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KNXV ABC15 News At 11AM August 15, 2016

Driver who hit and killed a woman in a wheelchair. We are told that the woman was in the bike lane near 48th street and mcdowell when she was hit. Another driver saw that crash, blocked off the street, just to make sure she would not get hit again. They performed cpr on her until the ambulance got there but she didnt make it. Police are looking for a dark colored truck that most likely has front end damage. One man dead after a fight breaks out near Seventh Avenue and camelback. Police are still looking for one Allison Rodriguez has more from the scene. Reporter we have the phoenix mobile command unit on scene over here. Lots of crime scene tape up here still and also several police units on scene as well where this happened just in between two local businesses. Police tell us a fight broke out between several transient men over personal property around 3 45 this morning. We are told that one person tried to steal some personal property from two other men, did manage to get away with it and thats when the stabbing occurred. We believe that person who was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead was the person who had initially robbed these two gentlemen. Now police are still trying to sort out some details here. But we do know that one person was in Police Custody and they were still looking for another. At this point its unclear if these people all knew each other or if they were strangers. We are hoping to learn identities and some names a little bit later on today as detectives get further on in the investigation. Reporting in phoenix, rodriguez, abc15. Thank you. Happening today, two Big Decisions that could impact the choices that you get to make come november. A judge expected to decide if there are enough valid signatures for the initiative to raise arizonas minimum wage. Opponents claim the signatures were not collected correctly. The measure wants to raise the minimum wage from 8. 05 to 10 an hour in january and then to raise it to 12 an hour by 2020. Happening today, maybe the would legalize recreational pot in our state, a judge could rule on prop 205 today, opponents filed a legal challenge against that proposition claiming that the text was misleading and confusing for the thousands who actually already signed the petition to get it onto the ballot. Maybe you got caught up in a bad traffic delay this morning, north of the valley. I17, it had to be shut down because of a serious crash near cordes junction. Air15 up over that area just after that wreck cleared up. Police the injuries were but we are going to let you know if we find out. A wild ride for some school kids, High School Kids in phoenix, their school bus was involved in a crash with a truck. That scene of this crash near 52nd street and thunderbird. Great news here is that no one was seriously hurt. The cause of that crash still under investigation. But it appears the driver of the truck may have pulled out in front of that school bus. All the talk about the rain and now we have clear skies so heat too. Its because we have had drier air move in. So thats what kept our forecast pretty quiet through the weekend and today another similar setup, that dry air dominates our skies, so far mostly clear but our temperatures are heating up pretty fast. We are already at 101 in phoenix, that temperature just coming in at the top of the hour. We have hit the triple digits in phoenix, also chandler, glendale both at 100 degrees. 99 still in mesa and 98 in deer valley. As dry air continues to dominate our temperatures will get hotterth some may come close to the 110 mark including phoenix, sky harbor, set to hit 109 today, glendale your most accurate forecast also at 109, 106 in chandler and mesa and deer valley, up to 107 degrees so we are in for a very hot day today but we have also got Storm Chances for parts of our state. Ill show you what to look out for here in the valley and when rain chances return to the phoenix metro in your sevenday forecast. Thanks, iris. Thats the weather here close to home. Take a look across the country, a state of emergency, 20,000 had to be rescued after this historic flooding in southern louisiana. Yeah, some of the images coming in just really horrifying really, that area just getting drenched with about 20 inches of rainfall since friday. Thats more than triple the amount we see in an entire year. The waterlogged area expecting more rain today so changes are or chances are the water will rise even more, roadways there littered with cars abandoned after passengers had to evacuate. Thats where some rescues took place. Some stuck in cars, others trapped on rooftops. It could be a while until that water recedes. The Weather Service told us because this flooding is so far above anything that they have ever seen, they cant really model or predict how wide the water is going to fly and how deep its going to get. And louisianas governor is really trying to find a Silver Lining here saying that hes grateful to see the state coming together. The National Guard trying night of violence in milwaukee. Police shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop on saturday, the officer is also black, apparently he ordered silva smith to drop his weapon, when he didnt comply, several rounds were fired. Now smith is dead and his sister is speaking out. I lost my brother. I cant get him back, never, never. Thats pain. This is real hurt. I cant look my brother eye and say i love you. I dont even have a facebook to tell my brother i love him. Protesters are saying they will not rest until the officer involved gets charged. Investigators believe the shooting was justified and say they have body camera video to back up their claim. Back in the valley, two people are dead and two toddlers in extremely Critical Condition right now after a dangerous weekend on the water. Abc15s nick ciletti is taking action for us with what all of preventing drownings. We are here in front of cardon Childrens Medical Center where