stemming from a judge's decision asking prosecutors to file criminal contempt charges against sheriff joe arpyo. >> arrest arpyo! >> people rallying at the u.s. attorney east office in arrest the sheriff and prosecute him. the u.s. attorney will decide if his officer will pursue charges. the judge is also recommending criminal contempt charges against top deputy jerry sheridan. >>> now to decision 2016. new numbers are revealing the current voter makeup here in arizona. the secretary of state revealing there are 3.4 million registered voters. of those, nearly 1.2 are republicans. there are slightly more than a million democrats. there are also more than 1.1 million people registered at independents. we are eight days away from the august 30th primary election. >>> now to the ads that we're seeing tied to decision 2016. does christine jones, a leading republican candidate for congress in the east valley, about president obama? you rarely hear someone on the opposite side complimenting the other side, but an attack ad against the republican candidate claims she did commit that cardinal sin. graha

president obama's birth certificate is still not legitimate in joe arpyo's mind. yet. >> there is no update on the birth certificate investigation. the sheriff has confidence in the work of his deputies in the animal crimes unit. >>> a glendale woman facing animal cruelty charges is now telling her side of the story. as we report, the woman claims a lack of police played a role in the deaths of three of her dogs. >> reporter: back in may, perfect home. the person who rented them the house in glendale didn't own it. when the rightful owner found out, he started eviction proceedings. >> i started calling rescues. i did everything to try to get them to go some place to be rescued. >> reporter: she didn't have much luck. county constables showed up at her door, the situation immediately escalated. >> i'm not leaving the dog. outbreak. >> reporter: they were alarmed at the number of dogs on the property and put out a call for assistance. >> over 35 dogs in the backyard with no shelter, minimal water, and just the conditions were horrendous for the animals. >> reporter:

tonight at 6:00, sheriff joe detached from his office's biggest decisions as oath last month accusing him of a political hit job. >> we take a look at six things we've learned from arpyo's testimony. >> reporter: obtained the transcript of the four and a half hour deposition. it came in a federal lawsuit filed by austin flake and austin's wife logan. they accuse the sheriff of abuse of power after the deaths of 21 dogs th arpyo portrays himself as detached from big cases but is still hot on the trail of president obama's birth certificate. he had nothing to do with the 21 felony charges against the couple, he says. i let my detectives make the recommendation. number 2: he's a hands-off sheriff. what about his detectives evidence against the flakes