november 2015, the oig found that the deputy superintendents and other managers of the grand canyon shared personal information of the women who wrote reporting the egregious sexual harassment in the gran canyon river district. one former grand canyon employee who submitted a statement for the record stated that given the culture of retaliation and hostility towards the victims in the grand canyon river district, i along with the other victim ss am rightfully terrified that the alleged perpetrators will contact us directly to retaliate against us. i would like to enter that statement into the record. chair chaffetz: without objection, so ordered. >> what action has the park service taken in response to this personal information? mr. reynolds: the actions that we have taken to date is to recognize that there was inappropriate actions or -- >> that's great. that you recognize it, but i want to know, has anyone been fired? has anyone been demoted? i mean -- mr. reynolds: no, what i can do under the interest of the privacy act for these kinds of things is to personally debrief with you on what

or how do you operate since the only parks i know are the urban parks. >> at grand canyon, many employees are loused on the south rim but then there's times when they're working out of bunk haass in the inner canyon in the back country. myself, i work in flagstaff which is about an hour and a half drive away. >> mismartin? >> thank you, congresswoman. i do live in yosemite valley in a cabin and a lot of the our seasonal staff on our fire crew will be housed in say one house or one bunk quarters. there are certainly opportunities there that could potentially lead to a hostile type of environment. especially with our young folks. so we do have -- we do have close quarters that men and women do live and work in in a regular basis. >> which should caution the national park service to take such matters into account. mr. healy, i was reading your testimony on page 8. you speak of a contractor. this doesn't go specifically to sexual harassment but it goes to issues like, you name alcohol abuse, drug use, so i'm interested in how the policies relate to contractors i was, chairman of the equal emp

people can experience the grand canyon but they never could before.>> reporter: trisha hendricks, 12 news. >> who is with me? >> no. >> you do not want to come >> it looks pretty cool. >> it looks breathtaking. >> i give a lot of respect to those who do do it. >>> we have a little bit of action to the south sneaking into the belly, there -- valley. there is a live look over camelback mountain. you can see the cloud buildup north of camelback. here is another view, here on our weather computer, looking to the south, it is not as quite as cloudy. temperatures right now, sitting in the 90s. we had a high today of 101 degrees. that is normal this time of year. it felt pretty toasty got the dew point is that 50. is on the human side but not quite as much as we would typically have during the peak of the monsoon the monsoon is just about wrapping up. the result get to make a slight chance, we could see an isolated storm or two. otherwise, mild temperatures, 71 degrees, 78 degrees,, tomorrow temperatures will be cooler, 92 degrees, on up to 97 degrees. it will be breezy. expect the winds co

this happened, i was a victim of peeping tom at grand canyon in 1987. it was a very difficult and painful experience for me. i reported it to two supervisors immediately that first day that i was able to positively identify a park ranger in uniform that was peering through my bathroom window. i reported it to two supervisors, visibly shaken, it was very very difficult for me to do. it was very embarrassing. i didn't think anybody would actually even believe me that something like this could happen. i was given options, i could say nothing and move on. i could file an eeo complaint or a criminal complaint. i had to think about that for a couple of days as to how i wanted to proceed. and i just did not want to make this an issue. i just did not want to come f forward and admitting a complaint this point in my career and be labeled as a troublemaker. >> to sit down tw the two supervisors that i reported this to. along with the perpetrator. he assured me that this had never happened before and that it will never happen again. for me this has been with me my

