. >>> more details involving dps and the freeway shooting case. the one suspt fights to get his gun back from story. sounds like leslie merritt jr. is not getting the gun back anytime soon. >> reporter: no. not anytime soon. things got heated in court. we learned why dps changed the time line of the shootings and why the gun will stay with investigators as least for now. so today in court the defense for leslie merritt jr. grilled an investigator. got him to admit the media pressure of the time line not matching up, led dps to second the time line and requestion the victims victims and the gun and bullet evidence was tested and retested by an independent expert and both came up with the same result. >> dps was unsatisfied with they said everyone else is wrong. the atf, the expert and they are right. >> reporter: bottom line dps has been able to show they still need the gun for more testing testing and the judge did grant the test so leslie merritt jr. will not get his gun back for now. coming up at 6:00 p.m. more. back to you. >> all right. thank

dps wants to hear from you. of course, every time you hear about gunshots, people get a little scared. leslie merritt, dan. >> and drive by shootings not unique to the valley of the sun but when you talk about the freeway shootings before, merit jr. going back to court to try to get his gun back. he was the one-time freeway the shooting suspect. of course, no longer facing charges, but the dps crime lab stands by their conclusion that his .9-millimeter handgun is the weapon used in several shot >>> we're hoping to find the motives in a shooting in avondale and last night, the officers arrested jesus castellanos. a man was shot in the front room of a home and that victim is still in critical condition this morning. >> and we to a murder that shocked a chandler neighborhood and a new effort by officers to find the killer. one week ago, an 84-year-old man was killed and his body was found outside of an l.a. fitness. in a few hours, officers will ca some new clues in this case. >> and he has the keys in the ignition

dps had a guy handcuffed. the next thing you know, he vanishes from the scene. >> and you might have seen the posts all over facebook. the health benefits of apple . >> the wrong side of the story. a tv news producer making headlines this morning, accused of run a house of the prostitution in a valley neighborhood. >> and a bizarre story in sun set after a trooper makes the arrest. the guy manages to get away. i will explain how coming up. >> and the race to find survivors after that aftershocks have buildings in italy on the brink of collapse. the efforts being made right now. interest. we saw a story of survival and that was amazing, seeing the 10- year-old girl pulled from the rubble. >> and we have a lot of feel- good moments this morning. >> uh. >> and especially when you look at the current temperatures at the bottom of the screen. 78 degrees in phoenix and this is going to be our view as we approach sunrise and looking live, the sun is up not just yet but we have clear skies out high clouds and dry, too

i just got off with dps and they are saying this guy is at large. in the meantime right now they are using police work, they are going through back channels talking to law enforcement groups but also possibly looking at surveillance video that was captured by those cameras right there. stopped for an expired registration. troopers found drugs in the car. a witness said he flipped out of the car and made a run for it. we hear he was spotted at hospital before heading north, that is the last time he was seen. business owners are shocked to hear he got away with the cuffs still on. >> just told the mechanic call him houdini. being handcuffed he would have hit the floor. the ground. would have made a noise. >> reporter: he used the window to reach over and unlock that car from the outside. he got away. dps looking into this case. they are going to update us as soon as they know. back to you. >> thank you. >>> back on the streets. prostitution. we just learned about robert richardson's arrest yesterday. a news producer. his home busted. he will be in cou

. >> a man says a dps trooper why departments says the trooper handled things the right way. >> plus a big court battle over whether a marijuana measure will make it to this november's ballot. how soon a judge might decide. >>> thank you for joining us for "fox 10 news" at 10:00. two-year-old twins rushed to the hospital this morning after slipping into their back yard hot tub unnoticed. >> they in a home in tempe. >> fox 10's danielle miller joins us live with an update on the condition tonight. >> still not sure at this time just how these twins got into their back yard or how they got into this above ground hot tub. the twins are still in the hospital tonight and listed in very critical condition. >> this just kinda shows that it doesn't have to be a traditional swimming pool that poses a danger. really any body of water, bathtubs, buckets and here we >> just after 11:00 this morning, tempe police and fire department responding to a neighborhood near priest drive in warner road for a drowning call involving two-year-old twins. neighbors tell us many people in the area have pools a

