coyotes over the flyers on friday night, a look ahead to the upcoming season, in addition to richard saenz with the running back that you want to hear from. richard goes one on one with cardinals running back dave johnson. getting set for the nationally televised game against the jets tomorrow night. one of the big issues will be for the arizona cardinals, what do they do now with two new starters along the offensive line guard, watford at right guard, and certainly that will be interesting with carson palmer coming off the concussion protocol and getting the start tomorrow night against the new york jets. we have talked a lot about bruce arians and todd boles. bruce had todd back at temple university when he was a starting safety over 30 years ago, and now he coaches against him for the first time on monday night football. we'll talk more about the matchup. we'll preview what you need to

fox 10 news at 10:00 starts now. this is a fox 10 news alert. >> yeah. we begin with a tragic news alert. we are seeing a picture of the chandler couple killed in