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that includes the grand canyon, yosemite, and yellow stone today. the hearings were launched following a report that found male employees at the grand canyon demanded sex from female workers and would retaliate if denied. officials say instead of being fired, many of the employees responsible for the actions were promoted. >>> good news for you anglers out there. arizona game and fish restocking area lakes with catfish. you can see them there, splashing rite -- right into some of them dumped in by buckets as well. the lakes will be restocked every week, in mid november release changed over to trout. >>> six pounds each, follow up now on a dog that was rescued from a phoenix canal. that dog has now found her forever home with a police officer that helped save her life. the australian shephard mix now known as ginger fell into the 17-foot deep canal last month. we brought thi fox 10. an on duty police officer spotted her, called the arizona humane society. after making a recovery, he was adopted by the officer who first spotted her. >>> coming up afte

s kingman. 62 for the grand canyon. down south 94 in gila bend. today we hit 105, three degrees above the normal. record 112 was set in 1990 and see our overnight low will be about 80 degrees. the rest of the country we had that active weather we saw moving out of the desert southwest area. also down here in the gulf states we had a lot of moisture this weekend. some storm activity for georgia, they all have been hit hard for the past couple of weeks. more moisture for them and now moving its way out to the atlantic. for us tonight very nice night. look at this we have 77 for us in phoenix. 57 in casa grande. 64 in prescott. 65 in sedona. it's nice and cool in the high country. for tomorrow you can see we got a nice day in store for us. 97 here in phoenix. 79 prescott. 69 in flagstaff and 77 for you up in the grand canyon. here is what our nights will look like. 77 again slight chance of showers for tomorrow. the morning looks nice starting out at 78 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and warming up to 97 by the end of the day. now here is a look at the ten day

the this appear to be a promotion to grand canyon employees. the individual and deputy superintendent and distribute related to victims of sexual harassment to the perpetrators which is a violation of regulations and potentially put the victim's safety at risk. despite reasonable and cost effective alternatives the forced my work group to continue to work with the river district which will become hostile work environment in 2015. it's not limited to the river district nor have all the issues been addressed. beginning in 2013, i reported multiple instances of bullying and threatening behavior by members of the trail crew and program manager to superintendent, deputy superintendent and human resources staff. examples included retaliation by some members of the trail crew, directed toward an assault victim that reported assault for law enforcement. the confidentiality was breached and she was labeled with an expletive by members of the trail crew. the witness was later allegedly threatened with violence on two occasions. according to those involve

this is near cheyenne and grand canyon. our whole team is working together on this-- we've got parker collins on the ground.. plus yasmeen has all the road closures. and i'm tracking your roads... good morning, coming up on gma, more legal tr trump -the trump foundation under investigation with tax records raising questions- meanwhile the g-o-p nominee revealing a new childcare plan --daughter and top advisor ivanka sits down with us live this morning with all the danny tarkanian's carrying a lot of baggage. as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million ailed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. danny tarkanian's out for himself, not us. mid and upper 80s this afternoon! highs will range between 84 and 89 degrees we are following breaking news right now police officers are blocking off roads around the north west area command center

i will start by outlining the specific actions we have taken at the grand canyon and canaveral since we last testified here in june. since the june 14th hearing at the grand canyonon we have appointed a new superintendent, closed the river district within the canyon for now in terms of rangers running the program, taken actions to hold employees accountable for misconduct and acted on an 18 action item recommendation in response to the oig report. at canaveral, we have removed the chief ranger accused of sexual harassment from his duties at the park. moved the superintendent into a detail assignment with the regional office, and initiated the process of moving forward with actions to hold employees accountable for misconduct. employees and supervisors at both parks have received mandatory sexual harassment response training sessions. nationally we're working with the department of the interior to take steps to eradicate sexual harassment and to change the nps culture. some of these include mandated online training for all managers and employees and distributing new nps specific guides

the grand canyon is nothing short of awe inspiring. arizona highways television robin sewell takes us to a special place called the hopi house. >> reporter: you can't take the grand canyon home with you, but you can take ani a great place to shop is the historic hopi house. let's go. hopi house is the first and largest gift store at the grand canyon. and the building itself is as much a work of art as the work it houses. it was designed by architect mary coweller to closely resemble a hopi pueblo, not only he is aestheticsically but with adobe and the ceilings are made with grass covered with mud. the stairway is decorated with murals by an unknown hopi artists. when it opened in 1985, american artists worked on site and sold their works. today the second floor native american art gallery features traditional and contemporary arts and crafts, including pottery, >>> there are so many ways to experience the grand canyon in both summer and winter so make sure it is on the top of your bucket list. be sure to watch arizona highways televisi