but they hardly had any big ones at dps lately. >> mint, museums, yet public schools? no. >> we are doing restroom remodels for denver public schools. >> reporter: they have been pushing the district for the last several year to be more inclusive on its contracts. then, in 2014,' disparity report confirmed what they had been saying that dps underutilized women and whole. since then, the roybals say district leaders have not done enough to fix it and the perception remains the same. >>he point is they are not our community and respecting our community. >> reporter: the brothers just filed suit against dps in federal court. the superintendent would not talk about the specifics of the case but agreed to speak with denver 7 investigates. he say it is district cares deeply about its women and minority contractors. >> we firmly reject any allegations of racial or ethnic discrimination of any kind. >> reporter: he points to numbees the district put together showing that it is hiring them in greater numbers, exceeding its own goal but look closer. the amount of dps dollars goi

. >> now dps is responding to this incident. marcy jones has that story live. >> that's right. as we know every story has two sides. in this case there is the added element of a third party mistake. according to dps this took place in the williams area on i-40 and when the car in question exited their system as stolen, that's when things took a turn. >> stolen license plate may not seem like a big deal but it is a lot of times people steal cars and then steal the license plate from another car and put it on there. we don't know that it's a stolen car until we are able to stop it it and investigate it. >> on patrol thursday evening a dps trooper ran a plate that came back as stolen. according to their pio, this is a high risk stop following protocol the trooper had his drawn while he approached the stopped car giving commands to which he says the driver kenneth walton did not follow. >> shut the vehicle off. rolled down his window. and to step out of the car. he is not getting a response from what he believes and the only person he could see in the vehicle. >> with backup 10 to

dps is saying to be on the lookout for a kia soul. we're at the i-10 and 51 interchange and this is where imagine someone next to you rolls down the window and sticks the gun out and startings firing. that happened to one driver. you can see the bullet hole in the side of the truck. the woman was driving erratically westbound on i-10 when this happened. listen to what dispatchers were saying after the 911 call was made. >> and white kia sedan, black female driver and shot reported a black handgun, vehicle on the exits and rp heard a pop and something hit their vehicle. >> and you can see how busy the area is and dps hopes that someone saw something, of course, if you did see something, they want to hear you from and that is the kia soul, they believe, a black woman in her 20s and that that was the driver behind all of this. dan, of course, any time you mention a freeway smooting, it's kind of making people nervous and reminds them of that whole freeway shooter a and some viewers asking me if this had to do with the serial street shoot

the latest on their condition tonight. >> a man says a dps trooper

during today's hearing a dps detective took the stand testifying that dps did another fragments collected from four shooting victims were a conclusive match to merritt's 9mm hand gun. defense -- one test by the atf and another known by a ballistics expert were inconclusive. the judge says there is probable cause and merritt's gun could have been used in the freeway shootings. >> but dps wants to save face an and that's why they had their own lab retest the gun. they are the only ones who are making any connection. everyone else says there is just nothing there. >> and although charges against merritt were dropped after he spent seven months in jail, dps still believes he could be a suspect in these unsolved shootings and the state can refile the same charges against merritt again in the future. meanwhile his attorneys planning to file a civil lawsuit against they got to file that lawsuit by september 18th which is in a few weeks. that marks one year since merritt was arrested. reporting live, nicole garcia, "fox 10 news." >>> a call of suspicious activity leads to a barricade situation in

as far as the allegation with the officer's conduct, dps looked into it. he says that the radio information. >> we do not hear a trooper out of control.>> reporter: dps is not pleased with the backlash that he shared online. we understand. >> we understand we supplies with that, but that does not give you the right to act irresponsibly. >>> the presidential candidates head to the battleground states. hillary clinton was joined by joe biden. pennsylvania today. they were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd. they called donald trump the least prepared nominee ever. >>> at a rally in youngstown ohio, he laid out his framework with dealing with terrorist threats. destroying isis would be the core of his foreign-policy. to the us. donald trump says that his opponent lacks the mental and physical stamina to fight the threats presented by isis. >>> track and field competition is in full swing. >> we have seen some amazing performances from team usa. today, we will take a live look. devon alan is preparing for his moment on the vanessa ruiz is here. >> reporter: toda

