Transcripts For KNXV ABC15 News At 11AM 20160902 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KNXV ABC15 News At 11AM 20160902

Katie conner brings us the latest. Reporter the officer is on paid administrative leave but early this Morning Police say the officer spotted eight suspicious guy walking. Police say when the officer asked him to show his hands this is what happened. The suspect do his hands out and show that he had a knife. It looked to be a kitchen knife. He then became aggressive with the officer, advanced on the the suspect. The suspect was rushed to the hospital and is expected to live. Reporter i just learned the suspect is 23 years old from morocco. This area was shut down for several hours,. Chandler, the car that you see upside down in the dirt came off of a car hauler so no one was inside. Dps said the driver of the tractortrailer while driving recklessly and ended up on the side of the freeway. Another rollover turned deadly on the westbound side of loop 202. It made rush hour a total nightmare. A man was speeding when he hit a car from behind. That caused the suv to slip over. The passenger was ejected and later pronounced dead. The other two drivers will be okay. Dps officials are still investigating. We have no indication that they knew each other. Road rage, we dont know. No word what charges if any the driver might face. But that stretch of road was closed for six hours. Two people hit by a car while at a light rail platform. They are going to be okay. One of them went through the windshield of a car. Police say a man was likely drunk or on drugs when this happened. We have teamed up with dps for this Public Service announcement for drivers about the move over law. It requires all drivers to move over for any stationary vehicle half of aaa members report being hit by a car on the arizona roadways. I was you are seeing some showers . The high country getting some storms that are producing heavy rain. If you are losing if you are leaving town to head up north know that the storms will casino camera. You can see dark clouds, ominous skies, as the storms get going. Not a lot of action around the valley. We have still got clear skies but you can see storms developing from flagstaff into northwest arizona. These storms are producing rainfall in spots and some dangerous lightning too. Stay alert as you are driving. More storms will continue to fire up as afternoon across northern arizona. In the valley it has been quiet. We had a shower a shower early but that has been it. It is still warm and humid out there. 96 is the current temperature. With that monsoon moisture our Storm Chances are in the forecast but i will show you how high they are today and when we will start to dry out in just a few minutes. Chandler firefighters tell us a person was a person was fire crews were on the scene which was originally called out as a garage fire. We are still waiting to hear updates on the investigation. This one did not happen too far from five other suspicious fires. A lot of questions about this. Chandler police trying to figure out if they have a serial arsonist on their hands. It is very suspicious. The largest one we are talking about is a house fire near it was empty so no one was hurt but neighbors worry it is the same person getting bolder. It is really scary. To be told that you need to be prepared to wake her children up out of bed in the middle of he lives blocks away, he had to grab a garden hose to help firefighters put out the fire. He thinks someone in the alley set it. A trailer, a car and a shed have also been burned. That is something we are keeping an eye on. One of the surprising victims of the street serial shoot case is asking for help. We told you about kelvin davis, he tried to give garcia cpr after he was shot. Davis is riding his bicycle to work because its Insurance Company told him it is the street shooter who would have to pay. Friends are not trying to raise money to get davis another car. We posted a link to the fundraiser. He is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars to a veterans group. This morning the head of the memorial vfw post is taking he was a sun devil and in Arizona Cardinals joined the army rangers after 911. He was killed in 2004. The vfw post renamed itself in honor of tillman. The pres. , kurt davis, stole more than 100,000 from the club. We spoke with a veteran whose has some strong feelings about this. Shocked turns to outrage and if he is proved guilty he ought to be convicted. That is stealing from veterans. Davis is now out of jail. We could not reach him for comment. Police are on the lookout for a man with a weapon who they say tried to rob a pizza hut. We are told the man is in his 40s and he got away in a nissan. Good news, no one was hurt. Lets take you to answer for the second night in a row Police Looking for a teenager accused of robbing a business. Had a a gun when he walked in and demanded money. On wednesday night a papa murphys in the same area was also robbed by a teenager. Police are doing the work to figure out if there may be a connection. Big changes coming to your sink. Up next to the new rules from the feds taking aim at the soap that you use. So we want to know, are you leaving time for a get are you leaving town for a get away . We dont agree on everything. But we do agree that an honest days work deserves an honest days pay. When congress refused to work and pass a budget, she said they shouldnt get a paycheck. Thats just common sense. And thats something we can all agree on. Call Representative Kyrsten Sinema and thank her for Holding Congress accountable. Im not jumping through hoops for a sale. A limited time only . Ill tell you whose time is limited. Im still looking for their socks. Seriously, you want me to hurry . Oh sure, let me just drop everything for your one day sale. