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KNXV ABC15 News At 10PM August 20, 2016

A woman says where this cold is now, a light pole used to be up in the air until she ran into it as she was trying to escape a man who was shooting at her. This started nearby. She says she was rearended at the guy who rearended her took off. She followed him and wanted to get his information. She says instead he took out a gun and started shooting. Even if he didnt have insurance it would have been a couple hundred d and you are going to try to kill somebody over that. I dont know how people can think like that. Phoenix police werent able to talk to us about the case tonight but the victims friend said they do have some leads. If you know anything about this guy who was driving a fourdoor light car, if youve seen this car or no the guy, give police a call. Coming up at 10 00, why she was information in the first place. Justice served . Not according to the family who survived a horrific dui crash at the hands of a 14yearold dryer driver. Who could forget these images here . Her son was driving this suv when the other driver plowed right into them. Rescuers had to carve open the roof of the car in order to get them out. The teenage driver was sentenced to just eight months in jail and five years of probation. What kind of penalty would you of liked to have seen would you have liked to have seen . At least a couple years. Thats a punishment. The youngest victim four yearold our era aria still need surgery on her eye. A number of you have contacted abc15 about Health Concerns in the water, specifically crypto, a bacteria found in pools caused by human waste or by people who are not clean when they hop in the water. A number of complaints that we specifically mention wet and wild in glendale. Health officials arent labeling the waterpark in official exposure location, so why not . They tell us know tests can confirm its present at a facility even if the number of infected people were there. Whitney wild maintain station wet and wild maintains they are wet and wild maintains they are taking the necessary precautions. Desert doppler over the last hour shows us a little bit of hills. The heaviest stuff just cell phone beeline highway. A few more spotty showers up near Lake Pleasant and new river over the last hour also. The heaviest cholesterol evening has been down across southwest portions the heaviest areas all evening have been down across southwest portions of the viewing area. Has been coming down and we know we had a Flood Warning in that area because there is just so much water on the interstate there. Avoid travel in this area for the next couple of hours at least and here in the valley we will have a slight chance at about 10 percentage seeing a few more pop up showers over the next couple of hours and then another chance as we head into tomorrow afternoon and evening, another 20 chance for storms. Next week we will talk about how long Storm Chances most around. Thats still ahead. The push to stop legal pot is going up in smoke. Legalizing Recreational Marijuana is up to the voters. A handful of groups argued that the petition signed by thousands of people for proposition 205 was misleading but advocates say this is just a plot to take this decision out of the hands of voters. It has nothing to do with marijuana. It is just wrong and its a slap in the face to voters. Opponents already vowed to appeal the decision all the way its a win tonight for those looking to boost the states minimum wage. You will be voting on this in november, but the judge ruling that it will go on the ballot. The current minimum wages add a dollar 8. 00 five a dollars five cents 8. 05. This 22 mile freeway is expected to be open by 2019. Today marks two years isis killed an american journalist, james foley who taught at lowell elementary from 96 to 99 but his legacy continues to inspire and support local valley students. Here is Danielle Lerner. You may have seen this on my Facebook Page earlier this morning. I went to drag graduate school with jim so i caught up with the felece goddard scholars as they kicked off the im thinking of being a pediatric counselor underwriter. These students never knew james foley but they are keeping his memory alive thanks to the phoenix foley alliance. The impression he made in those three years is everlasting. Martinez founded the alliance with her husband eddie who knew foley as a teacher, coach, mentor and friend. He didnt want to let foley down so it just really blossomed. It was awesome to be able to see them together. There were only two scholars last year but now the number has grown to shown here. All of the marketing financial help and mentorship for their High School Years and beyond. It makes a big difference. We hope to be that same foley for these kids, that yes, we know they are in the same environment and the same community, but that it doesnt have to stay that way. In phoenix Danielle Lerner abc15 news. You took a child from her mom. Only on abc15, hear from the woman who found three of the serial shooter victims. One step, thats all it takes but for a valley woman it was all it took. She opens up about battling west nile. . Gcu offers more than 200 innovative programs across 9 colleges. Which now include cuttingedge nextgeneration programs in engineering, computer science. And information technology. Niversity. The quality of a private, christian education. The affordability of a state university. Visit gcu. Edu . . Ava, your bike is fixed. Thanks mom . . Dad to captain ava dont go too far remember when we were children, and we believed any dream was possible . Was it because there was always someone there protecting us . Giving us the confidence to believe. Wed like to be there protecting you, and the dreams you pursue, today. Insure carefully, track if you missed the start of the game you missed a very interesting moment when they had in a moment of silence in memory of Nancy Bidwell lost her long battle with Breast Cancer earlier this week at the age of 84. Her kids were out here tonight as they had that moment of silence, but it was a very touching moment tonight. It really was and theres no question the bidwell family has meant a lot to this football team, programmatic community and when you lose an icon like that, it touches us. We saw nicole and she still looked really tough. It still looked like she was in tears tonight. But such a hard thing to go through. And back to the game. We had a familiar face in blue and gold. Its the former sun devils quarterback who graduated last year. He got most of the snaps in the second half and actually played pretty well, finishing nine of 13 for 108 yards. He finished with a 94. 