i'm blain alexander. >> all right. studio. >> yes. 2:00 a.m., i think it was. looks like over mill avenue but you said maybe buck eye. >> when you take a look at radar, you'll see the storm fizzling out as we speak. you know, you can actually see lightning about a hundred miles away. >> wow. >> it's actually, i have a really cool explainer. it has a little something to do with something we call heat lightning. in the meantime, we're talking about the radar. it may look whim pi right now but it's really quiet statewide. we're seeing clouds and later on today that's when we amp up the meter. a four for the valley and south eastern arizona. man, pretty fisty storms could be erupting. white mountains, we're going go to an eight. drenched with a downpour. gusty winds possible. blowing gusts is certainly an anticipation here in the valley. we take you hour by hour now with the rain and storm chances. i say at least give it to the 1:00 hour in the high country. that's when we'll get action packed here. between a 15-17% chance the rest of the p.m. hours. for the valley

alexander, you're on the air. >> caller: yes, i was wondering what kind of other attacks blaine used against cleveland aside fromlaim that he had a child born out of wedlock. thanks. >> as far as i know that was his primary -- personal attack against him of course there would have been political attacks against him as a democrat and representative of the party that had full meanted the rebellion. >> how scandalous would it have been to have a child out of we hadlock? >> it would have been quite scandalous. >> i would think so too. >> just to answer that question a little more. there were nults and bolts issues to the campaign of 1884. one of the strong issues that the republicans and democrats differed on in the post civil war period was the tariff, how much to tax goods coming and going. and the tariff was a maker factor. >> i believe currency was also -- >> oh, very much so. and had been since the civil war. of course the civil war had pro live rated the use of paper currency so the issue of greenback currency was in the 1870s and '80s. >> and into the '90s. >> absolutely. >> houston is up next and our caller'

alexander you're on the air. >> yes. >> i was wondering what kind of other attacks blaine used against cleveland aside from the claim thate had a child born out of wedlock? thanks. >> thank you. >> as far as i know that was his primary, personal attack against him and there would have been political attacks against him as a democrat and a representative of the party that are formented the rebellion and so on. >> how scandalous would it have been in this time period for someone to have a child out of wedlock? >> oh, i think would have been quite scandalous, yes. >> i would think so, too. >> and -- >> just to answer that question a little more. there were us nuts and bolts issues to the campaign in 1848, and one of the strong issues that the republicans and the democrats differed on in the post-civil war period was the tariff, you know. >> right. >> how much to tax goods coming and going, and the tariff was -- was a major factor. >> and the currency was also going to be a major factor. >> and had been since the civil war and the civil war had proliferated the use of paper currency and the whole issue of greenback currency.

alexander, you're on the air. >> caller: i was wondering what kind of other attacks blaine used against cleveland aside from theclaimed he had a child born out of wedlock. >> as far as i know that was his primary personal attack against him but of course there would have been political attacks against him as a democrat and a representative of the party that fomented the rebellion. >> how scandalous was it for someone to have a child out of wedlock? >> oh, i think it would have been quite scandalous, yes. >> i would think so, too. >> just to answer that question a little more. there were nuts-and-bolts issues to the campaign of 1884. one of the strong issues that the remembers and democrats differed on in the post-civil war period was the tariff, how much to tax goods coming and going and the tariff was a major factor. >> and i believe currency was also getting to be a major factor. >> very much and had been since the civil war because, of course, the civil war proliferate it had use of paper currency so the whole issue of greenback currency was very much in the 1870s andand '80s a political issue. >> houston is