in our june hearing, we heard about the serious problems at grand canyon and canaveral national park. since then, it was reported that the supervisors were not just left unpunished, some were even promoted. what in the world does it take to get fired from the park service? in most of these cases that i've seen, it's not just one he said, she said. here's a case where we're going to talk about today, we've got 18 people. 18 who are talking about this. leaders who fail in their obligations to protect the public or employees, they need to be fired. if they're not going to take action and protect the employees of the united states of america, then they should leave. we had hoped our hearing with director jarvis would have prompted some change. instead, it seems to have been treated merely as a speed bump. based on what we've seen, the response to the crisis has been to require additional training for managers and to realign the equal opportunity employment office so that it reports to director jarvis. of course, this is the same director who is the removed from overseeing the park service

the new chairlift is called the grand canyon express. and it's appropriate, when it's than a mile that has scenic and including a view of the grand canyon. and this is a black hawk. >> we're in safety mode and it's exciting to watch them. >> there are 42 pounds a piece. >> it's not just big but it's fast. taking visitors from one end to the other. snow bowl said they hope it allows visitors to of the resort. you have more runs. >> they'll continue to expand. >> expanding the hostages and making it lodges. >>> and that's cool. >> what's not cool, it's that you still don't want to tell us what the thing is. >> i can't say it on air. you got to keep the secret. for those driving and running into dust. look at that. just goes to show you, our monsoon is not over. it will be on the calendar but you can see this, coming out of sky 12, those conditions are still out there. so this shot is coming from near the airport and pointing southwest. this is a dust cloud, and again, visibility from this. be very careful. if you drive in that area. also,

the hotel at the grand canyon. they love it because it is just 20 feet away from the rim and blends in with all the surroundings out there.>> it has been open for more than one hundred 10 years. the room can go up to $500. to go to the lobby and have lunch. >> it is such a gorgeous place. >> its was really nice your in the valley. you can see some cloud build the and thunderstorms off in the distance. overall, it really was a nice day. very different story though if you are living off the southeast coast right now dealing with that tropical storm julia. the storm is putting out winds at 40 miles per per hour. it will continue to move to the northeast and then it will be very erotic. -- erotic. as long as this is in the city that coastal areas here of southern georgia and south carolina will be dealing with very strong winds and rainfall that could get up to 6 inches and the back to arizona things look pretty good for us here. you can see a little storm action here happening just to the north and east of tucson but

to check out a natural wonder. >>> coming up at 6 pm, are you brave enough to skydive over the grand canyon? but you should know if you decide that you want to take it that plunge. >>> tonight on 12 news at 10 pm. we are talking about eating out. it has no longer become a treat, is a way of life. deserves your hard earned dining dollars? that is on 12 news at 10 pm. >>> is time for our video of the day. this is near madagascar. this is a volcanic eruption. it is incredible to see. especially at night. it is shooting several feet into the air. >> is still pretty awesome come daylight. it lives up to its name, pick of the furnace. -- the peak of the furnace. >> would you skydive over the grand canyon? >> absolutely not. >> it seems crazy.>>>12 news is always on, 12news.com. scare fallout. after that jarring video of hillary clinton becoming ill, tonight her campaign under fire. why did it take two days to disclose she had pneumonia? aides now admitting mistake, promising more medical records are coming. >>> is it a turning a u.s./russia megadeal finally stops the bombing. can it last? >>> cau

we could see the freezing point met at 32 degrees for the grand canyon overnight. 70s for the grand canyon tomorrow. phoenix has mid-90s for tomorrow. a slight chance of a stray shower across the southeastern the triple digits will return over the weekend. the rain models are not in agreement about next week. we could see moisture returned from the southwest. we will be tracking that closely as we head to the next several days. in t little bit of cooler air for tuesday and wednesday. >>> a valley business saying thank you.>> nothing but smiles and handshakes. it's cool when you see a police officer face to face in a non- stressful situation. >> they invited officers to join them for safety breakfast. business downtown. the owners challenging other local businesses to do the same. >>> another change of plans, what's next for kids for emergency repairs at their schools. >>> more on the tropical storm >>> dozens of people are taking it's a protest for the controversial oil pipeline in north dakota. our sister station tweeting out the video of what's going on. a 3.7 billion project that will c

