the earl of chatham, william pitt, for whom pittsburgh was named. he was the secretary of state of the british empire during the french and indian war in the 1750's. that is when pittsburgh was established there are inclined planes on the hills of pittsburgh. we are passing by the monongahela incline. this is the way people got from the high heels down to the mills and plants at the river level. really only two operating inclined planes in pittsburgh today. we will go to the duquesne incline. the incline planes are funiculars or cable cars that allow workers of the upper slopes to get down to their factories and mills at the river level >> how are they used today? >> people still use the inclines, but it's mostly for tourists to get a better view of the three rivers. >> if he had to describe a typical pittsburgher, what would you say? >> old-time pittsburghers call themselves yinsers. instead of y'all, we say y'ins. yins coming over to heinz field with me after work today. i have to go downtown. pittsburghers have their own way of speaking. we call

the earl of chatham, william pitt, for whom pittsburgh was named. he was the secretary of state of the british empire during the french and indian war in the 1750's. . that is when pittsburgh was established there are inclined planes on the hills of pittsburgh. we are passing by the monongahela incline. this is the way people got from the high heels down to the mills and plants at the river level. really only two operating inclined planes in pittsburgh today. we will go to the duquesne incline. are cableed planes cars that allow workers of the upper slopes to get down to their factories and mills at the river level >>, they used today? >> people still use the inclines, but it's mostly for tourists to get a better view of the three rivers. >> if he had to describe a typical pittsburgher, what would you say? >> old-time pittsburghers call themselves insers. fieldoming over to heinz with me after work today. i have to go downtown. pittsburghers have their own way of speaking. we call it pittsburghese. . there have been waves of migration to pittsburgh

william pitt takes a look at how the fallen firefighters are being honored. >> reporter: this trail goes to miles of the hill and over into some canyons and ends right at the spot where the granite mountain hotshots died. it is a place for people and families to remember what happened. >> in >> they are not all family members. >> to see other met -- other people appreciate and care is humbling. >> reporter: they are not all fronts but they are all connected. >> this is all of our family that we walk through life with. >> reporter: -- >> reporter: this trail and parked our legacy to those save loss. the 19 hotshots who died in a last resort but none made it out. the spot where they died is a permanent memorial. >> the emotions are still raw. the wounds are still fresh. the unimaginable heartbreak is very real. >> reporter: today, the end of a long campaign to find a way to honor them. the state park officially unveiled. >> this is an incredible tribute to the men and women who . >> they worked hard and they were dedicated and i hope the people will realize that that is what it takes to do

as william pitts reports, one professor is taking a stand and offering everyone a safe place for light -- regardless of legal status, religion or race or >> there's a simple sign with a simple message. >> it gives me comfort that hostile environment. >> i think they are standing for anyone who has ever felt alone or has felt forgotten. everyone deserves to be recognized >> 19 words in black and white letting asc -- asu students know they are welcome. >> the goal visual reminder that helps with the kind of moral reminder or social reminder that we value diversity in this classroom. >> the creator of the sign wanted to ease fears after the presidential election. >> it is easy to forget into not valuing those things. >> his students embrace the lesson and let it be known that hatred is not welcome at asu. after a week of uncertainty, the simple welcome sign, speaking volumes>> there are different views about the results of the election out there. it was nice to know that this things and that it was okay. >> asu was not alone. valley faith leaders are declaring righteous resistance to what

t12 william pitts takes a closer look at what we can expect. >> as far as the economy goes no one really knows but the more people consider how this will impact and be more unintended consequences keep coming up. >> the people that voted meant to do something good. the problem is that not control how much we get paid. the taxpayer is going to have to foot the bill. her company provides in-home services for the elderly and disabled. by law she cannot raise your prices. we don't have the ability to adjust our rates. we can't pass the increase on to the elderly people that we support. home healthcare is paid for by businesses. access is trying to figure out how to pay for a raise for all those workers. >> we are trying to work at how big this cost will be. we are talking $50 million? see that critics of plot 206 said prices will go up and businesses have to pay their employees more. >> there is no will answer on prices but we do know wages have not risen in then there are schools. anyone who makes minimum wage, janitors, plus classroom raise even get a raise also. >> we don't want to make a