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods, weve always offered amazing prices on the brands you love, every day. Its that simple. Antibacterial soaps could soon be a thing of the past. Findings released along with the new rules effective. They will have one year to start phasing certain ingredients out of their products. Companies will also no longer be allowed to advertise soaps with those ingredients. We are looking over the data about the obesity epidemic. People in arizona are gaining more weighted than other amerans. More than one quarter of people in our state are considered obese. Putting up at increased risk for chronic diseases. We are not alone, the only state where obesity rates went over minnesota, montana, new york and ohio. Coming up next new developments from the primary there has been a big swing in some of those primary races. Helen purcell has we taken the lead in the county recorders race. She is in charge of elections and the one in so many people blame for long voting lines in march. The other big race is for congress, this was in the district 5. Christine jones is to you be the judge. Some republicans making this wanted poster of Anne Kirkpatrick appearing to show bullet holes. They claim she is daunting the public high so people dont find out about a record. But Gabby Giffords is upset saying, in a country that knows the toll of gun violence too well the invoking the use of firearms. Spotting today you will see Hillary Clinton commercials on your television. She is making a push in the state. Her Campaign Says recent polls show a competitive race with donald trump in arizona. We want to let you know about a moneysaving opportunity. It is no secret healthcare is expensive. Now kids care has started. Families that make too much money to qualify for medicaid. Premiums are guaranteed to stay at 70 or less. If you would like to learn more go to our website. Tucson international will soon be offering flights south of the border, specifically to mexico. Fees will be the First International flights from tucson since 2008. We told you how a new president will soon be ufa. The pres. Should be in place by next summer. That is a full year before in weavers contract is up. Back in june she announced she could not be signing that she could not sign back on with the university. If you want to visit the prison you had better go now. The historic state park is closing for its annual the prison first opened the back in 1876 and it operated for 33 years. I have been there, there is so much history there. It also has a beautiful view. Get down there and enjoy it. You are tracking some showers. Showers developing across the high country. That could impact you if you have plans to head out early. First a look at the valley as we look at the clear skies. We started the day with cloud cover in spots. Other than that it has been pretty quiet. That is still the case as we look live over camelback mountain. Temperature warming into the mid90s after starting out in the 80s. There. Notice the dew points, they are Still Holding on to the 60s. Feeling muggy as we go even through the afternoon. But, over the next couple of days it is going to start to feel more comfortable when it comes to humidity as we get some dry air in here. By sunday into monday we are dry. It is just today that we have that lingering moisture. Right now all quiet in the valley, even in the maricopa county, still pretty quiet. It is the high country that is getting the action so far. That is typically we are storms get going first. We will be watching for storms to develop. We have a few in northwest arizona, some scattered storms right around prescott producing some heavy rainfall. Some of the storms impacting again, you can see some of that dangerous lightning and pockets of heavy rain. Be on alert if you are traveling to the high country. You are going to encounter some scattered storms. That storm chance will continue as we go through the next few hours. Along the White Mountain starting to see a few storms developing. A few out near greer too. This area also has a good shot of seeing more storms as we go through today. Slight chance of storms in southeast arizona too. As i mentioned still quiet so far. As we go into the afternoon we could see a few popup showers. Overall the best potential will be across the rim and North Central arizona. The valley has a chance of a few scattered showers this afternoon. It does not look very promising but that chances there. This evening we start to get dry air and we will clear out the Storm Chances after 6 00. You will notice clearing skies tomorrow a chance of storms along the rim but the valley looking to stay dry for tomorrow and mostly sunny with sunny skies by sunday and when the dry air comes in we keep the sunny skies into the weekend. The dry air will come in as we tracking system moving into the pacific northwest. As the moisture clears out the Storm Chances will also clear out. This afternoon ten chance of rain. Any storms that develop will have the potential of wind, and some pockets of heavy rain. We will talk temperatures for today and also for the weekend in just a few minutes. Pamela anderson is calling for in honest dialogue about the dangers of pornography. She is teaming up with a rabbi for the porn is for losers campaign. The latest sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner is behind this. Returning. This weekend theaters will show willy wonka and the chocolate factory. Gene wilder died on monday after a long battle with the alzheimers disease. A community in massachusetts wants to extend its curfew the night of Bruce Springsteens upcoming show. They want to become the longest concert ever. That is a lots of music. Good for him. Labor day weekend is just about here so we are taking action to help you get your car ready so you dont have any . . One day a rider made a decision. The decision to ride on and save money. His motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle, we are pumped up for Labor Day Weekend. But the summer is coming to an end. For many of you that means hitting the road. The last thing you want is to get stuck so we brought in one of the experts. This is tracy, thank you so much for coming out. You have several things that people should have been their car. This weekend you should have patients. To this weekend should