find your purpose at grand canyon university. a weather alert out of china--- where "typhoon megi" a weather alert out of >>> a weather alert out of china. big typhoon making landfall there. it is weakened into a tropical storm but not before leaving a trail of destruction. four people dying in taiwan. san jose, california, threatening hundreds of buildings. it has burned through three square miles of dried brush and timber. it is forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. another wildfire to the north has ruined four homes. >>> really nice outside. >> reporter: is it friday? >> no. >> reporter: it feels like it. >> why? >> reporter: i don't know. i'm in a great mood. >> we can go with that. >> reporter: it is somebody's friday, i'm sure. it looks like it is going to get nicer and nicer. i would love to see the clouds. you may be saying goodbye to the clouds once we hit the weekend because we're in for a sunny stretch as we roll our way into october. it won't be long before everything settles down. for the moment, we're fighting som

it would be just outside the grand canyon national park land owned by the navajo nation. navajo lawmakers are expected to take up the issue for the first time by mid-october and the plans have generated a lot of controversy. >> these areas are prices. they are not worth the destruction and the genocide of our cultural beliefs. >> opponents of the project are ramping up their efforts. one group recently released this 3-d rendering of the plans the developers call this propaganda and say this is nowhere close to scale. >>> arizona's first female governor ever has died. after governor become was impeached. she was 94 years old. former congressman sent out this statement on her passing, as she did so many other women in arizona she inspired me to run for office and to serve my community. i will always be grateful to her for that. >>> we are tracking your kids go to challenger cordova elementary and the nearby ann arbor school district. >> today the district merged to schools into one. landmark students with half-day at this spirit and half-day after that will be desert spirit

across the grand canyon. they are getting big storms right now. we will have it all covered for you but we are out of the woods for the big storm and i think you will love the forecast from tomorrow and beyond. >> three rookie phoenix police officers have resigned after a traffic stop where a man says to avoid going to jail. the police chief says the office officers, two of which are suspects. september 13th officers found one gram of marijuana in a car during a traffic stop near 45th avenue an mcdowall. the 19 year-old driver said the officers told him if he ate the pot he would avoid going to jail. so that's what he the lieutenant in charge did not act quickly enough and the officers turned off their body cameras during this incident. >> because i can tell you based on the information that i have, termination was inevitable. it was coming. i'm very, very displeased with their activities and i was going to fire them based on the information i have right now. they chose to resign. that's their call. they are not phoenix police >> the lieutenant in

to grand canyon employees. o.i.g. found that the superintendent had distribute nformation to the perpetrators in violation of regulation and put safety at risk. in addition, despite reasonable and cost-effective alternatives, the deputy superintendent forced him to work in the hostile work environment in 2015. the culture of bullying and harassment is not limited to the river district, nor have all the river issues been addressed. beginning in 2013, i reported multiple instances of bullying to the superintendent, majority -- deputy superintendent and human resources staff. the examples included retaliation by some members of the crew, directed to the assault victim who reported the assault to law enforcement. the assault victim's onfidentiality was breached, and she was belittled with an expletive by part of the trail crew. use of a misogynistic slur in reference to a senior manager, which was reported by the witness, the witness was allegedly threatened by violence on two occasions. according to those involved, it ap

it makes appearances at grand canyon university, asu, all kinds of chick-fil-a openings. a police report was filed and an investigation is unfolding. one of the customers finds it amusing that somebody would even want to take the cow. >> i think it's horrible. what will you do with it? you can't put it in front o >> the manager says he will give away a year of free chick-fil-a sandwiches to whoever brings the cow home. if you heard of any information regarding this case, you are encouraged to please call police. >>> and coming up after the break, we will have a final look at your forecast and then jude is here with sports nice to >>> here is the final look of the ten day forecast. we have possible storm activity for us tomorrow and then drying out for the rest of the week. nice thing is if you look at that we don't look at anything over 100 until next week at this time. >> we like to kick off fall with a big win. that didn't happen sadly. jude cliff and maybe you off a cliff. that was no way to end a football game we should have won that thing. >> marc and linda there is

