in downtown mesa gets underway today. team 12's bryan west is checking out merry main here on 12 today we did our own way up and hands out.>> down like that right? >> one underneath and push.>> reporter: now i have the basic step. what are you looking forward to for tonight? >> i love performing in front of friends and family. it is also being outdoors. i cannot wait to show everyone. >> reporter: it is happening tonight in mess -- mesa the winter wonderland festival. >>> let's get to some morning juice. we did a mannequin challenge a couple of weeks ago and it was posted online. >> brian's video has been she and her friends took time out from the thanksgiving celebration at the beach to take part in the viral trend. she posted the video on her instagram last night. her little brother is joined by friends. >> they make it look easy. but being a rockette is extremely difficult. a former dancer says the training is very difficult. they do for shows a day and 200 kicks in each show six days a week. that is nearly 5000 kicks

we are here at the winter wonderland ice-skating rink in downtown mesa. they have an event starting today that goes through january 1. there is a tree lighting ceremony tonight. we are learning a little bit about skating. you are going to be performing. tell us about that. >> reporter: what do you like most about the club? >> everything -- everyone is so friendly.>> reporter: when it comes to ice-skating, what is your biggest piece of advice? >> don't fall.>> reporter: thank you for showing me a little bit about stopping and spinning. back to you. >> do they have the walkers there to help you? >> i would love to use one of those right now. >>> yesterday. the movie could be frozen's all- time thanksgiving opening weekend record. moana has a 97% fresh rating on rotten tomatoes. >> the last movie that had a hawaiian theme was lilo and stitch. that was an awesome moving. -- movie. >>> today is the day for fans of gilmore girls to rejoice. >> we have limited time. should we skipped the town toward? >> there is a debate whether or not to take out the phone boot

a holiday festival in downtown mesa gets underway today. >>> quisling and 12 -- quisling all morning long. brian, i want to see you point your toes very nicely into one of those jump things. >> the triple looks. i'm going to be doing that with the mayor in our next section. we are working up to us. while they are going around me. we're going to do a raft with agency -- az ice. today is free. no rentals. about for a half -- >>> where having pre-ice-skating lessons. we want to make sure that everybody has a safe, enjoyable's casing -- skating session for the entire holiday season out here. >> take a look at them. and swirls out here. i'm just trying to stay afloat on the ice. we office -- we also have mayor -- the mayor out here today. >> merry christmas by the way. >> thank you. >> the tree lighting is downtown on mary main street. it kicks off tonight and it goes all the way through new year's. there are through tracks. about 1 million people a year comeo lights at the ld ms temple. there will be food trucks and there will be live music gear around the ice. the city christmas tree, w

. >>> a skyfox over the valley's other big veterans parade in downtown mesa. it will end at 1st street and drivers are advised to avoid parade routes for the next hour or 2 because of road closures.3 >>> president obama today releasing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier this morning during the annual veterans day memorial, saying the country can look to its service members for inspiration, saying the military is the most diverse of institutions, including stopped off to see corey remsburg, who i count as a trend of mine, super cool guy, partially paralyzed in iraq. >> corey is the epitome of that rare combination of qualities that characterizes the very best among us, a dogged sense of plain american grit. president obama admires that in corey. >> i just saw him at an event last week, he's looking in great shape. i gave him a hard time about his long side burns. corey and the president have met several times before, in the hospital, after corey was severely injured by an i.e.d. he had a hard time walking or speaking and still does but the president ga

the east valley veterans day parade started at university in downtown mesa. the theme of this year's parade, generations of valor. phoenix children's hospital share an unbreakable bond. both served at hospitals in the middle east. fox 10's liz kotalik explains. >> i get to this time of year, and i think about him all the time. >> reporter: doctors don mcclellan and robert patel work together at phoenix children's hospital, not just co-workers but friends. a relationship they'll cherish forever. >> whether we like it or not, we have a bond. >> reporter: a bond that began in 2004, with a seven month deployment to the middle east. th t together in hospitals in iraq during the violent time of the u.s. invasion and right after the fall of saddam hussein. but plans changed. dr. mcclellan sent to mosul, mr. puntel just outside of baghdad. >> we were getting mortars daily up to the elections, but you guys got mortars -- we were in a war zone. >> reporter: thankfully, an end in sight, june of 2005, the daughter getting married. when he heard his partner doctor got inj

it's a music and arts festival that celebrating the culture of downtown mesa. and everything at the free. >>> for many years now, baseball fans have wondered exactly what the city of chicago would look like if the kids were to ever win the world series. pretty much how we pictured it. chi-town parting like it's 1908. 5 million people littered the fans. that's almost the entire state of arizona. we have seen parade series in this one took to a whole new level. >> they died the river cubby blew. and why where there so in m kids? because all chicago public schools had the day off. chicago transit authority believes it could be the bidsiest -- busiest day they have ever seen. train so packed they had to pass stops. they were at capacity. >> because you can track the train, right? >> unbelievable. >> i read it was the 7th largest gathering of mass gathering of people ever in history. anywhere. >> the only other time was another 1 -- >> 5 million. >> another 100 year, maybe we can top it. >> i shouldn't be surprised. i feel most of them were on my facebook feed. >> k