dps is back in session, and this year, the school district has seen the biggest number of enrollments it has ever seen. and dps officials were at the kepner middle school this morning saying hi to the students and parents. dps is the fastest-growing school district in and with the new year comes the new focus for school officials. this year, they are all about helping students balance all aspects of life. inned to academic -- in addition to academics, officials want parents and teachers to pay attention to the physical and mental and social well-being of a child. >> their focus is truly on supporting the whole child. wrapping our kids in their potential, their talent, and their possibilities, and also e and also, academically. so the combination is truly behind the idea that every child will succeed. >> dps officials will stop by some of the nearly 200 dps schools today to talk with parents and staff. >>> you know, most parents know there are certain rules, etiquette, if you will, when you drop your child off at school. so what are your biggest pet peeves? here is what people are sayi

reporter: dps responded in 2014 and adopted a policy to be more inclusive on contracts. on the website, it says its goal is to hire no less thank 24% women or minority business businesses and has so far exceeded that. >> their attitude is i don't care if it's for the public or not. we're going to do what we're going to do. point out how the district dollars for big contracts are still going to women or minority owned businesses just 4% of the time. an example for them is a school that is 93% hispanic. the brothers were finalists. they developed the master plan for the project. >> it's just unbelievable that they wouldn't want to keep that the contract? architects who initially admitted they might not meet the goals on diversity. >> today, yasay with a straight did -- i can't say with a straight face that i'm going to meet that. reporter: the spokesperson for dp s spoke with us and said the firm in question will not fall short. >> the contractor who was awarded the bid has committed contractually in writing to mee reporttr: and this district is enforcing it. >> we certain

they grilled a dps investigator about the gun and ballistics testing but dps is sticking to their guns even though tests by the atf and independent experts both show the gun does not match the evidence. >> dps was unsatisfied with that . they had their own lab do yet they said it was a match. effectively they said everyone else is wrong, the atf, the county attorneys expert, and they are right. >> so for now the gun will stay with dps. >>> a phoenix mother is accused in the methadone overdose of her daughter had another child overdose nine years ago. aniline russell died in april, her mother natalie russell now facing murder charges and abc15 has uncovered court documents ab custody case. they say the two- year-old boy was brought to the ic you well in brussels care -- russell's care. the judge ruled russell was not fit to parent and the father got full custody. >>> going in tonight -- in- depth tonight, hearing from the people who were held captive by >>> all right, go ahead and give me one shot. >> very disturbing and hard to watch, two years later and the pain is no easier to bear,

joshua lead dps across the valley. at one point, he tried to steal that man's motorcycle in the middle of it. facing several charges including theft and robbery. >> moreno heading back to the court. and officer vargas back in 2013. he was 15 at the time of the shooting and pleaded not guilty. degree murder charges and child abuse in the death of a two-year-old girl. they will also face a judge today. that toddler died in ryan reed and allison lemon's car back in 2012. the autopsy showed that she was physically accused and exposed to drugs at the time of her death. >>> we are on the wildfire. a dozen buildings have been reduced to ash and more than 100 others are in the direct path of a raging inferno in northern california. out. that fire, by the way, burning in the town of lower lake. it is about 100 miles north of san francisco. this morning is only 5% contained. the evacuation orders are still in place. more firefighters are expected to join in the effort here this morning. as of right now, it doesn't sound like any

. >>> only on abc15, dps responds after a father said a trooper went too far when he was pulled over on a trip to the grand canyon. a big trans formation taking place. just would -- who is coming to town. >>> right now 2-year-old twins struggling to stay alive this evening after they were pulled out after hot tub. thanks so much for joining us tonight. i'm kim tobin. it happened in tempe at warner road and priest. we're live at cardinals children hospital in mesa. rack elementary, what can you tell us about the late enter -- >>reporter: we just got an update from tempe police. they tell us the 2-year-old twins, a boy and girl, are being treated here and in very serious conditions -- condition and it sounds like progress because firefighters tell us when they got here they were still doing c pr on the twins, not breathing on their own at that point. it happened sometime around 11:00 in the morning. police say both parents were home at the time, but at some point the toddlers got out of the home, into their backyard and into the hot tub thation around it. >> we heard it once, we've hea