. >>> the family of a missing river guide holding onto hope as crews continue searching the grand canyon. joshua has been missing since monday when he didn't return to camp. tomorrow, crews plan to look for him again using two boats on the water and a team in the the sb10 debate is now over. after police pull someone over, officers can look into the person's immigration status if the person doesn't have an identified. but police cannot hold the person on the road any longer than necessary to write a traffic tickets. >> the bottom line is there is going to be no racial profiling and no stops that detain people unnecessarily ju their immigration status. >> the state will pay one point to check their immigration status. >> the state will pay $1.4 million in attorneys fees to the plaintiff. >>> wondering what's next after finding out their school is closing up shop, students filled a room tonight trying to hold top leaders of itt tech responsible, blaming the government. they want to know if current credits will transfer and if their student loans can be forgiven. one student tells us he is

hey phoenix, it's thunder dan majerle head coach at grand canyon university. coming to gcu was a great move for me. evening student at our beautiful campus in the heart of phoenix. earn you bachelor's, masters or doctoral degree to take your career to the next level. engage with industry expert instructors in small classroom settings where you can get the support you need to excel. scholarships available. see you on campus! go lopes! find your purpose at grand canyon university. paul babeu exposed in a damning home video. extreme discipline used on special needs kids widespread cases of physical and sexual abuse. students were also stripped down and forced to wear nothing but a sheet. indisputable evidence that congressional candidate supported the abusive practices and even bragged about them. they're there for a reason. because they're hopeless. because they're hopeless. a long history of abuse, the students may never recover. we finally get to watch some football >>> finally, we finally get to watch some football. not a scrimmage, not a practice. but real c

a recent report found some men who worked at the grand canyon preyed on female co-workers. they are accused of demanding sex or the women could face retaliation. there were similar complains at yellowstone and yosemite. it's believed instead of these workers being fired, they are either promoted or left alone. it's sneaking up on us....are you thinking about christmas shopping yet?? one retailer says this year - you don't even need to bring your wallet to the store. and it's ok if you crash this drone.. in fact -- it's as holiday shopping gets closer and closer... kohl's is telling the most loyal customers to leave most of their credit cards at home. starting next month - shoppers with kohls-branded credit cards can check out directly from the store's mobile app. earlier this year - the retailer was also the first to tie its rewards program and private label card to "apple pay." here's a drone that even the youngest pilot can fly.. it will break when you crash it - but lego bricks. san francisco company "flybrix" designed it - hoping to teach people how to build and fly you

the grand canyon escalade would be just outside the grand canyon national park on owned by the navajo nation. navajo lawmakers expected to take up the issue for the first time in mid october and the plans have generated a lot of controversy. >> these areas are priceless. they are not worth the destruction and the genocide actually of our cultural beliefs. >> yeah. opponents of the project are ramping up their efforts. one group recently released a 3d rendering of the plans. propaganda and say it is nowhere close to scale. i don't think we are anywhere close to being finished covering that story. a lot still to come. >> and lawsuits too. >> for sure. >>> all right, it is friday. it is the weekend. how are thing looking out there? >> statewide, you have a great weekend ahead. we do warm up a little bit. but no threats from thunderstorms. if owe were to see thunderstorms, this is where you would see them first,s over the mountains. san francisco peaks courtesy of the walkup sky dome. it not a cloud in the sky. dropping it down about 5,000 feet, you will see the same story here in the val

other numbers, 70 at flagstaff, 75 at the grand canyon, 95 at gila bend, and another 95 down in tuscon. this is your day. 98 on the high, 76 on the low, 101 and 78 normal high and low, record high 112, record low at 58 degrees. 96 degrees in scottsdale today, we also saw some numbers, looking at mid-90s in the

