monique griego is here with the story monique? >> well as most drivers know these ramp lights turn on during rush hour and youm probably notice them -- you'll probably notice them >> we've all been there in a rush and about to jump on the freeway. then you see the line of cars waiting at a metered ramp signal for their green light. >> i can say it was frustrating. it's time consuming. >> that wait is about to get a little longer for drivers on sr 51 as adot starts testing the timing of the signals. they say drivers may notice. >> i don't think it is. >> adot is hoping it will improve traffic flow on all highways. right now the meters are set to predetermined intervals. this new system will be able to adjust the timing of red and green lights depending on how busy it is. >> it's always going to be a frustration but hopefully it will alleviate some of that. >> it's expected to last at least three weeks. monique griego 12 news. >>> okay thank you very much. to decision 2016. donald trump is coming back to arizona. the republican pres

. >> monique griego joins us from the west valley with all the excitement out there. monique? >> reporter: rayl actually got on the walk on after camping outside the l.a. auditions for two weeks. tonight when he took the stage, this place went crazy. >> next up is 23-year-old rookie adam rayl from phoenix, arizona. >> reporter: a crowd of family and friends anxiously getting ready to watch valley native adam rayl take on stage one of american ninja warrior. >> trying to do everything that you can to prepare yourself as much as possible because sometimes you get one shot. >> rayl now back from vegas talking to 12news about performing under all that pressure. >> getting totally in the zone as much as you can, trying to block everything out except for you and the course. >> reporter: the show keeping but a few family members including his mom were lucky enough to see it live. >> it is such a specific sport and that every misstep and then it is done. >> reporter: vicky rayl a ball of nerves the entire time. >> my tension, my stress was just propelling him right through those obsta

team 12's monique griego joins us with what a panel of local analysts are expecting tomorrow night. >> reporter: when it comes to believe there's too many wildcards to try and predict. >> who knows? is it going to be the childlike donald trump from the primaries? or the adult donald trump? >> reporter: experts anticipating the debate to be one of the most widely watched in recent history. estimated 100 million people expected to tune in as donald trump and hillary clinton, two polarizing candidates finally face-off. >> the most striking juxtaposition is going to happen monday night when you see the ultimate politician standing next to the schwarzenegger. and i think it's going to be a very good night for him. >> reporter: many acknowledging clinton is under unique pressure as the first woman to make it this far in a run for the white house. >> she needs to make sure that she's showing she can be a real person. she can be authentic and she needs to show voters that she has a little bit of that obama- like passion. >> i think hillary clinton will be really strong if she continues her me

i'm monique griego here with matt pace. welcome to 12 weekend today for this saturday. >> it is a little >> but the good news, that is all going away as soon as we move into the afternoon and tomorrow. >> get hotter though? >> might get a little bit hotter. that is the trade-off. but look at the morning temperatures how do you beat there? 70s in some portions of the valley. 77 in chandler. 77 in gilbert. 79 in queen creek and downtown phoenix coming in at 83 degrees. not a whole lot happening as far as the radar and satellite are concerned for the valley but look up in the high through flagstaff right now, they are very weak, moving toward the northeast. but later on for us today here's a breakdown in the valley in the sun. winds 5 to 15 punishment it is dry out there look at the high temperatures 104 but isn't too bad monique. the average this time of the year is 103. of course that sun will set at 6:50 later on today. >>> thanks matt. >>> hermine, the first hurricane in 11 years to make landfall in florida is now the stor

>>> good morning everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm monique griego here with matt pace on what is this is what we wait for we complained it is too hot or too humid, superhot this month, but you were out hiking yesterday, look at these temperatures. you really can't beat it because there are no clouds. so it cools off quickly, 72 degrees in downtown phoenix, the outlined areas in the 60s, the dew point in the 41 degree mark, three mile-per-hour winds if you notice the moisture in texas that could be headed our way, more on that coming up a look at the forecast 95 degrees later on this afternoon, the average is 97 and the sun will set at 6:20 this evening, temperatures quickly dropping but a lot of people have been talking about the weather, also the cardinals. the cardinals will take on the buffalo bills in a little more than one hour. we will get complete coverage. >>> let's send it over to cameron cox in buffalo at the home of the buffalo wing. >> i am here at the happiest place on earth. if you're hungry, anchor bar home of the original buffalo chicken wing. that is where buffal