4 rating which is pretty darn good. The question is, they have quarterbacks for the chargers in Philip Rivers and the other guys but be is that fourth guy be is that burko is that 4th die. Its kind of that 4th guy. So we got to talk to kevin minter a few minutes ago. We did and he talked to us ethic after the game and the one thing he said is its no fun no matter how you play you want to win. But tonight was a bit of a struggle. Do we have that available from kevin right now . Okay, we will wait on that. Its the overwhelming feeling we are standing outside as the players are walking to the bus and you can see them going behind us. The feeling was depressed. Yes they wanted to win even though it doesnt matter at this point. We will have much more out here. Sending it back to the now. An update tonight on whether the owner of University Phoenix stadium has enough money to pay the bills. A state audit last year posed that very question and now the arizona sports and Tourism Authority gave their response saying they wont have enough money to pay for all of the programs like children sports and and Tourism Promotion but they will have enough money to at least cover their payments on the stadium. Street shooter attack, a 12 yearold girl and her mom as well as a friend were killed in a hail of bullets. In a new interview the woman who made it to the ends first to the victims first is reliving that horrible moment. She talked to abc15. Early morning june 12, 12 yearold melia alice was asleep on the couch when her mom stephanie came into use the bathroom. She heard her moms voice and thats when she woke up and was like mom, wher going . She followed her mom out of the out of the car and moments later, there were shots fired. When i yelled help melia popped up and she was gasping for air. She instantly tried to help melia. I am like melia, its okay. Were here. But the bullet i went straight in her neck. I tried plugging the hole but it didnt work because there were so much blood. By the time cops and they were dead. Stephanie died in the hospital a couple weeks later. He took a child from her mom and a mom from her kids. Leighton found the courage to speak hoping it will give somebody the courage to come forward and put the street shooter in jail. Jason valentine, abc15. Get the serial shooter off the streets. We have maps of where each shooting happened in a special section of our website at abc15. Com 56 positive samples found in Maricopa County and still a good chunk of the monsoon left meaning standing water. Is this week we learned two people died of west nile and one mom is here to tell you it is not just the elderly at risk. We have her story and the irony is, more people seem concerned about zika virus these days but this mom really wants people to consider that all you have to do to potentially save your life or at least life as you know it is used eight is use just a little bit of spray. Trish batey has only been able to Parker Walker for two weeks after shedding this neck brace. You see how my head drops. After two months in the hospital she is still restricted to a recliner. Its a far cry from the life she knew. I am a single mom of the i get worn out trying to do the dishes. Its just crazy to me. She went from feeling like she had the flu to being rushed to the hospital to temporary paralysis. I came to a little bit and i am like what happened to my face . It looks like a stroke, like it dropped. The troubles traced back to a tiny little insect. They said west nile virus. Shes not quite sure where it happened, hiking or doing yard work but the ironic thing is she makes her own bug spray but ran out. I remember getting by bit by mosquitoes and slapping my arm but i didnt Pay Attention to it. Shes regaining strength every day and she wouldnt wish this on anyone. I have this fear saying what if this is it . I just cant really think that way. I just stay positive and convince myself this is not it. Her warning the threat of west nile as casually as she did that mosquito. You can take action to fight the bite with bug spray come along long sleeves when you can and after a big rain, take a walk and if you see any stretch standing water, make sure to dump that out. If youve got a pool, keep it clean and another red flag to watch out for is dead bird birds and you know its not your cat that did it. Welcome back. Were just outside the locker room. Thanks for joining us. No problem. The coach said this week you are the best receiver on the field. Does that feel good . Yes. I guess i will take that complement. [laughter] i would. [laughter] how is it going for you right now . Good. Its that camp mentality, week two or three. Everything is going good. You are in that receiving logjam with guys like gary and michael. Weve got great guys ahead of us and that receiver core is really pushing everybody. Even at this point, how much do details matter . But definitely a lot. [laughter] just mental errors and everything thats what we are trying to eliminate them to eliminate. How do you try to eliminate them . Is the offense getting easier . It is. I still make mistakes but i am trying to correct them. Ever been he talks about his offense being tough to get a hold of but once you grab it, youve got it. Yes its tough but once youve got this you should still be able to have a hand on everything. I didnt play as much as i thought i would tonight. Thats unfortunate but i felt like i did pretty good i know we talked to kevin minter and they said we want to play more but you will get that chance next week. Yes hopefully i get more playing time next week. How do you reset the mindset . Its tough to lose