dps are looking for a black woman in her 20s firing out of a in the picture. look at the damage done saturday night. a bullet striking the pickup truck on the road approaching the third street hov exit. the woman was seen swerving and speeding before the drive by. report anything you saw and we have information helping you do that on www.abc15.com and abc 15 mobile. >>> a big arrest. an apartment complex that a serial sexual predator would strike again. dennis kaleen moody is admitting it to all. nohelani graf, it took two years to track him down? >> reporter: you know, the descriptions were all a little different. you can see how the sketches einvolved over time. but -- einvolved over time -- evolved over time but cigarette cracked this case open. >> reporter: police say this man sexually assaulted three women. >> he will strike again. >> stranger in the dark, tackling women to the ground, ripping off their clothes, sexually assaulting them. keeping women on edge. >> i have knives in the house. fear like it was yesterday. >> my husband was walking me to my ca

dps continuing to hold the firearm that belongs to leslie merritt, jr. he was as you know in custody for a time in related to this crime. his lawyers went to court today trying to get his gun back. merritt had been held in jail april and all charges against him were dropped. merritt had been suspected in four of the 11 shootings. but his attorneys say the ballistics evidence did not hold up. >> dps wants to save face and they keep hanging on to this and that's why they had their own lab retest the gun there the only ones who are making a connection. everyone else says there is just nothing there. >> merritt's attorney file a civil lawsuit against dps and state of arizona seeking $10 million in damages for wrongful prosecution. they have until september 18th to file that suit which by the way would mark one year since merritt was take toon custody. prosecutors say they could refile charges against merritt at a later date. they are still looking into this case. this story has a lot of you talking on social media and we want to know what you think. log on t

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the driver refused treatment from phoenix fire and was interviewed by dps. the driver of the car that impacted had no injuries. was not transported to the hospital. live in the newsroom bw, 12 today. the polls open this morning at six a-m.. for arizona's primary election. team 12's nico santos is live with what you need to know. voters will be hitting the polls today for the primary election.if you're planning to cast a ballot today here are we're at one of many polling places -- this one -- the church of the beatitudes.but all locations will be open today at 6 a-m.in the primary electionyou have to go to your assigned polling place. that depends on your registered address.i have link to help you find your location on my twittergo to @-12-news- nico.if you recently moved -- according to the arizona secretary of state's website you should vote at the assigned location for your ?new? address.don't forget to bring a photo i-d that shows your address.the polls will close tonight at 7 p.m.for all you need to know including a primary election guidelines head to 12

dps is sticking by their guns -- their guns so to speak. >> dps was unsatisfied. they had their own lab do yet another round of analysis and they said it was a match. effectively they said anybody else is wrong, and they are right. >> for now we know the gun will >>> i've got to talk about terrorism here and security, breaking news at the live desk. this is after at least eight police officers were killed in this huge explosion in turkey. 45 people were injured. a truck full of explosives going off right outside of a police station. it's not clear who did this at this very moment, but the kurdistan workers party is terrorism. they have been behind a string of attacks targeting security forces things -- since negotiates -- negotiations fell apart last year. >>> many of you are waking up to soggy yards potentially, iris. >> storms are rolling through and you can see a little bit of the shine on the roadways as we look live toward state route 51. mallory will have an update in just a bit but let me show you where the rain is still falling right now. earlier but now w

. >> yes, dps spends a lot of money renovating and fixings up school, and it's asking for millions of dollars in november, but tot lati -- two >> that school was done many, many years ago. >> reporter: any good business owner knows success often comes from experience. >> that's one of the small ones. we did big ones as well. >> reporter: it will roybal brothers are proud to show the work they've done since 1981. museums, renovations at the us mint. big projects past and present that quite literally shape our co mint, museum, but denver public school, sorry no? >> no, yeah, we're doing restroom remodels for denver public schools. >> reporter: they say they're getting the scraps from dps, no longer the high dollar contracts they used to get in the 80s and 90s. >> after you get a dozen or so rejection letters you start to wonder what's happening? >> reporter: but if history is any guide they say they know what's happening, and now federal court alleging racial discrimination. here's their evidence. they contracted with minority or women owned businesses on the 2 percent of the time n. 20