william pitts, 12news. >> thank you very much will. >>> let's take a live look outside where clouds have been in the valley. and that major cooldown is taking hold here in the desert as well. temperatures have plummeted in flagstaff. road crews have been working all day to keep the streets clear and safe for drivers. plows are also dumping out tons of cinders. those cinders are taken from a nearby mine and are pieces of volcanic rock. i are keeping those plows going. >> it is funded through the gas tax. in coconino county, it is a sales tax. so it is a combination of those taxing authority that's provides the funding to be able to buy these trucks, run them. pay the operators. pay for cinders. the snow has been falling today in mount lemon near tucson and a short time. >>> let's take a look at the satellite radar here in the valley. we are not seeing any rain at the moment. but take a look at where the moisture is falling. we have snow coming down. around the rim. sections of i-17. and we are seeing rainfall. we are not completely out of the woods as the moisture continues to move down t

william pitt starts our series charlie foxtrot. >> he's basically captain america deployments iraq afghanistan. even delta force. he's the elite the army can churn out. rocket attacks iraq afghanistan haunts him to this day. >> father and son came outside down the side of a road dad had an ak in his hand. dad reyes his ak up and i ended up killing his dad. then the kid starts reaching down i remember telling myself you know don't do it. and the kid grabs the gun. i'm like don't point it. and the kid starts to raise it up and i shot him and killed him. >> jeff knows it was him or them. knows if he hadn't taken that shot it would have meant the lives of him or his team. that doesn't really matter to him. >> a lot of that resulted in me self medicateing i ended up >> my life was over. at that point it was a very dark time in my life i was coming off of meth i had lost everything my family is around the verge of a divorce been taken away from my kids. >> just not saying he shouldn't are v been taught. he's saying that this was a sign of something bigger. he's saying that this should have been take

. >> william pitts joins us with the details you will only see on 12news. >> reporter: 22 veterans themselves every do -- every day and veterans in arizona are more likely to kill themselves and in other states. daniel somers was one of them. his parents have dedicated the most -- dedicated themselves to making sure other vets don't get left behind. some soldiers never come home. some soldiers come home but never leave the wharf. >> bright, vivacious, gregarious. just very intelligent. younger would give the shirt off his back two friends who didn't have what he had. >> reporter: daniel somers enlisted in the california national guard in 2003 and wanted to make a difference. >> two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center. >> why parents lived within 2 miles of the twin towers so we always felt that that was a part of his desire to give back. i don't think he ever had going overseas and killing people. >> most people's exposure to the guard was they are the people that stayed home. they were called out for floods and for fires. >> reporter: but national guard stayed deployed longer

william pitts introduces us to >> you don't say no to a dinner invite from grandma but what if it's not your grandma? thanksgiving at grandma's house includes amanda and justin, but one problem, jamaal doesn't know amanda and justin. >> i was joking with my class like somebody's grandma just texted me. we all invited to thanksgiving. >> reporter: he did some detective work. >> when i i said it's grandma. he says send me a picture. i can believe, i was like why would my grandson ask?>> reporter: grandma, can i have a picture? that was not jamaal's grandma. he took a picture of himself and said you are not my grandma but can i get it plate? >> i was totally embarrassed and i didn't know what to say at first so i thought for a minute and said sure you can. >> reporter: that's what grandma's do. feet everyone. he posted it to social media and it went viral. 392,000 shares. viral web stories and they all asked jamaal the same question. >> i was like should i really go? >> reporter: the answer, yes. >> we would open our doors for them to come to holiday meals because i think that's what thank

team 12's william pitts has more on flag burning - the latest topic donald trump has sparked a debate over.. and it's one the the latest topic donald trump has sparked a debate over.. and it's one the president-elect flag burning - the latest topic donald trump has sparked a debate over.. and it's one the president-elect and senator john mccain may agree on. team 12's bryan west is live from the newsroom with the details.. flag burning - the latest topic donald trump has over.. and it's one the president-elect and senator john mccain may agree on. team 12's bryan west is live from the newsroom with the details.. they both agree there should be some sort of punishment when it comes to burning the american flag... saying it's unpatriotic and offensive. they both agree there should be some sort of punishment when it comes to burning the american flag... saying it's unpatriotic and offensive. this debate resurfaced when the president elect tweeted... nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag, if they do, there must be consequence - perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. t