lake havasu and bullhead city into the mid to upper 70s. 46 in the grand canyon. globe 65 degrees. our highs for tomorrow, going to be a nice day. we're looking at 98 degrees for us in phoenix, 102 in casa grande. 87 in winslow, 89 in kingman and 77 in the grand canyon. here's a look at our overnight. 74 degrees. clear skies. bit of a w tomorrow is going to look really nice as we don't look at any triple digits for the next several days. in fact i don't have any on the 10-day forecast. >> yay, you. >> that's good news. making for a nice labor day, right? the own chances we have of moisture moving in, starts about wednesday and thursday. we're looking at about a 20% chance as the moisture comes back into the environment. the dew point temperatures get back up there. so we look for chances of those monsoon pop-up storms that we've been seeing late august and into >> the first day of fall is the 22nd. so that's just a few weeks away. and i was just thinking, october, right around the corner, halloween is -- >> that's when we know we're getting nice. >> yes, getting very nice. >> this w

hey phoenix, it's thunder dan majerle head coach at grand canyon university. coming to gcu was a great move for me. ing as an evening student at our beautiful campus in the heart of phoenix. earn you bachelor's, masters or doctoral degree to take your career to the next level. engage with industry expert instructors in small classroom settings where you can get the support you need to excel. scholarships available. see you on campus! go lopes! find your purpose at grand canyon university. >>> now at 9:00, a warning for people in chandler after nearly half a dozen fires break out in their neighborhood. why investigators believe they may be linked. >>> a two-year-old boy is recovering tonight after accidentally shooting himself in the leg. we'll hear from neighbors who are shocked at how easily he was able to get his hand on the gun. >> why you leave a gun with two little kids out, i don't know. >> people along the east coast taking cover from hurricane hermine. we have a live report from that battered region. >>> and later, a list of the most awkward social sit

showers to the north push into areas of flagstaff, #right along interstate 40 and north of the grand canyon along the border. three quarters of an inch of rain getting a half-inch of rain in tempe. anymore showers in the forecast tomorrow, what about the weekend? >>> something the size of los angeles in the desert south of the valley may be causing some of our biggest the storms. >>> fo marijuana. that's a 19-year-old is claiming phoenix police officers forced to do just last are out of a job and under investigation. >> phoenix police department will look into some of its hiring practices after three of its rookies allegedly forced a man to eat the marijuana they found in his car during a traffic stop. the three officers in question were probationary employees all within their first year of service with the phoenix police department. one of those had previously spent 10 years with the chicago police department. this comes at is short 600 officers. it's been struggling to recruit, train and get more new hires on the street. the cheesehead is confident in the departments hiring practices but

northern part of the states all activity in the grand canyon. goodyear 104, maricopa 102, 102 in mesa and apache junction. of the southwest. it will get breezy tonight. the big story will be in our temperatures, things are cooling down tonight into the upper 70s and low 80s. there will be a big cool down in our temperatures after wednesday. we will talk more in that 7-day forecast. >>> a lot more answers coming up on cbs5 news. details on a major blow to construction equipment caterpillar.>>> a trip for president obama as he met china's president.>>> cbs5 is committed to helping police get this killer off our streets. there is a $75,000 warned to find this man who is linked to >>> construction equipment company caterpillar is handing out pink slips. caterpillar announced 300 workers will be laid off. the company is planning on thousands of job cuts overseas.>>> obama and china where he will meet with the secretary, a climate agreement will be handed >>> zika remains an emergency and continues to infect new countries. 72 countries and territories