we are working to get an update on the condition of the twin toddlers found in that hot tub at the tempe complex, yesterday in this tragic near drowning incident toddlers were found just before noon yesterday, apparently the mom looked away for a few seconds and the twins were able to wander off into that hot tub in what is being described as a tragic accident. Experts that we have spoken to in the past say its not the kids we have to worry ou its also adults. I think in so many cases we think that as we become adults we dont have to take all of the Safety Measures really, for not wearing helmets when on our bikes and going into the water by ourselves. We always tell kids dont go swimming alone. Reporter so far this year 38 drownings and a lot of those involve adults. More than two dozen of those were involving adults. Lori says part of the reason why is because much drug and alcohol of drug and alcohol use, those things can be distracting and inhibiting our focused and stay safe. We are working right now to figure out if any of those may have played a role in those adult drownings and of course as soon as we get an update on those two little toddlers here at cardons we will bring you the update and let you know how they are doing this morning. Reporting here in mesa, nick ciletti, abc15. Still ahead on abc15 news at 11, a safety alert if youre getting ready to tuck the baby down for a nap, why the room they are sleeping in could serious dangers to them. Plus its enough to scare any parent. What a day care worker is accused of doing at a popular chain of gyms. Now to the poll of the day. Which big event moves to glendale are you looking forward to most, the guns n roses concert or the cactus kickoff . Log onto abc15. Com and vote by clicking on links. If you have a newborn at home, how well are they sleeping in theres a new report in pediatrics. It is finding that babies are sleeping in dangerous environments. Researchers looked at video recordings from the homes of over 150 infants, even when they knew they were being recorded we hear that parents did not follow safe sleep practices. Many babies put on their stomachs or sides. Thats a nono. Surrounding them with loose blankets or stuffed animals, also not good, and pu in bed with mom and dad, not recommended. Now to the ongoing obesity crisis in the u. S. More than 1 3 of americans now considered to be obese. A new study from the American Medical Association shows lower income americans, they tend to have higher obesity rates. Researchers think thats because they have less access to nutritious foods and outdoor space for exercise. Arizona ranks in the middle for obesity. Apache county and northeastern arizona had the highest rate in the state. Rally for red newsletter, abc15 partners with the mayo clinic as part of our commitment to heart health, we encourage you to know your numbers, your cholesterol, your body weight, blood sugar and your blood pressure. Learn even more at abc15. Com rallyforred. All right. Temperatures are already in the hundreds and we are in for a sizzling hot start to the week. We will talk about how high temperatures will go, the storms that will be possible now to exclusive, there is new concern over safety for your children at a very popular valley gym as we have got new information about an arrest of a child care employee accused of taking inappropriate videos of a child. Abc15s katie connor has more. Reporter this is a very extinguishing story, especially disturbing story especially for parents who use these day care centers. A civil lawsuit reveals this isnt the only location thats gotten in ou victims attorneys claim dhs found several violations at the gyms in gilbert, tempe and goodyear for incomplete staff applications and lacking fingerprint clearance cards for some of the employees to actually work around children. Court documents reveal edward orth took a video of a 4year old little girl naked when she was changing in the shower stall at the child care facility. In the video investigators say you could see orth looking around to make sure no one was coming. The video was uploaded to child pornography websites. The most shocking part to all kids according to victims attorneys. Now, as for orths case, he is due back in Court Next Month for his sentencing. Reporting from phoenix, katie connor, abc15 news. Katie, thank you. Here is the quote from lifetime fitness. The response here, they say we want to emphasize this incident happened last year, lifetime released a statement in response to that civil lawsuit saying in accordance with our policy, we dont comment on pending litigation, we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter. A crime alert from Buckeye Police department, being reminded to lock your doors and not leave anything valuable inside your cars. The warning comes after 19year old Tyler Fillmore and 25year old Jonathan Harty were arrested for breaking into a car and stealing a wallet. Police say that the two men racked up debit card charges. A valley marine is laid to rest while his killer remains on the loose. We are talking about dustin shirk. The funeral this morning. People playing pokimon go. He was given full military honors. We did a status check on that gofundme page to help his mother pay for funeral costs. It is only about halfway to the goal of 10,000. Big day for asu as the Arizona Center for law and society officially opens. That is the new home of asu Sandra Day Oconnor college of law. The school is hosting an invitational only gala tonight, Downtown Phoenix is the location. They will be celebrating with form Sandra Day Oconnor, all scheduled to be there. Also today you can take part in a National Event called city hall selfie day. We fudged it because we took the picture of the picture of city hall. Yeah. Head down to city hall in person and take a selfie, post it on social media with a cityhallselfie and phxcityhall, a growing effort to connect the community with their local government and a the country. If you are heading out there you might have to gloss your forehead because