. >> william pitts has more on the problem and what is being kill themselves than here in arizona but there is a group of surviving families dedicated to bringing that number down. >> he saw some things that none of us should have seen.>> reporter: when joel came back yet posttraumatic stress disorder. his mom said everybody knew it even the military. >> the medicated him trained him and sent him back of her.>> reporter: he was a shell of himself. he was drinking on lost his family. in 2014 he'd -- swallowed a bottle of sleeppi killed himself. he was one of thousands of veterans who have taken their own lives. you have heard the number. 22 every day and all most every day one of those is in arizona. >> it is clearly an issue and a problem in arizona. >> reporter: there is a study on veteran suicides because they found that veteran suicides are higher in arizona than elsewhere in the country and female veterans almost twice as likely to kill themselves. >> that was surprising. we do not have an explanation

william pitt has been at sky harbor all afternoon and he has the results. >> reporter: long security lines . the tsa claims they will tell you before we get here. they wanted to verify if it >> it is 11:36 and i just started timing someone who walked into the security checkpoint at the beginning here at terminal four. >> or passenger was this woman. we watch for the entire time and so she got past the scanners. it's about 11:45. it took her about nine minutes. not bad. did that match with what the tsa said? they went through the checkpoint and compare that to what it said on the app. we realized that there were not wait times for most of the tsa checkpoints here at sky harbor. when you fire up the app, you get this message. the tsa wait times are based on other passengers leading the tsa know. they're not timing them themselves. >> here are some other as a claim how long it will tell you how long it will be to get

both named after william pitt who was the earl of chatham who was a popular figure about the time of the american revolution. he was a member of the parliament and supported america's right to representation and very popular man here in the colonies and william fitshu liked him because he would name his house after him. that's him right there. he's the man who built chatham. the house was constructed between 1768 and 1771. it was not his first house by any means. he had come into a great deal of wealth. when he reached his manhood he had already owned two houses but they were out in the country so he wasn't getting nearly the society that he wanted. in those days you didn't have radios and televisions. you spoke with other people and you wanted to be where other people were. that's why he built a house here because this was the big city at that time and a lot of people were passing through and he would get a lot of company, could hear news and he and his wife could get their entertainment that way. he starts construction in 1768 and immediately puts his name up for election. the hous

william pitts interviews us to the grandma who started it all. >> reporter: you don't say no to a dinner invite from grandma. what if it's not your grandma? thanksgiving at grandma's house, of course, that includes amanda and justin. one problem, jamal doesn't know amanda and justin. >> i was joking with my class. i was like hey, somebody's grandma texted me. we're invited to thanksgiving. who is this? >> i first started reading the text and he said who is this? i said it's grandma and he said send me a picture. and i couldn't believe why is my grandson asking me for a picture? >> and can i have a picture? that was not jamal's grandma. he support a pic of himself and said you're not my grandmarks can i get a plate, though? then she called his bluff. >> and i was embarrassed and didn't know what to can and that is what grandma's do, they feed everybody. >> of course you can and he posted the exchange to twitter and it exploded. >> 185, and -- . >> that is retweets and favorites in thousands. and that is 392,000 and they asked him the same question. >> and i was like hmm. should i really g

the earl of chatham, william pitt, for whom pittsburgh was named.s the secretary of state of the british empire during the french and indian war in the 1750's. that is when pittsburgh was established there are inclined planes on the hills of pittsburgh. we are passing by the monongahela incline. this is the way people got from the high hills down to the mills and plants at the river level. really only two operating inclined planes in pittsburgh today. we will go to the duquesne incline. the incline planes are funiculars or cable cars that allow workers of the upper slopes to get down to their factories and mills at the river level >> how are they used today? >> people still use the inclines, but it's mostly for tourists to get a better view of the three rivers. >> if he had to describe a typical pittsburgher, what would you say? >> old-time pittsburghers call themselves yinsers. instead of y'all, we say y'ins. yins coming over to heinz field with me after work today. i have to go downtown. pittsburghers have their own way of speaking. we call it pit