readings in the 70's along the rim and high country. 63 in flag. 65 at the grand canyon. i want to show you social media the haze kind of lifted, a lot of our facebook friends sharing pictures. beautiful weather pictures. that is the white tanks, john. >> it is? i thoughtthat was the superstitions. >> that was the white tanks. oh, i'm going to forget where this is. i'm having a senior moment. i forgot where this was. >> do you have another one? >> i have the forecast how is th >> go ahead. >> slight chance of showers, not really. i meant to say beautiful night. 69 for tonight. tomorrow, 89 degrees and 93 on sunday just a gorgeous 10 day. i don't see one temperature that is expected to be near 100. >> the one thing is the pool is getting cold. >> oh, yeah. pool season is over at my house. >> when it gets in the 90's, you >>> it is easy to root for the arizona cardinals and their high-flying offense, especially after sunday's game. >> we are getting a reason to cheer for every cardinals' game. >>> just because summer is over, doesn't mean travel deals are over. >>> old west

grand canyon, 74 degrees. 100 degrees. average for this time of the year is 103. >> it's 100 degrees here in phoenix. humidity -- going to change later on this week, we'll talk let's see hour your sunday night is shaping up. hopefully get to sleep in. have some fun, temperatures dipping to the 70s, low 80s. mostly clear skies for us here this sunday night. if are you going to do anything tomorrow, the weather will cooperate, feel free to spend it outside. stay hydrated. >>> a big story on our news app, video of an elk in arizona tangled up and in major trouble. leona with more on the efforts to save him >> reporter: this is pretty cool video, an elk that was fit to be tied. just take a look at this, an elk with a large tire swing and log wrapped around his antlers. debra butler took the pictures on her cell phone. we spoke with debra via face time and she tells us she was shocked when she looked out her site. >> i literally had to take a double take. literally, this poor guy had a tire swing all tangled into his antlers. >

to be able to see the grand canyon while riding the lift that is really high. >> how fast does it go? >> i don't know about this. i'm scared. >> it is going to take skiers to the top of casino trail, projected to open in november. >> okay. that is file video. not that much snow up there yet. >> not yet at least. >> hey, you didn't forecast that. november there will be plenty up there. >> the leaves are changing, aspen looks awesome up there. >>> we are going to do the time lapse, speaking of flagstaff lit me hit play and you are going to see clouds, rain, a mixed being for everyone. let's see if we can see any aspens up there, no, the camera is too far away. cloudy with rain up there. okay. let's take it down about 5000 feet there are the superstition mountains, bubbling up in the distance, we are not done with the rain yet, we could see a thunderstorm this afternoon, here is a little quit of rain pushing toward places like black canyon city and i 17, new river, prescott, we'll expect rain within the hour. no lightning with this, with not ruling it out. state wide not a whole lot goi

we are on russell west of grand canyon. russell closed to through traffic. we just spoke to lieutenant troy barrett with metro police and he confirms this is an ongoing situation. at least one suspect is holed up in one unit of the southwest ranch condominium complex. we involved in what was a grocery store robbery earlier today or if he an associate. the apartment that's now hold up belonged to the associate. police say that suspect ran in there and so one of the two is in custody. the other is refusing to come out. s.w.a.t. has been called in. it's an active scene. as a result, some residents have been evacuated and have been told to wait it out.

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the grand canyon. >> that's incredible. >>> let's talk about today. we're not talking snow but rather rain across the state that we're expecting, and this morning, we're already tracking that's a chance for scattered showers through the morning. know that you could get caught under rain. and there is a slight chance of a few scattered showers and storms later today but the best potential is this morning. it will be a warm and humid day. if you are picking out the outfits, plan on that. the humidity is higher, and we're tapping into extra moisture thanks to a tropical system that will continue to fall apart in the east pacific but the moisture is the rain chancings, and you can see the band of rain lifting across our state including through central arizona in the valley in the northeast pockets and south central pockets of our state, rather, at least getting some of the light showers. they look impressive on the radar but not as impressive closer to the ground. abc15 desert doppler, fairly light, and that's where we're of rain. queen creek getting in o