its hot out there. We have made it into the hundreds already. Abundant sunshine you will see. Less humidity, so thats the good news there as we like live look live with our phoenix valley cam you can see how clear things are out there. Nothing but sunshine so far and our temperature has made it into the hundreds already at phoenix sky harbor but notice a difference from last week when we were tracking those higher dew point levels in our dew points are actually lower, putting our relative humidity at 24 with that temperature of 101. But Something Else to note is because those dew points are in the 50s today, we are not dealing with the heat index or a higher feelslike temperature. So its 101 degrees and thats what it feels like when you step outside, its not going to feel humid or muggy today. Good news there. Now, up in the high country we have got a little bit more moisture and storms are going to fire up today and you can already see those clouds really with our cliff castle casino cam at camp verde you can see the i17 there and the clouds building up as we await storms to fire up in the high country. But the valley really looking to stay quiet today. We are going to have to watch, though, our storms off to our north. Now, right now abc15 desertdoppler all clear even to our south and southeast and the high country for now quiet but again as you saw from that camera, we are already starting to see those clouds bubble up and its just a matter of time before we start to see a few more storms firing up along the thats really where our best potential for storms will be today, and you will notice that on futurecast that those storms will start to develop here as we go into this afternoon and i mentioned we are going to have to keep a close eye on these storms as they could come a little closer to the valley, right along that northern Maricopa County border right along the foothills locations at higher terrain north and east of the valley. We could come close enough to where we will see those clouds building up and those storms could kick out some gusty winds that would move into the valley, make things a little bit breezy at times here late but other than that, im not expecting any rain in the phoenix metro. But we will keep a close eye on those storms. Going into tomorrow, a similar setup where those storms fire up in the higher terrain and could inch closer to the valley but not expecting that rain in the phoenix metro. Really our rain chances dont start to climb until about wednesday when we see another boost in that monsoon moisture, not a surge but enough to bring those Storm Chances back up a little higher. So through midday, so through the next couple of hours, we will watch the storms developing along the mogollon rim, this afternoon we will keep an eye on northern and northeast pocket of Maricopa County as we could see a few storms coming closer and again by this evening those storms could send stronger wind gusts our way making things a bit breezy. Otherwise it looks like the valley will stay dry today and into tomorrow. By wednesday those Storm Chances start to go up and they dont surge too far as again we will get some moisture in here but not a ton. 10 to 20 chance for storms especially thursday into friday morning, looking to be the more promising window for rainfall the weekend. With the dry conditions today and tomorrow, the heat is kicking up. So we will talk about those high temperatures this afternoon and when we will start to see that temperature dropping again in just a bit, guys. Thank you, iris. In your entertainment headlines the valley is welcoming guns welcoming guns n roses to the jungle. The night train rolls into the university of fenix stadium on the bands not in this lifetime tour, our crew was there as the stadium was transformed. You can log onto abc15. Com to give you really cool this tour. We know that a team of 250 people were able to get everything ready in less than 48 hours. The concert starts at 8 00 tonight. If youre going keep in mind only clear bags or small clutch are going to be allowed in. Meantime adele is stopping by to say hello. The british singer has two shows at talking stick resort arena and while they are sold out we took action and checked on stub hub for you. There are over 600 tickets listed for both nights. From between 85 and nearly 1000, but if you want to go on wednesday night, youre going to have to dig deep into your pockets. Tickets are ranging between 85 dan is shaking his head no and 1700. Can you imagine 1000 or 1500 for a concert ticket . I like adele but we will leave it there. An animated movie comes to life in a very a and a very adult animated movie makes its debut but not Strong Enough to reign supreme at the office. Suicide came in first, Sausage Party coming in second, raking in 36. 6 million and a 19 million budget to make the money back. Rounding out the top three, petes dragon brought in 25 million. The half of the olympic competition in the books. The athlete to watch out for today in rio. Entire communities across the south submerged in water. Just devastating. Still to come, the latest the Olympic Games in rio winding down with a second week of competition underway. Today we are watching to see if simone biles earns another gold medal as she competes on the balance beam. We want to say congrats very own alex naddour taking home the bronze medal for the pommel hourse. This is the first ever medal for the mens team. The u. S. Dominating in the medal count with one week left in the summer games, we are leading the way with 26 gold, 70 medals overall, Great Britain has 16, china has 15, while russia and germany round out the top five. The cardinals preseason rolls on with the cards taking watch the game right here on abc15. Cardinals pregame starts this friday at 5 30 with kickoff at 6 00 but our live coverage is going to start at 4 00 right here on abc15. And get the ultimate Fan Experience with abc15 and your arizona cardinals. The cards are back and we are giving away

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