abc15's jason ballen tine live for us and dps says the guy was actually on the run from troopers? -- happened back where you see the dark colored road. troopers tried to pull him over -- [ inaudible ] the rider didn't stop and dps decided it wasn't worth the chase. perhaps the rider didn't know he had already gotten away because he was still going way over the speed limit at country club when he hit the red suv so hard it bent the vehicle's frame. the rider flew through the back passenger windows of the suv and ended another car. police say they're still investigating but the rider may have had a suspended license causing him to run. >> we don't know if he didn't see the light or he was still running from the police or what he was doing. but obviously he made a bad decision. >> reporter: so far police are just saying that this victim was a man in his 20s no other identification on aim. he died here at -- on him. he died here at the scene and nobody else was hurt. phoenix after an accident involving the lightrail. a white car clipped the side of the train near central avenue and pa

and dps searching for that guy after of grand and 103rd avenue. >> reporter: it started with the traffic stop that ended here at the gas station. the surveillance cameras may have captured it all. early this morning, a trooper found a significant a drugs in this car. the driver was slapped in handcuffs and put in the back of the patrol car. when the trooper turned around, the suspect got away. and fred gaskey saw it all. >> and i said to my friend jay, i said, listen, that guy can jump out of there easy and get out of the car and no sooner than i said that, he did it. >> reporter: dps searched the entire area and couldn't find the suspect. right now, they're looking through that surveillance video, trying to nail down a suspect description and signed one, we'll pass it off to everybody at home. >>> and thank you. >> was it road ram or something more? -- road rage or something more? police searching for a woman who started shooting at another driver on the i-10. >> and police are looking for her car now and it's a white keysa soul sport. -- kia soul sport. she rolls down the window and po

we are learning more about why dps says they responded the way they did. megan thompson has a traffic mix up you will only see on acb15 reporter: 10 walton says he knew he didn't do anything wrong. so when he saw the flashing red and blue lights in his rearview, he didn't think much of it. >> i knew i didn't do anything once i didn't worry about it. >> reporter: but the trooper thought he was driving a stolen vehicle reported that way by >> there he was right in front of us. >> reporter: after fumbling with window controls, walton was directed out of the vehicle. >> i was terrified, trying to comply. out of the blue, he said get your hands out of your wrist. >>reporter: but the captain says the trooper only said that because walton reached for his waistband, something walton says never happened. the captain says the officer followed protocol since the vehicle was reported stolen. >> most of our traffic stops, we don't know if we have pullover mr. and mrs. jones or a guy who just murdered his wife. >> reporter: dps says if anyone's to blame, it's the rental

the superintendent of dps. good morning. >> good morning. >> we are talking about car pool etiquette today. and i know the rules vary depending on which school some general rules that parents need to follow. >> important rules. the one is obviously make sure you enter very slowly, and make sure your kids get off on the sidewalk side, not the road side. and make sure you don't double park. make sure when you pull out, you pull out very slowly, and really sort of like an airport, kiss and go, give your child, you know, a kiss and a hug, and let them go, and make room for the next parent. >> i am sure you like me must hear so many stories when it comes to car pool etiquette and their students enter the school before they drive off or the people who linger a little too long, and parents and students have to deal with. >> we want to make sure all of our kids are safe. and also the parents, they have their kids in the car, talk to them and ask them what their day is going to be like and their joys and challenges, and

. >>> dp it had a stolen license plate. they're criticizing the man's decision to post the whole thing on facebook. it has generated death threats against the officer. >> it was a terrifying experience. and if they think that's the ordinary procedure for a stop i would disagree. >> i get that he's angry, upsxet scared we understand right to act irresponsibly. >> dps says there's no dash cam or body cam video of the incident. >>> he was just the most generous person. that i think that i'll ever meet. >> a 12 news exclusive. a twin without a twin how a woman describes herself after the serial street shooter gunned down her brother. to go through life without each other. >> nancy pena is telling kevin kennedy about the harsh reality that's now sinking in kevin? >> you guys, nancy pena calls her brother her everything but on june 3rd her world was rocked, her brother shot and killed. released this report providing details to a shooting nancy wishes never happened. brother. >> nancy is a twin born 30 minutes before her brother.