you will get two tickets to a spring training game right here in beautiful cubs park in downtown, beautiful mesa arizona.'s dracula people excited about spring training. a lot of questions. are there any exciting events that the city is planning? how do you get your hands on those elusive tickets? we will have more formation coming up. >>> here on channel 12 today, how to chop and onion without changer. >>> ryan seacrest, the man has a new title. man of honor. details on his wild weekend in new mexico on your morning juice. >>> [music] ?? wait a minute to let take you >>> good morning. we are on complete mess out here on our live drive. let's give you a look at roadways. we have wall-to-wall traffic here. where a half mile from priest. there is a crash and it is blocking the left to lanes. vehicles are encouraged to take it slow this morning. pan to the left. you cannot quite see the crash yet, you can certainly see a lot of brake lights. we also just passed a crash about half a mile from here, right around rural. it looks like a four vehicle pile up on dps was just arriving on scene for that. i

the mesa downtown will take you 20 minutes. to that back of traffic into the maze. >> roqui, thank you very much. in morning everybody. i want to illustrate something with you and to you this morning. 's is our satellite radar and it shows the chills of clouds that have been gathering off the immediate coast. you see them right here and now watch as they advance more toward the north bay. it looks like we have a whole lot of high thin clouds over this particular area and now what i would like to do is show you how that may be affecting the visibility. with those you've been picking up areas of fog so if you are at half-moon me, check this out . you have limited visibility at this hour but things look pretty good along here that -- here along the san mateo coast. compared yesterday, totally socked in. petaluma, your visibility has dropped to less than a mile. napa, you were at a quarter- mile but now it's improved so the fog has lifted, it is moving out and with those clouds i would point out on this satellite radar, they were a

otherwise, the mesa downtown westbound will take you 22-25 minutes. side if you're headed to downtown oakland. to the maze will take you up to 31 minutes if you're headed out. expect slow downs on the southbound side as well once you get to hayward if you're going to the san mateo drive, a 20-minute drive between 880. >>> picking up light precipitation at this moment in the santa clara valley. otherwise a lot of ponding on the roadways due to the very light rain showers occurring in the overnight hours. we'll call it partly cloudy today and breezes increase with the passage out of the northwest 10-20. in the 40s and 50s out the door and later today just about up to 61 degrees, the warmest locations. enjoy your day. >> and the campus of ohio state and nearly 60,000 students. the fbi is responding as well. we're in washington and following the story. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, the fbi is investigating the situation. local campus police are leading the investigation so far. as far as federal law enforcement, they're trying to gather as

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mesa downtown 24 minutes and lots of fog. >>> starting out with dense patchy fog and low clouds thiswill see the fog dissipate and start to mix out and sunshine for most later today. temperatures mild and low 60s along the coast. upper 60s to near 70 degrees around the bay and low to mid 70s for the warmer spots inland. 72 in fairfield and 73 in livermore. tomorrow increasing clouds and ahead of an approaching system, chance of showers for the north bay and stray shower wednesday and thursday. more impressive weather system this weekend. ,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, the daily show host trevor noah, you know him. he's in our toyota green room. hello, trevor! good to see you in the morning! he has got a new book on his improbable journey from south africa to the big apple where he hosts his own late night show. >>> the world chess championships are back in the u.s. for the first time in 21 years. the defending champ from norway has tough competition from his russian opponent. ahead, the champion reveals why he thinks he has an advantag

mesa, mid 70s fountain hills. we have upper 70s in bull head city. here is downtown phoenix in the background, we will see temperatures climb to about 83 today with a pretty nice evening on tap. what about that weekend? on including prr and veteran's day. we'll talk about what you can expect. >> thank you. >>> people in california are adjusting to life without plastic bags. you are going to see what's changing. >> it takes a lot of snow to throw off people in sweden. you are going to see it, coming up. >> grab your phones. later in this newscast we are >>> here is a live shot of washington, dc. we just missed it. it was donald trump meeting with leaders in washington, dc. i believe where he is going is to meet with house speaker paul ryan. we know they've had throughout the campaign process. he just met with president obama a short time ago. that meeting went for about an hour. we will try to get you better shots and catch him as he is walking in next time, we promise. >>> there was a brawl yesterday in an ohio courtroom. a man barged in during a hearing. police told

downtown. this is 6:01 and 62 in mesa and glendale and down to 61 in litchfield park. this is the most accurate forecast for you. by the hour. here is the thing, guys. we will stay in the 60s. into the 70s. by noon, we are at 81 degrees. dipping down into the 70s by dinner time and we will enjoy it now. s a little bit warmer later on this week. i will break down all the details for you in the most accurate seven-day forecast. >> breaking overnight. it is in serious condition after the bad crash and the theater of the. >> they are saying it is going eastbound when it t boned the of him. the driver of the white car was taken into custody as they looked into alcohol as a possible factor in the crash. >> this is i-10 near ray road. a trooper was investigating a serious crash on the ramp. when the trooper's vehicle was clipped by another car. the damage is minimal and we are not sure if the driver is going to face any charges. however, the driver from the initial crash was taken to the hospital. >> fire crews spent part of their morning spent this ti getting this under cont

