. >> blaine watches in awe as the gargantuan storm begins to swallow up south phoenix. >> how fast it is coming. watch it engulf that light right here. should be here in, oh, probably less than four minutes. that's my guess. people playing softball, they don't even know what is about to hit them. >> warnings have gone out on tv and radio, but many phoenix residents remain unaware of the approaching behemoth. >> the storm was so wide and tall, you can't literally see airplanes trying to get out of the storm's path. >> the colossal cloud moves with surprising speed and within 2 1/2 minutes, the edge of the storm reaches blaine's location in tempe. >> here it comes. it rolled in way quicker than i thought it was going to. >> day turns to night in an instant. >> when it rolled in, it immediately went pitch black. you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. this is incredible. that's the park we were just looking at. >> it kind of hits just like this huge wall of wind and you're also getting sandblasted at the same time. dust and sand swirling around you and getting in your teeth and

. >>> in south phoenix, arizona, yesterday, a voter named gabriel melonco needed four trips to the pollsore he was allowed to vote. poll workers could not find his registration, and then they would not accept his i.d. in chicago, voters got sent from polling place to polling place, in some cases, berated by election judges, given the wrong ballots. in orangeberg county, south carolina, voters were asked for their party affiliation, even though voters in south carolina do not register by party. in pennsylvania, one poor guy voted for barack obama, but the machine flipped his support to mitt romney, before his very eyes. in detroit, michigan, gena porter turned up to vote yesterday at 5:00 a.m. she discovered 200 people had beaten her to the line. 5:00 a.m. in racine, wisconsin, they ran out of ballots, which makes it awfully hard to vote. in florida, republicans cut the days for early voting in half. then early voters in miami had to wait while clerks printed out several pages of the ballot for each voter. it took until 1:00 in the morning for miami's last early voting voter to actually v

casa grande is 15 miles south of phoenix. the fire marshal says no one was injured or killed.evacuated. damage minimal. the explosion happened at a federal building, atf is, of course, investigating. also according to the fire marshal there, there may be a suspect in custody. we'll continue to check on that one. >>> the kindness of one stranger is making huge waves on the internet, and the stranger is a new york city policeman. a tourist snapped this photo of 25-year-old officer larry deprimo as he helped a homeless man put on a new pair of boots that the officer had just paid for. the nypd posted the picture on its facebook page and the snapshot has half a million likes and has been shared more than 188,000 times. officer deprimo spoke with brooke baldwin this morning about why he stopped to help. >> it was extremely cold out, and this gentleman didn't even have a pair of socks on. and you could see the blisters from, like, 10, 15 feet away. >> how bad? >> probably about the size of my palm. and just, you know, i don't know how he wasn't in pain, but he wasn't bothering anybo

snow in higher elevations scattered showers 50s there as you dip down into the south 72 atlanta, 88 in dallas today, 86 phoenix seattle, portland, 60°. laguardia flight arrive delays of nearly 75 minutes, snow towards minneapolis maybe a delay there. back at home, we don't have anything to worry about san jose, oakland, nor sfo. check out our flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> 4:49. the u.s. is striking back at allegations that it failed to respond quickly or efficiently against the deadly tack on the u.s. consulate in libya september 11th. u.s. intelligence officials say cia officers went to the aid of state department staffers less than 25 minutes after the first call for help. cia publicly denying a report by fox news that the cia told its personnel to stand down. a.m. stevens was killed with -- ambassador stevens was killed with three other americans. >>> deep financial trouble for nuclear power plan. san onofre know plant in southern california out of service since january operator says it has cost 317 million dollars between repairs and replacement power. officials say it is not clear if the

conflicts as the journalist in the coal fields around the world, back east, the deep south, hearing about tucson, the phoenix i've known, fought with over u of a and asu and the ball game and heard about what was going on, and i was wondering like the rest of the country, what is the matter with arizona? i had to go back in 2010 and try to understand beyond the screaming and the shouting in the headlines, what was the real historical cull -- cultural context that brought us here? i had to find the stories. i went to one who nuzzled into a chair in a warehouse, collective of artists in tucson. for more than a decade, she traveled across the country in an old beat up band donated by a punk band to tell her story, her story to fight off illness and death. jeff, i don't have documents either. i am autumn. our reservation, as you know, from your friend, nathan, who brought you into the world, i had done a walk about in 1991 to understand the desert, and the desert of the perspective, as big as connecticut, area so large, but we only cared about 74 miles, the line of demarcation changed us and them, but autumn say