and also dps was going to have more involvement. the case file begins with a call to dps when he was brought to the hospital with a high fever. these documents to reveal that the doctors involved in care were very concerned about whether or not his mother understood how bad his condition actually was. the report says that doctors thought that his mother was oblivious, about the treatment that they recommended. she shot with -- she fought with them about how he should be fed. the home was filthy, and the home was so dirty. reasons that the child is taken. >> reporter: it is easy to second-guess when you know the outcome. >> it is easy, the number of children that the agency comes in contact with is a small number. >> reporter: the worst happened, they tried to start and get medical decisions but not to get away from his mother, his mother strangled him to death with medical tubing and then shot herself in the bathroom. >>> his mother was allowed to be alone in the hospital alone with the child but they only petition to remove her med

handed to me from dps officials, telling us this involved a mazda miata blocking the middle lane. one of the cars is facing the wrong way including a pick up truck in the hov lane. several cars were involved and multiple injuries are now reported. air 15 is en route to the location. this is going to be southbound of elliott. again air15 is on its way there almost on the scene. this is all the information we have so as you look at these images from air15 we're showing you the weather just -- the weather situation as they are flying to the bad crash. let's get right out to nick ciletti. >> reporter: nick ciletti live here in the abc15 five drive. -- live drive. i will put the camera down so you can see what's happening. and then a little bit of a break to the right. looks like the weather had us called down just a little bit -- the weather has called down just a bit but just about 15 minutes or so ago we were driving on the 101 your scottsdale road and we were releasing the rain come down. we've also seen so many flashes of lightning this morning, so what we will continue to do is l

another car pulled up behind dps trooper.that's when a motorcycle came up... and crashed... causing a chain reaction.that motorcycle driver was taken to the hospital... but should be ok. the driver who was stopped and took off... is still on the run this morning. thank you for choosing cbs 5, we'll see you >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday august 24, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including the rush to help earthquake victims in central italy. where dozens have died in collapsed buildings. but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> this rescue operation is currently underway. one of the challenges is just getting to this remote region. >> this report is creating new perception problems for the clinton campaign, clinton herself hasn't weighed in on the controversy. >> it's clear people who gave money to the foundation were able to access secretary clinton. the clinton campaign response is so what. >> donald trump has gone from deportation of all illegal immigrants to reviewing applications. >> warp

the valley man is making his >>> a legal fight is not over for a man who chased down a dps trooper on us 60. john pleaded not guilty telling a judge he >> he was doing well over 100. i have it on video. it's the 2nd time, the same officer. he never got behind me. >> he recorded the incident earlier this month. he claims the trooper violated his civil rights after being arrested for following him and speeding. he says -- the judge says zone wants to contact dps and not take matters into their own hands. >>> a man is hit by lightning while unloading groceries from a truck. he says he couldn't feel his legs for about 1 hour. he transferred electricity to his wife. however, she still went inside to call 911. spain -- >> seeing how could of been, just a few seconds, a few seconds later, it would of got my youngest son. >> very scary. he and his wife were checked out by fedex. they will be okay and doctors say they rarely see patients recover so quickly. >>> stopping zika virus before it starts. more mosquitoes are popping up addressing the problem. >> the number 1 thing, this is your pride

this after a crazy crash involving a dps trooper. >> reporter: this all started with dps trying to make a traffic stop. that driver decided in the middle of the traffic stop to make a run for it. even stopping in the hov lane, which is not where you're supposed to stop. the trooper jumped out to try to get the driver to go to the other side of the freeway instead of the hov lane. the driver hopped and made a run for it. while this was going on traffic was coming to a halt. a motorcyclist hit the back of a car which then hit the back of the squad car. the suspect got away. >> he crossed over the 17 and went to the southbound side. subject is and we are trying to identify the subject.>> reporter: the good news, everyone is okay on i-17 and the road is back open. >>> quite a mess at this quiktrip in mesa. that is the front, the doorway, a car smashed through it. these are pictures a viewer posted to our facebook page. the damage is extensive store was closed overnight. this is near vale vista and maine. no word if anyone was injured. >>> an investigation after gang-related shooting leaves

dps says it is. there are no other suspects. no arrests have been made. you can refresh your memory on this issue, go to /freeway shootings to look at the interactive map, every single detail on our website. >>> new evacuation orders issued last night because the server on its fire continues to burn. more than 1200 firefighters working to put out that fire that started over a month ago. it has already burned over contained. it's not over. >> good news from crews battling the cedar fire, the flames didn't spread yesterday. good news there. about 2500 crew members are fighting to keep the 29,000 acre fire under control. it is now at 45% containment. >> not quite the flooding saw in louisiana, but thousands of people dealing with flooding in cincinnati. some 13,000 people are without power as that number continues to drop. more people are getting their electricity back. students in the area are happy because several schools are closed today. luckily they aren't expecting any more rain until midweek. no serious injuries or deaths associated with the storms so