monique griego, 12 news we are waiting to see some major weather changes later this week work >> it will be interesting to see -- week. it was a nice day, we had temperatures that hovered at 100 degrees. most of the afternoon, i saw temperatures around 102 degrees. that is where we should be, 103 degrees is the normal. here is hurricane newton spinning off the west of mexico. as we head into the next couple of days, this moisture will head i it will move in as an area of low pressure but it will have a lot of additional moisture. this is wednesday at 11 am cut you can see low just south of the arizona state border. tarell, 1030 tarell, 10:30 pm we will see the moisture move in. wednesday five 530 5:30 pm -- tomorrow, 10:30 pm. in. wednesday at 5:30 pm. we could see an inch to an inch and a half of rain across the valley. the concern as flash flooding. flash flooding could happen very quickly. see what changes we are expecting. 69 degrees on up to 75 degrees tonight. we will see temperatures up to we will have a chance for some dust tomorrow. we will start to see this transition back to a

he was shnd team 12 monique griego has this saturday's silent witness alert. >> reporter: two years after the murder of kevin or his family is continuing their fight for answers and some sense of closure. >> i wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. it is horrible. >> reporter: the family pleading for information that might help investigators find out who killed the phoenix family to do this. here we are two and a half year later, we don't know who or why. >> reporter: the night of the 35-year-old's death he helped a coworker close of the bar on seventh street. >> there were some interesting characters. he figured he would stay around for an extra set of eyes. >> reporter: police say he walked his normal route home in a residential neighborhood. he was later found shot to death by someone passing by. >> he was honest and real. >> in the prime of >> i miss hearing his last evening -- even if he was laughing at me. he had a good sense of humor and he loved to play jokes. 's. >> reporter: hoping someone may come forward with the missing piece of evidence needed to finally identify a suspect an

. >> team 12 monique griego joins us live free phoenix headquarters with the -- in phoenix headquarters with the disturbing details. >> reporter: tonight, they identified that mom as 29-year- old sierra carter. now they say when she was brought here to the station for questioning, she admitted she knew what she did was wrong. 29-year-old sierra carter is accused of leaving her 9-month- old son alone that car as she went shopping on 8:00 sunday night. >> how could a parent forget about their child or deliberately put them in a car documents, someone walking in the parking lot noticed the baby sleeping in his car seat with the car's engine running, ac on, and all the doors unlocked. phoenix police describing the location near 35th avenue and peoria as a high crime area. >> someone could have broken into the car with the car running. >> don't leave the baby in the car. anything could have happened. i just find it appalling. >> reporter: investigators were already on scene at the plaza charly edsitty ring shopping bags. video ofs incident clocked carter for being gone in 14 minute -- videos

monique griego. >>> the national transportation safety board is using a crane to pull out the wreckage from the home near lyndsey and gilbert. trying to figure out why the plane fell from the sky. but incredibly everyone inside is okay and one of the homeowners is actually back in the house trying to survey the damage. >> the homeowner tells me he's not ready to talk about his terrifying and sudden brush with death. but he's grateful for the support as neighbors talk about a new disaster. >> the plane went this way across our street >> reporter: a terrifying scene in gilbert. a plane slamming into a home sending massive flames into the sky. >> i was just like, oh my god. was that what we think it was and we ran out of the front door and the house was on fire. >> reporter: this is also a story about defeating all odds. the five people on board the plane surviving. the couple in the home managing to get out without a scratch. devastation. chattered windows, wreckage, crews pulling parts of the plane from the place he used to call home. >> we're just happy no one got hurt. and there was n

i'm monique griego here with matt pace. welcome to 12 weekend today for this saturday. >> it is a little >> but the good news, that is all going away as soon as we move into the afternoon and tomorrow. >> get hotter though? >> might get a little bit hotter. that is the trade-off. but look at the morning temperatures how do you beat there? 70s in some portions of the valley. 77 in chandler. 77 in gilbert. 79 in queen creek and downtown phoenix coming in at 83 degrees. not a whole lot happening as far as the radar and satellite are concerned for the valley but look up in the high