temperatures in the 50s there, 40s back towards the great lakes, warm in the south, 72 atlanta, 88 dallas southwest 86 phoenix today in portland with a chance of rain flight arrival delays into laguardia all other airports on time. use our flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> 6:25. president obama is bringing in star power for his final day on the campaign trail. bruce springsteen will perform at stops in wisconsin, ohio and iowa monday. jay-z will perform at the ohio stop and the first lady is expected to join her husband at his last stop in iowa. >>> blake shelton stole the show at the 46th annual country music wars which aired here on abc7. the star walked way with three wins, including entertainer of the year. shelton won for the first time last night beating out previous winners chesney, paisley and swift. other big winners include eric church for album of the year. little big town for vocal group of the here hunter hayes for new artist of the year. >>> lucky woman in southern california this morning. she had incredibly good fortune weeks before a 23 million dollar lotto prize was going to be forfeited. the

the only mild air is south florida, south texas and the desert southwest. phoenix only in the 50s. weak system is what we're seeing across the country. one in the northwest and the other one that will affect us with just some clouds more than anything. this is coming through areas in the midwest this morning. a few rain and snow showers here but the bark worst than the bite as just some clouds. the air is dry, chilly. the clouds will be here mixing with the clear skies as we head into tonight and during the day on thursday. so when lieu at the futurecast -- you look at the futurecast, we see very little significant weather heading our way. by noon still sunny and quiet. by 6:00 clear and cold. temps in the 40s dropping to the 20s and 30s. the system is going to pass to our south with a little more in the way of showers across the carolinas thursday morning. that will throw a few clouds up our way tonight and during the day on thursday. we'll stay dry around here. traveling down to maybe raleigh or rocky mount, going to have to dodge a couple of raindrops. looking at our forecast to

, the greater phoenix economic council launched a new program aimed at luring california companies away. >> we think this is going to happen. we know virginia, north carolina, texas, south carolina, are going to be in the market. talking to california businesses. we want to present an opportunity for phoenix. >> under the cal program. the phoenix group hopes to fly in 50 ceos, they're interested in leader with employees or of 200 or more. >> we would encourage them to go because once they go to a place like that, they're going say, this isn't where i and my key people want to be. >> jim heads up the bay area council. he says companies here are always being courted by other cities and states. and he says some california companies like yelp have recently expanded into places like scottsdale, suburb of phoenix. but he is not worried about companies relocating. >> we also need to realize that most of the businesses who are here and the most successful here, they're not succeeding because the cost structure is the lowest. they're succeeding because they have the ability to innovate the best here. reporter: he points out the bay area has very strong universities, a well-ode i

, the greater phoenix economic council launched a new program aimed at luring california companies away. >> we think this is going to happen. we know virginia, north carolina, texas, south carolina, are going to be in the market. talking to california businesses. we want to present an opportunity for phoenix. >> under the cal program. the phoenix group hopes to fly in 50 ceos, they're interested in leader with employees of 200 or more. >> we would encourage them to go because once they go to a place like that, they're going say, this isn't where i and my key people want to be. >> jim heads up the bay area council. he says companies here are always being courted by other cities and states. and he says some california companies like yelp have recently expanded into places like scottsdale, suburb of phoenix. but he is not worried about companies relocating. >> we also need to realize that most of the businesses who are here and the most successful here, they're not succeeding because the cost structure is the lowest. they're succeeding because they have the ability to innovate the best here. reporter: he points out the bay area has very strong universities, a well-ode indi