there is no other sp but dps still wants to hold onto his gun. he will be back in court today to start the legal process to try to get the gun back. the judge already allowed its release in a hearing 2 months ago but dps jump on that. they blocked the release using a search warrant on the gun even though the detectives have already acknowledged the previous ballistic testing on the gun failed. charges against leslie merritt jr. formally dismissed in being involved in a string of shootings that happened last summer. he did get his car back but the gun is hanging and his lawyers will be here about 11 to get the process started to get the gun back. leslie merritt jr. won't be here, he will be at work we are told. >>> checking your hot headlines. controversy is brewing at buckeye high school. one student was asked to remove a black lives matter 12 news reached out to the school district for a common. a representative at the office told us the superintendent was aware of the situation but unavailable at the moment. >>> a west valley doctors back in ar

dps though the gun does not match the evidence. >> dps was unsatisfied with that. they had their own lab do another round of analysis. they said everyone else is wrong, the atf, the expert and they are right. >>> new developments tonight now that a former doctor is back in the valley and molestation. he tried to leave the country but got busted in florida. initially he wasn't supposed to be eligible for release after being brought back to phoenix but he is out of jail already. our searches show he was a doctor working in surprise. he pleaded not guilty. >>> if you didn't like who was moving in next door you do? the topic is sober homes whereadics go to live -- where addicts go to live clean. she was worried about too many homes popping up near her home. >> you could have -- we could have 10 sober homes on this street. you know, if the house is being sold -- >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] limit. >> officials wanted to see how it would play out in other communities but now it will be a topic at tuesday's meeting. >>> enough is enough, last night we told you abou

. >> reporter: i am sure there is dread and excitement for students as they head back to school and dps has a cool initiative that they plan to implement this year. it is an exciting year, too. because it rgesenrollment numbe you to superintendent tom bossberg who is joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> and happy back to school day. >> great. welcome our parents back. and we are seeing tremendous growth at denver public schools. this spring, we graduated our largest graduating class ever. it is the biggest increase in graduates ever. over 500 more graduates and in terms of enrollment, we are the country. as er students and parents want to be a part of this school district but it also for you too, too, trying to make sure that students get the education that they need. tell us about your new initiative focusing on the whole student. >> it is really a recognition that our kids need support, not just in academic, but also in growing socially, and emotionally, and their physical health, and the mental health and it is a real effort to make sure we are devoting the resources and the

. >>> we are watching for any updates from dps after the deadly crash near court side all because of a dust storm out there. westbound i-10 remaining closed about 25 miles east of court side. the eastbound lanes have partially reopened, but the bl area expired. >> yes, right at 4:00. because we saw storms fire up in the higher terrain south of there that all the dust picked up and went across the interstate, so much quieter situation on desert doppler right now. we also have showers and thunderstorms firing up in the higher terrain to the north and northwest. pockets of thunder and rain and heavy lightning just west of the valley. also thunderstorms to the east will continue for the next monsoon moisture, what little of it there is left interact with that higher elevations get forced up over the mountains and force the showers and thunderstorms to form in the heat of the day. here in the valley not looking like a good storm chance for us this evening. 105 at 7:00, and clear out the skies, down to 95 by 11:00 p.m., but another sizzler tomorrow, another ozone heinous advisory tomorrow,

dps, though, says they are not to blame. the officer followed proper protocol during this high-risk traffic stop, and the rental caribbean is who you should blame, danielle. >>> let's talk democracy 2016. gop presidential candidate donald trump has a plan to take on isis. he is talking in ohio today and expected to lay out that strategy for defeating the terrorist comparing that fight to that of the cold war. moantime, president ob -- meantime, president obama is taking a break to do some campaigning for hillary clinton. he is holding a recession at martha's vineyard. clinton is not expected to be there. she'll be in pennsylvania with vice president joe biden. >>> time for your most accurate forecast. here is what you need to know. we are going to be off to a sizzling hot start. temperatures are getting hotter than they were this weekend and hotter than what we felt yesterday. and we are also under an air quality alert still. an we are going to track more storms. can even the higher terrain. plan on dry conditions and a temp