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find your purpose at grand canyon university. >>> what a difference a year makes. last year at this time, andre ellington was your starting running back for the cardinals. he has moved to number three on the depth chart. interesting possibilitities for number 38 who has been on a nice roll this preseason. raiders this big run. you saw the old ellington in many ways. it is about being injury free and the ability to change directions and the breakaway here. remember, ellington can take the same running back skills and enhance the cardinals' special teams and take an upscale view of this big run. yesterday and he has rejuvenated and he is excited to be a main player for this cardinals' offense and just about opportunity. opportunity to strut his stuff. >> this is another way to improve my talent andability. i'm all about a guy that the more i can do, the better i am. i embrace the road i have and getting reps at it and being do it at all in my nfl career. i'm getting my first career. i'm going to make the best of my opportunity. >> reporter: cards-broncos. more on tha

find your purpose at grand canyon university. [loud kids and dog] hello, jimmy john's! jimmy john's! jimmy john's! freaky fresh delivery. >> reporter: you can bring up spy gate or question what bill belichick is willing to do to can deny his football teams are almost all very well prepared and unpredictable. sunday, the cardinals will face the patriots. remember when they threw out the unusual formations against baltimore? that wasn't forgotten by coach harbaugh for sure. no tom brady, we know that. it is going to be jimmy garoppolo. so many different weapons. you have gronk, martellus danny emdoe la and a defense that is not highly touted but very effective. when you talk to the players and coaches, they say you have to plan for the unexpected when it comes to this guy. here is carson palmer. >> there is a reason why he is so well respected. he is that good of a coach and he haas all of the respect you can ask for our team. is the first game and there will be a lot of new things. you try to prepare for everything, you never can. >> reporter: for the sun devils, they ha

up near the grand canyon and down near douglas. and waking up to mostly clear skies right now in the valley. i think we'll see a little bit more cloud cover through the day. and watch future cast. we'll end with partly cloudy skies and wi moisture, there's a 10% chance that we could get a shower or thunderstorms through the day today. and anything that does develop is going to be very spotty around the valley. we'll be watching for into the afternoon. once we get to 6:00 and especially after sunset. things start to clear out. and i expect it will be a cry night tonight with drier conditions over the weekend. through 5:00 this afternoon into the evening we start to we head into the weekend. check out the weekend forecast. the skies staying mostly sunny and the temperatures in the mid- 90s. but we got to talk about the big cooldown. i'll show you more details on that in just a few minutes. >>> and no problems on the freeways early this morning. but we have weekend closures that you'll want to look out for in the east valley. 202 is g

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forecasting 35, 34 at the grand canyon. 69 in gila bend and 64 in casa grande. so some good looking temperatures. one of the thing we wanted to point out and that's next thursday. this coming thursday first day of fall. fall will start at 10:21 a.m. so we are looking forward to some nice temperatures. however, as we head into the weekend, things are warming up. i will have that for you coming up. >>> teenager busted at a southern arizona port of entry and tried to smuggle three pounds of meth according to authorities hidden inside an xbox. customs officials say a canine detected the drugs inside the gaming console at the morally pedestrian crossing. they turned over the 16-year-old boy to i.c.e. they say he is from nogales, mexico and tried to bring the meth into arizona. >>> some tense homes early this morning after a wrong way driver way. the driver narrowly missed other drivers who were calling 911 reporting it. the driver was heading westbound in the eastbound lanes for nearly eight miles.& dps identified the man as 26-year-old fernando lopez martinez. dps s

find your purpose at grand canyon university. >>> you decide fresh off of a big win. sheriff joe arpaio speaking tonight to his adoring supporters. at the trump event in downtown phoenix. let's listen in for just a second. >> where she was when she was how many times did she go to mexico in the president. how many times? and that much of a trip. >> he is taking on hillary clinton. you to wonder what the clinton camp is thinking tonight as they are watching donald trump completely dominate the news cycle. she has been quiet and maybe they feel they got a lead and they can sit on it. that is a dangerous strategy if that's what they are thinking. you never know what can happen. >> we saw homes ago before we candidate donald trump and his motorcade making their way into -- on to the property of the phoenix convention center. is that place he is familiar with. he has appeared here before. he really got the whole immigration talk going here about 13 months ago. and he invited sheriff joe arpaio. he didn't shun sheriff arpaio which many people would have done considering the