have patience. Good advice. One of the things that Everyone Needs is a safety kit. This is just one that we keep in the car at all times. It has got gloves, flares, a rope, a a flashlight, a first aid kit as well. And dont forget water. We spent all this time preparing ourselves but we dont prepare the car. I think just putting a gallons of water in the car and leaving it there is the perfect thing to do. The good thing is you dont want to need it. You want everything to go well but if something happens you have everything you need. Absolutely. Take a little bit of time to get your car ready. I know a lot of people will be getting some gas, how can people maximize fuel efficiency . I know that is always a big concern for people. I think when it comes to dont keep too much in your car. Tire pressure is another thing. Make sure that that is set. Air filters, keep those clean. Other fluids, keep them ready to go. All of that goes towards leaving the car in better shape. Thank you so much. We do know you have a a couple of different locations in glendale and phoenix. That is right. Here. We do still have more to come we do still have more to talk about him coming up in the next half hour. We are going to talk about i wodont know where about conartistsso whend committing medicare fraud. I wodont know where it me me so mad i wanted towhend give them the old onetwo o,lways check your medicare to statements for errorsift these ookshink were clueless, they dont have a clue its your medicare, prott it the fbi has just published pages of clinton and that email scandal. This is a real move coming after the investigation. Apparently the investigation found clinton did not asked for permission to use the server while she was secretary of state. That violated records keeping policies but again no charges were recommended. The east coast is bracing for in florida earlier today one person has been killed. Lets go to charleston, south carolina. Reporter millions of americans are bracing for impact as hermine comes inland. Early this morning training early this morning hermine made landfall as a hurricane in florida. The first in more than a decade. It ripped through while some saw the rivers of rising, others it was a disaster. Entire towns are underwater. Hermine continues of the eastern coast as a tropical storm. Georgias governor declaring a state of emergency. Here in the carolinas they are getting ready for the impact. Technicians on alert if needed. Reporter the risk of flooding derailing labor bay plans for millions. The risk of flooding derailing labor day plans for millions. The water here is still fairly calm but we are going to be watching for the storm surge which can bring the water all the way appear to the hotel. Hurricane lester making its way to hawaii. It could pass close to the Hawaiian Islands over the weekend. Parts of that state are still feeling the effects of madeleine. Lets go across the nation. We watch protest this morning as brock turner was set free. He is the former student convicted of Sexual Assault of an unconscious woman. He only served half of his that sentence triggering outrage against the judge and controversy over how the Justice System treats Sexual Assault survivors. When is it okay to pepper spray in 83yearold woman . According to police, when that woman will not comply with police officers. This video was just released. Police enter a home looking for author blackman after they say he ran a red light. It turns out it was his elderly mothers home. If you look at the video they took her to the ground gently. They finally got her secured reporter the rest of the house was able to be cleared. The attorney claims the officers did nothing wrong. An investigation is still ongoing. Some Community Leaders want to see change in the department. He has been leading the way in place history. Police chief david brown he saw five of his officers killed in a attack and it was very tough. Now he is announcing he will retire after 33 years. No reason has been given but the mayor says the chief is not being forced out. A reminder to dig deep when researching babysitters online. A Massachusetts Woman facing charges after she was trying to get back on drugs while taking care of a child. A neighbor called police who came to bring the boy back to her mother. When you are going to hire someone to watch her children or provide care, for whoever that may be, we ask you to do your Due Diligence in that. A website or just a referral is not enough. Apparently this is not her arrested for receiving stolen property. Another mother has a scare of her life. Her son never made it to the gate at the airport from the dominican republic. She said he was in boston because of a mixup with jetblue. I was told he was not there. I did not know where he was. You can see the pain in her face. She said she did everything right. She even paid extra for a Flight Attendant to watch him. Jetblue believe some may have been a passport mixup. The airline apologized to the family and offered them vouchers for future flights. Caught on video a shoot out between a bad guy and two person nevada. One of the bullets hitting a trooper who was saved by his badge. We want you to listen to the intense gunfight. It got crazy. [gun shots] that shootout happened last tubers just releasing the video. The guy who tried to got away is accused of trying to get a ride in exchange for drugs. He thought he was clever getting down to break into a home about what he did not know what she was being watched. This man ignoring the security signs outside of the home. He ransacked the house taking several things including jewelry. On an emotional roller coaster ever since the break in. You just get angry for feeling violated reporter the fact they took your personal belongings. You can feel it. You get angry, and you get sad and mad, all at the same time. Silent witness is offering a 1000dollar reward to help the job title is bank teller but to one moment it is a lifesaver. Police say this man walked into a bank, he was with a woman who went

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