but dps says they were just following protocol. they say it was a high risk traffic stop when they saw the stolen plate so they came up with their guns drawn. they say they didn't know the little girl was even in the back >> mr. walton has every right to be angry and we support him in his anger. however, we just feel he needs to direct it in the right place which is this never would have happened if the rental company would have removed the plates like they were supposed to. >> yeah, turns out that car wasn't stolen at all. in fact, neither was the license the rental company just didn't remove the license plate that was registered as stolen. troopers say all in all, the situation ended peacefully without anybody >>> a judge could rule to allow recreational marijuana proposition on the november ballot as early as tomorrow. superior court judge heard arguments from both sides this last friday. opponents to the petition say that the ballot was misleading by not providing a full explanation of the piece of legislation. but the campaign

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the driver refused treatment from phoenix fire and was taken into custody to be interviewed by dps. the driver of the car that impacted had live in the newsroom bw, 12 today. let's get a check of your hot headlines.. the pinal county sheriff's office has named a person of interest in the gruesome septic tank murders. investigators say fausto negrete-olivas is the prime suspect in the murders of two mexican drug gang members. the murders happened back in 2008. both victims were dismembered -- and one was found in a septic tank. olivas' brother -- dionicio -- is interest. a bullhead city man is behind bars.. accused of abusing his 2-week-old abusing his 2-week-old daughter. police say jeremy cowan threw the little girl head-first onto the floor because she was crying. the parents waited a week before seeking medical help. the baby has a fractured skull. and the valley is preparing for another visit from donald trumptrump-- will be having a rally at the phoenix convention center on wednesday. that's happening at 6pm.doors make a key speech on immigration.trump's arizona campaign manage

. >> dps kids, no air- conditioning, noun hot today. but a cooldown is coming by wednesday. right now looking at the radar and satellite, we have picked up moisture across the western side of colorado. enjoy the day today at rocky mount national park, temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. we'll have a chance of storms mostly cloudy skies, gusty winds sustained around 22 miles an hour. currently in downtown denver, 82 degrees, 81 at the airport. already pretty warm here. our 24-hour plan, we are seeing mostly cloudy skies and we'll start toosee a break in the cloud cover as we head into later portions of the afternoon. we have a slight chance offa passing storm really from about 5:00 to 9:00, then tonight temperatures mild and cloudy conditions. in the 70s and 80s across the mountains, mid- to lower 90s in the plains and down to the southeast. hour by hour, cloudy conditions across the metro area, starting about 4:00 in portions of the the foothills, we have a chance to pick up a few passing storms. the good news, none of these ?re expected to e severe today. gusty win

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the firm says they have been spending years trying to work with dps on the issue. say they see no change. and are hoping the courts can step in. to make a difference. meanwhile the superintendent says there is no problem. >> community. awarding the contracts to mainly male white owned businesses. >> . >> even though his firm is qualified. and has a history of successfully working with school districts. >> the kind of work we have been getting. out of denver public schools. are restroom remodel projects. if what the new federal lawsuit claim s-s true. his firm isn't the only minority owned small business missing out on millions of taxpayer dollars. in engineering contracts. >> . superintendent rejects his claims. >> . we have a transparent, fair, and rigorous process. in awarding contracts. >> . we asked him about the suits claim that only two percent of the contracts were awarded to minority owned businesses. >> . that's not accurate. >> . he says right now one-third of dollars are going to diverse businesses. special medication our team helped raise awareness of.

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russell has two other children which are now in the custody of dps. -- cps. >>> hillary clinton is enjoying the lead in the race for a white house. she is shown with a 10 point lead over donald trump. the surveys were done after the convention and with third-party candidates factored in. candidate with the lead after the convention almost always goes on to win. a new poll shows that odds are good that hillary clinton could win >>> it could depend on whether or not they could convince enough hispanic voters to vote but even then it is not a slamdunk. the latest poll shows the democratic nominee within the arrival. >> you can't expect to win arizona and growing demographic needlessly. >> others show clinton maintaining a lead with hispanics which made up 17% of all voters during the last presidential election. groups are working to increase those numbers with a goal of registering 72,000. others show -- >>> that is about 50,000 short of their goal meaning they will have to register 800 new voters every day until the october registration deadline, -- deadline. >> we always scale up when school