the greater phoenix council launched a new program this week aimed at luring california companies away. >> we think it will happen. we know virginia, north carolina, texas, south carolina will be in the target talking to california businesses. we want to present a greater opportunity for phoenix. >> the phoenix group hopes to fly in 50 ceos. they are interested in luring leaders of companies with 200 employees or more to intro them to arizona's lower tax structure. >> we would encourage them to go because once they go to a place like that they will say this isn't, you know, this isn't certainly where i and my key people want to be. >> jim heads up the bay area council. he said companies here are always being courted by other cities and states. and he says some california companies like yelp have recently expanded into places like scottsdale, but he's not worried about companies relocating. >> most of the businesses who are here and who are the most successful here, they aren't succeeding because of the cost structure is the lowest. they are succeeding because they the best here. >> and he says the bay area has a great combination of strong universities, of ver

the greater phoenix council launched a new ram this week aimed at luring california companies away. >> we think it will happen. north carolina, texas, south carolina will be in the target talking to california businesses. we want to present a greater opportunity for phoenix. >> the phoenix group hopes to fly in 50ceos. they are interested in luring leaders of companies with 200 employees or more to intro them to arizona's lower tax structure. >> we would encourage them to go because once they go to a place like that they will say this isn't, you know, this isn't certainly what i and my key people want to be. >> jim heads up the bay area council. he said companies here are always being courted by other cities and states. and he says some california companies like yelp have recently expanded into places like scottsdale, but he's not worried about companies relocating. >> most of the businesses who are here and who are the most successful here, they aren't succeeding because of the cost structure is the lowest. they are succeeding because they have the ability to in straight the best here. >> and he says the bay area has a great combination

south bay over the next couple of hours. scattered showers and mountain snows in the northeast temperatures running in the 50s, 85 dallas, 89 phoenix mid to upper 50s seattle and portland. all major airports on time. as you look at the west come back here you can see the rain over top of us we will have delays. when they develop, i'll let you know. >>> former principal at a san jose elementary school may take the stand today in a child abuse case. she is accused of failing to report an inch didn't involving one of her teachers. prosecutors say it happened last year. 8-year-old girl testified in the case yesterday. she says she told the principal that the teacher craig chandler blindfolded her and assaulted her. chandler has been charged with molesting five second graders. >>> san jose officer set to get highest award for a rescue. the officer will be presented with medal of honor for rescuing 11-year-old girl held by her mother's ex-boyfriend it happened in january. the suspect texted he had a gun and will be ready for police. the pistol turned out to be loaded with blanks ii >>> trying to figure out what to do with that -- hallowe

south texas and louisiana, drive safe. >> only in the 20s from twin cities to fargo. 52 in dallas. and a warm 82 in phoenix. >>> well, when we come back this morning, what will not be clogging up your mailbox this holiday season. >>> then, the store mannequins that could be checking you out without you ever knowing it. meet the new generation of high-tech spies. >>> and then, holiday harmony nba style. the secrets behind the christmas carol you've got to see and hear. >>> welcome back. there is still time to beef up your holiday shopping budget with the powerball jackpot now hovering at about $325 million. a winner opting for the lump sum cash payout could take home a mere $212 million. the odds are only about 1 in 175 million. the drawing will take place tomorrow night. >> pick up a few on the way home this morning. >>> u.s. shoppers hitting the stores today will have some competition from canadians. a recent increase in duty-free allowances has our neighbors to the north crossing the border in droves, looking for bargains. the best deals for them, big-screen tvs, computers, tap tablets and cameras. after

south. coastal storm develops wednesday going into thursday, we dry out by next weekend. >>> you said it was going to be 80 all week? >> are you looking at the phoenix forecast again? >> let's look at the 7-day, chilly for the next couple of days, but dry, monday and tuesday, 47-50, this is when things go downhill, wednesday, 41, snow showers ending on thursday. women's talk about that at -- we'll talk more about that at 11:00. >>> we'll see you tonight at 11:00 p.m. maryland, it's time. time for marriage equality. question 6 strengthens protections for our churches and guarantees the civil right to commit to the one you love. while there are those trying to divide us, presidents obama and clinton stand with us. pastors, business leaders, newspapers, democrats and republicans are all coming together for question 6. because it's about fairness-- treating everyone equal under the law. and who could be against that? fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter what? too? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. fi