even increases in even in preseason when it doesnt matter. Yes these preseason games mean a lot, getting out there and in the game atmosphere. We dont take it lightly. We have to go back and look at work on. You always want to win when you are on the field, for sure. Thanks for joining us. Have a great trip back. One of the things we heard through and through is, we are competitors. If youre an athlete, you want to win the Football Game and have success. Even like he said, he didnt play as much as he wanted to so that is the frustration. They want more time but are looking for more of those guys to fill out the roster. We will have more here from san diego and Qualcomm Stadium but we will send it back to now in studio. Technology troubles plaguing one of the valleys largest hospital networks. Website to pay a bill, this is what you see. We tried several times and it kept telling us server error. The worker blames the company saying they are trying to roll out a new Software System and he believes that is what got is causing the problems. If you do need to pay a bill you can still do it over the phone. Coincidence or something more . A chandler man voicing his concerns about Campaign Signs being damaged. Hes running for city council and says a number of the signs have been kicked down, stolen or vandalized and he says hes being targeted. May be somebody dont like asians. I do have somebody do you think you are . How come you think you belong in office . Police are aware of the situation and we are told they are looking into it. Next month kicks off prime time for fantasy football. Its big money especially for fanduel and draftkings but arizona remains one of just a few spit states where state law last year. She says we face a unique set of challenges here because of the indian gaming agreement but she believes the nfl and other pro sports support fantasy games and she says they will be back in the state capital in the coming year for another crack at it. Its a bingo bust in houston with deputies pulling loads of guns and ammo out of this place in one of the largest weapons seizures the area has ever seen. Why would they have guns is my first question what they were doing behind the scenes besides bingo. A dozen people were arrested in the 10 months long investigation. Authorities say since 2012 theres been illegal gambling at the hall. A big name expanding his footprint on the way to boston. Hes investing 2 billion for a new waterfront resort and casino but it wasnt easy, after facing years of legal fights for the developments. They are hoping to open in not much of an increase but keep it in mind. You may have to pay a little bit more for an uber. Light showers that we tracked earlier are pretty much gone in the northern portions of the valley. So we are clearing out across the valley. We still have a lot to track down with a Flood Warning in effect until 11 45 along i8. Along already fallen. Its starting to lay up a little bit but we still have ponding in the area and more showers and thunderstorms kicking up heavy rain just north of there that could run off toward the mainland area along i8. A few isolated showers are still lingering in hire trained but those are on their way to tapering off as well so its really just the get socked for the next hour at least. And then the issues continue even after that. Temperatures are in the 90s for most of us. We have 95 mesa in mesa and 91 in deer valley. We are mostly in the low 80s now and spots farther out like queen creek and anthem are down to the upper 70s. But hour by hour tomorrow its 83 degrees at 6 am, 92 at 10 00 and mid90s at noon. Thers showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening forecast at about 20 and highs [indiscernible low volume] saud in the low hundreds low 100s. Ahwatukee, chandler and gilbert also tops out at 102. Mesa got to 103 as well as glendale and 99 in cave creek. Airquality is getting worse over the weekend. Moderate, but in the upper threshold of that moderate tomorrow so theres an ozone watch in effect for tomorrow and this is not good ozone its a pollutant, groundlevel ozone and it will cause difficulty breathing for those of you with respiratory conditions. These are the latest numbers from climate central. Approximately 3 more stagnant days per year that we see as opposed to 40 or 50 years ago. We will talk more about the forecast over the next several days, coming up in minutes. Having a few drinks is one thing but this valley mom its happened to all of us dreaded do when your cell phone battery dies but by next year those days could be over. Imagine double the battery life. One company has a study a stunning breakthrough. Lithium batteries last twice as long between charges and scientists could even make them half the size. Its also the month when it will likely cost you more to details on a muchneeded getaway. Travel analysts say wait until next month to save the most and by october expect a steel. Airfare is expected to drop. Niagara falls is calling all daredevils to see this natural wonder on a zip line if you dare. You will soar 2200 feet above water at speeds topping 40 miles an hour toward the mist of the Horseshoe Falls on the canadian side. His knee is also adding a new attraction in this one is let the entire family feel the with lightsabers. We just learned the 14 acre star wars theme park currently under construction will include audience interaction. Basically its a theater where you can use a light saber to deflect the illusion of laser range from flying objects. Lasers from flying objects. We picked up a trace this morning and a few hundredths of heres a look at the monsoon so far broken down by the month. We received a little over 2 inches of rain at phoenix sky harbor so we are more or less near average. We will talk about Storm Chances as we head to the next seven days and how much more rain we could see coming up in the next half hour. Hes already been scolded but now could he be in more trouble . We hear from sheriff arpaios it wasnt a win that we have a lot to talk about when it comes to the cardinals in san diego. We have Team Coverage bu

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