mesa next week. >> all right, matt, thank you for that update. >>> a phoenix police robot there blows up a backpack in a parking garage near 4th avenue downtown. it turns out there was nothing dangerous inside. police are still investigating who may have left that backpack state university drives his car on to campus and then starts stabbing people with a butcher knife. investigators say abdul razak ali artan injured 11 in this morning's attack. he was shot by an officer who was responding to reports of a nearby gas leak when the attack began. he was born in somalia and had the u.s. >> i was completely astonished. he seemed like a normal guy, nice, well mannered. >> investigators are looking into whether this was an act of terrorism. >>> sheriff joe arpaio looking into the possibility of a future in the trump administration. he did say somewhat tight lipped but said turning down a possible held a press conference about his annual posse program, which has provided extra security at malls during the holiday season for years now. although this was the main topic of conversation, he did give a little bit of insight about the possibility of him bei

downtown gilbert water tower in gilbert, the event b >> campaigning for arizona senator john mccain, who is running against democratic congresswoman ann kirkpatrick. the event will take place at 6:30 at sloan park in mesa at the chicago cubs spring training facility. >> and that's a happy place today. >> yeah. >> anybody who works there or may be just fans driving by, because fans of the cubs are savoring a very sweet victory. >> and how sweet it is, after 108 years, the cubs win the in chicago this afternoon. [cheers and applause] well, this is the scene this morning as the cubs return to chicago carrying the world series trophy. fans were at the airport to cheer them on. that 7th game was a nail-biter, going into extra innings, there's the guy right there, holding the trophy way up high. >> ah, look at the trophy. boy, that was fun, i bet. >> amazing i bet. >> just smashed in a sea of fans celebrating after the win. they poured on to the streets of chicago, in the wrigleyville neighborhood, right outside of wrigley field. >> some of those fans are right on top of news trucks. >> you have to be careful up microwaves. you'll be quite warm very quickly. >>> how about this scene along a busy street in ch

downtown glendale they'll flip the switch on the largest free holiday light display in arizona. here's some year. all starting tomorrow at 5:30. >>> every year hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights light up the mesa temple gardens. on from #35k to 10:00 -- 5:00 to 10:00 all year. >>> city of scottsdale due bu ing its month-long celebration with a tree lighting ceremony. the special tree imported from italy. and an art walk and more. >>> how about batman cinderella and santa claus at the same place? santa is arriving by helicopter. all of it takes place at ahwatukee -- taking place at ahwatukee plaza. the fess tiftss -- festivities begin at 9:00 . . >>> feed a family, make a kid happy, and give yourself a chance to win a brand new car. operation santa claus is back. >> collecting money, toys, children's clothing for the four amazing charities on your screen. drop off donations at sanderson ford or lincoln our abc studios or any of the ups store locations. you can donate online at givetotheclaus.com. >> remember for every $5 you give you'll get one entry to courtesy of sanderson ford and lincoln. >>> and the forecast going to be feeling a little bit more like the holidays as we go through the next

mesa. now mccain is calling this his toughest race yet. stick with abc15 for tota the rally. katie conner, abc15 news. >> i am justin pazera in downtown phoenix for a protest is scheduled tonight against sheriff joe arpaio. the group plans on riding bier bikes through this area. thousands of people are expected here tonight. this is the same group that shut down city street a couple weeks ago. party. justin pazera, abc15. >>> and mike turzai teenager will learn his fate taking a plea deal on terror charges accused of trying to blow offices in the state. we told you family and friends sent letters to the judge asking for a lenient sentence. >> the couple found guilty in the death of a 4-year-old girl and her boyfriend. they both pleaded guilty to child abuse. at first they claimed the girl fell off the say she admitted to hitting her in the stomach leading to her death in 2013. >>> michael crane is expected in court today charged with first-degree murder in the death of a paradise valley couple. the bodies found inside their home has crane charged with burglary and arshne. his accomplice was sentenced earlier this year. >>> one man is

downtown phoenix here. the nice skyline. nice, sunny conditions. all and all we can't really complain too much. morning when we came into work, it was chilly. now we're in the 60s. mesa, 69. and 68 in tempe. 63 right now in glendale. here is a quick peek at the most accurate forecast for you by the hour. you see where we started from, 40s, 50s earlier on. we're going to be at 73, i think, by about 1:00. at 3:00, 75 degrees. our high today is going to be 77, which is just a few degrees above average. we're going to savor this and eny temperatures while we have them because it will get a lot cooler. here is abc 15 desert doppler. we have the five scans of radar going across the state and they're not picking up on anything. we're pretty quiet right now, but that is also going to be changing, too. this is the pattern over the next 48 hours or so. you'll see maybe the clouds pushing and also clouds kind of forming to the north of us. on sunday. clear today, friday, and saturday. sunday, take a look at that. 30% chance of showers. and down the a 20% chance on monday. these two days look like they could be a little bit wet. we're still tracking how the system will move thro