scattered showers south of albuquerque into el paso 80s, dallas, phoenix. mild in the 60s.stly 50s in the northeast. >>> and today is pardon day for one lucky turkey in the nation's capital. >> the president arrives back in d.c. from his southeast asia trip just in time to carry out one of the most important duties. and for the first time, ordinary americans are helping out, weighing in on the white house facebook page. the difference between cobbler, the other gobbler. one is pardoned, and the other is considered an alternate. >> both lucky. >> yeah. >>> we quickly move on to the next holiday. organizers are calling the biggest christmas tree auction in the world. >> it took place in central pennsylvania. 80,000 trees were up for grabs. priced from $8 to $25,000 each. bidders grabbed lots of 25 to 100. most will end up in tree lots all over the northeast. i love the smell of a freshly cut christmas tree. >> almost as good as the plastic ones. >> bah humbug. scrooge. >>> coming up, if you're hitting the road with little ones, a lit of helpful items you want to pack if you d

if you're doing any skiing, beautiful day. 52 for a high in denver, sunshine. 84 in phoenix. 64 further toward the southth more sun. we had a break in the rainfall yesterday in seattle. today that rain has returned. high temperature at 50. california looking beautiful. 81 for a high today in l.a we have those showers already associated with a front across interior portions of the northeast, down through parts of arkansas. this activity is very light. i don't think we'll see any weather-related delays associated with this front. behind it, we see snowfall already coming down across northern parts of the state of wisconsin and portions of the upper great lakes. out west, very quiet and rain across seattle. we have some winter storm warnings in effect across portions of northern wisconsin and also the upper great lakes we're expecting more significant snowfall accumulations. tomorrow, much colder. 34 the high in cleveland. 43 will be a high in new york city. >> we've got a cold front blowing right through the studio. we've got jackets and scarves. decent shopping weather and shoppers across the country out

phoenix, miami, los angeles, san francisco, n.y. washington d.c. look at those markets, they are doing well. i just left south florida yesterday and in south florida alone there are 82 new construction projects on the board, a third of which are under construction out. that to me look the lot like the mid 1990s when we were coming out of a similar economic recession. >> the housing market will be stronger. no doubt about that. the american action forum held housing events across the country, in las vegas and phoenix and orlando next tuesday and columbus, ohio. different market. the takeaway from those events, there's not a single housing market but a lot of housing markets. the story is not uniformly good and in places where we thought was pretty strong like phoenix, ariz. there's a lot of concern about the fact these are mostly cash, investor class going in and trying to make a little money quickly. that is good news. doesn't look like the sustained growth that we want. i personally am worried about the credit availability so the combination of dodd-frank and the new international court battle are going to c

south texas. and morning frost along the gulf coast. rain from florida to new england. >> mostly 50s in the northeast. just 30s and 40s in the midwest. 75, phoenixento. >>> and on ""monday night football,"" it was the chiefs visiting the steelers. it was a tough good morning to watch. we pick it up late. chiefs driving the field goal range. they tie it up as the clock winds down. yep, we're going to o.t. >> that's where the chiefs' quarterback, matt cassel found lawrence timmons, the pick deep into territory. just enough for the steelers to kick the winning field goal. steelers win an unwatchable one, 16-13. but their quarterback, ben roethlisberger, taken to the hospital in the third quarter for a right shoulder injury. so they're hoping he's not out for an extended period of time because he's having a career year. >> fourth qb injury this week. rough week for the qbs. all right. >>> coming up. kirstie alley making an encore performance on "dancing with the stars." >> but right now she's dishing about some of her former partners of the romantic kind. it's all in a new book. she has a conversation with barbara walters coming up next. ♪ what a ma

south of that western storm. milder than normal in the midwest with showers around minneapolis, duluth, and davenport. showers in the carolinas. >> 70s from dallas to miami. mostly 50s in the midwest. 77 in phoenixime now for what is inevitably, i have to admit, probably our "favorite story of the day." it comes to us from logan, utah. >> that's right. that's where a bunch of guys collected more than 1,400 bags of leaves and then emptied them into a backyard. and then it was time to play. by jumping off the roof, yep, right into that pile. >> awesome. >> that looks fun. >> the pile was 17 feet high, big enough to keep everybody safe. they estimated the whole pile of leaves weighed about 20,000 pounds. pretty cool camera shots too. >> nice video work. >> don't try that at home. >> everyone as a kid loves doing that. even adults. jumping in piles of leaves. 'tis the season. look at that thing. >> you have to know what is in the piles of leaves. sometimes there can be some dangerous elements. >> oh, look at that. a little round-off. i give them 8.0 for the dismount. looks good. >> are they going to burn them now? >> yeah. i love the smell of burning leaves, though. don't you love that? >> i actuall