pitt. he and william clark set out on a transcontinental exploration in 1803. they built the boat right here in pittsburgh, k 55 foot boat. the very first day of the expedition lewis took his air rifle, a 22 shot air rifle, didn't use powder or flint, and he gave a demonstration on bruno's island, the first island on the ohio river as had west. he was an expert marksman. tree and mark on a fired seven times and hit it. i -- hit bullseye each time. another man pulls the rifle from his hand in a one-off academic and shot a woman in the head. she went down, feathers from her hat flew into the air. he thought the first day of the expedition and i'm already killed someone. a from dr.some first rush in philadelphia and apply direct pressure to the gushing headwind. in a few minutes he got her back on her feet. she was wobbly that she was alive. he said, boys, let's get out of here. they set off on their 8000 mile journey. the first day was a little rough but things got better. pittsburgh industry started early because pittsburgh was the gateway to the west. think abo

pitt. he and william clark set out on a transcontinental exploration in 1803. they built the boat right here in pittsburgh, k 55 foot boat. the very first day of the expedition lewis took his air rifle, a 22 shot air rifle, didn't use powder or flint, and he gave a demonstration on bruno's island, the first island on the ohio river as had west. he was an expert marksman. you put a mark on a tree and fired seven times and hit bullseye each time. another man pulls the rifle from his hand in a one-off academic and shot a woman in the head. she went down, feathers from her hat flew into the air. he thought the first day of the expedition and i'm already killed someone. he learned some first a from dr. rush in philadelphia and apply direct pressure to the gushing headwind. in a few minutes he got her back on her feet. she was wobbly that she was alive. he said, boys, let's get out of here. they set off on their 8000 mile journey. the first day was a little rough but things got better. pittsburgh industry started early because pittsburgh was the gateway to the west.

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. first down. wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock on off

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. first down. wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to way gallman. he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. first down. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne gallman. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock on offense when you have the ball. you can't do i

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock you have time-outs. i don't understand. >

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. >> brian: and dabo swinney wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and they will hand off to wayne gallman. he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a tell the grand kids you saw it live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a >> steve: you can s

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. down. >> brian: and dabo swinney wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne gallman. he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. tell the grand kids you saw it live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to

pitt knocks off the number 2 team in the nation. when you do that, the dance party in your locker room. >>> how about 8-man football? the rematch from earlier, baghdad won against williams, and repeat that perfoan this is probably the most impressive right here. israel and his brother, 90 yards later, he finds the end zone. baghdad will win a state champ. >> it's an incredible feeling. sports growing up, you always say winning the state championship, we're going to get there. you have to finish. and it's a feeling you never when you reach that moment, you're a state championship. >> beautiful night of racing at pr. infinity series. kyle busch led 190 of the 200 laps. 10th win of the season. don't forget, the 500 is tomorrow at 12:30. >>> 8 games left in the season, five on the road for the cardinals, tomorrow, they play the 49ers. >> we're not in a position where we hoped to be. but we're far out of contention. we have a lot of good things in front of us. and we pretty much control or destiny. and that's where you want to be. >> they need a win and seattle >>> next on 12 news, how arizonians are getting into the holiday spirit, when it doesn't quite feel like christmas

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. first down. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne gallman. he will on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock on offense when you have the ball. you ca

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. down. >> brian: and dabo swinney wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. good in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne gallman. he will lose a yard. on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. tell the grand kids you saw it live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to

pitt time-out. third and two. maybe the ball game on this play. watson to throw. and it's caught. who else? mike williams. first down. wanted a penalty on top of it. it's just, one guy's bigger than the other. od in basketball position and box him out. right on his chest. 6'3", 225 and maddox over the top and dabo wanted a penalty on top of it. but you got the first down, coach. be happy with it. >> steve: and on first and ten, they will hand off to wayne on the last pass play that is significant for deshaun watson. he is not just breaking clemson records today. he just broke stephen morris' acc passing record. morris from miami threw for 566 yards back in 2012 against nc state. and deshaun watson now, 570, a new acc record. live. coming out of two minutes to play. >> brian: seat belt play clock under five seconds. and narduzzi will take a time-out. >> steve: here they come. watson to throw. williams, the catch. >> brian: narduzzi is not taking the time-out. he has two of them. you can stop the clock. >> todd: you have to call a time-out here. >> steve: you can stop the clock on offense when you have the