phoenix. midland, odessa area. jackson, oklahoma city, beautiful. denver, you're 74 degrees. it's gorgeous. as far as the temperatures go, the warm, sunny weather goes all the way to the southorlando, 81 degrees. new orleans, 81. if you're lookin >> all of that weather was brought to you by toys "r" us. >> thank you, sam. >>> and coming up, the woman who punched out a predator. check this out. her martial arts training saved her from a 12-foot tiger shark. >>> and neighbors helping neighbors after the storm. we'll talk live to the enterprising 11-year-old who set up a lifeline for everyone around her. i put them in cookies, cereal, salads, and this is my famous cranberry baked brie. mmm, craisins make this so yummy. you double-dipped. i know -- it's so good. [ corbett ] the holidays seem to come sooner every year. luckily, walgreens is here to help, with our new happy and healthy magazine, full of great new items for a boost of happiness, tips for staying healthy and sweet holiday deals to stay one step ahead. or at least try to. look for your free copy in the sunday newspaper and in stores, right here. at the corner of happy and healthy. are we there yet? are we there yet?

south. the gulf coast through florida, just gorgeous. plenty of sunshine from chicago all the way down to washington, d.c., down through richmond, virginia. and sunny and warm as well in the southwest, through phoenix, arizona, also looking very, very mild. so high temperatures today as a result are looking spectacular. you really can't find too much in the way of cold air, unless you start heading up into montana and into idaho and wyoming. some of the higher elevations there will see cold enough weather for snow. b butgenerally speaking, we're looking at a smooth day for weather travel. 71 in kansas city, nice and warm there, and up to 53, your high in new york. during the parade in the morning hours, it will be in the 40s. so it will be colder than that. in the southwest, it's looking nice and warm, alina and brooke, really looking good. i'm so happy to report good travel weather. usually we don't have this. so enjoy it while it lasts. >> trick going to the parade, really any parade, layering. it was fun walking around the city yesterday, and seeing not just people who were in town for the parade, but people march in band jackets, so proud. >> what an honor. and to be in new york at this time of

angeles and san francisco is all very space and a loss vegas and phoenix and the suburbs of dallas, houston, san antonio, atlanta, charlotte and south carolina were very republican, so calling the suburban analyzing by saying the suburbs doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country and finally number six you have to rethink the way in politics. this is a $6 billion election-year status quo results i think the biggest success when it comes to money in politics and i'm not talking about the methods that the macrois karl rove sabrue de billionaires' from billions of dollars. the more effective way to pay the voters directly. there's more and more return from your investment and that would conclude by saying the supreme court of the united states is the second most important institution in the united states in aiding the economic recovery because next to the fed they have done more money, more stimulus into the economy and part of the states like nevada, florida, ohio, colorado, pennsylvania and california in any institution. they may even be more important in the fed we have to look at the money

south, also dealing with flooding after intense storms moved through that area. >>> did you see this brawl on the weekend? wreck on the track leads to this all-ought brawl. happened on sunday, nascar race in phoenixtentionally takes out number 15, which is clint bowyer. in response to an earlier bump when gordon gets back to the garage area, bowyer's crew comes after him. and the fight's on. then bowyer tries to confront gordon at his hauler. crew members are like, look at this, it is completely out of control. i don't know bowyer but you know i have met jeff gordon a few times. he's such a nice guy. it's hard to believe this would happen. but they get competitive on the track. >> wow you think like ice hockey more than nascar for the brawling out of the vehicles. >>> travel challenges can be figuring out a way to stay online when you're on the road. ways to get wi-fi to stay connected wherever you are. good morning. >> there are a multitude of ways to get online when you're traveling beginning with your smartphone. apps like wi-fi track and free wi- wi-fi. they can track down the closest wireless hot spots and figure out which ones are strongest and help you find ones that are free. you can also