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KNXV ABC15 News At 11AM September 22, 2016

Along i17. Now, it is inching right over sky harbor airport. This band of showers is pushing east but this is just the beginning. There is a chance for some storms as we go through this afternoon. I will detail your hour by hour forecast out and we will talk about the cooler, drier air that is behind this storm system today. Not just one, but five homes catching fire within the last few hours. The Police Department share this video of the latest fire near 90 but we are told that this home was seriously damaged but everyone living inside were able to make it out safely. A second fire at a home this morning and phoenix. Take a look here. It started in an attic. It was not long before crews got control of the flames at the scene. This home is near 27th street in phoenix. Crews are now hoping that family of five and somewhere else to stay for now. While you were sleeping, buyers reported at three no one was home at the one near 24th street and mcdowell. The man who lived at the home near 51st avenue and lower buckeye suffered a burn to his hand while trying to put out a fire with a garden hose. None of these fires appear to be related. The cause the causes are under investigation. Witnesses say that they felt an explosion and then saw the flames near 35th avenue and beardsley Allison Rodriguez picks up the story from here. Reporter we are getting a very clear look at this mobile home is completely gone. All that is left is broken, charred frame your everything is covered in flame retardant and water. The cleanup is next. You still see fire crews trying to make sure everything is out. At the height of displays, the fire was massive, shooting planes into the air. It was a first alarm fire and neighbors said they could hear explosions coming from this home. Two people did have minor injuries after they were running to get away from the rescued from the back of this place as well. I am told fire crews could hear these explosions. When they arriveon scene. They have to be very careful. The heat was so intense from these claims that they were not able to get as close as they would have liked. They were able to finally put this one out. A neighbor says the explosion shook him awake multiple explosions started happening. The propane tanks started blowing up right in front of us. We were within 30 feet of them as they started shooting up in the air. Reporter the fire investigators have to figure out if propane tanks, ammunition or something else. Displaces a total loss and the homeowners are in colorado. Their son was supposed to be watching this place. That place is a total loss. Reporting in phoenix, Allison Rodriguez, abc15 news. They put out pepper spray. People are running from it. Police officers and reporters caught in the chaos overnight death of keith lamont scott. A vented their rage and grief. The governor has declared a state of emergency and the National Guard has been called to the scene. 44 people were arrested in charlotte and one person was shot by another person there and is in the hospital. As we watch this violence escalating in North Carolina, there is growing concern now over our officers right here in arizona. Katie conner has more from the loop 202. Reporter but a guy pointed his gun at him twice is still out there somewhere. Many people are worried that officers are going to be targeted even more. There is a war on cops. This is a violent, cowardly act on our Police Officers. It is unacceptable. Reporter two law enforcements are speaking out days apart. This man mark payne ran over three officers with his car then on monday, dps says a trooper narrowly escaped a gunfight during a traffic stop. Guard in his uniform was riding his bike in tempe when he was attacked. In may, another deputy was shot several times during a traffic stop in tempe. Investigators say he was targeted. The shirts are adding another set of eyes out in the field. He is using reserve deputies and is making sure all of his deputies stay safe. Reporting from tempe, katie conner, abc15 news. You. Now that we know details of todays big visit, this makes a church is where Donald Trumps running mate mike pence will be headed for a town hall event. It starts at 6 30 pm at Living Word Bible Church near brown and bella vista. If you cant make it, we will bring you every moment right here. Abc15 news is hitting the road talking to voters in the key battleground states beginning with pennsylvania. Donald trump is campaigning just outside of philadelphia tonight. That is where we find elizabeth many still undecided. Reporter good afternoon to you. I have to tell you every single voter we caught up with out here made one thing very clear. They are not voting not voting in november is not an option. Many of them are not sold on the candidates. In an ordinary Election Year finding Hillary Clinton supporters is easy enough. I will vote for her because she is the best candidate. Reporter this is no ordinary race. I will not vote for hillary just because she is woman. Reporter the voters we spoke to express their frustration with both candidates. I feel like i am in kindergarten watching a bunch of little kids fight back and forth. It is overwhelming. It is crazy. Negativity. Reporter the lifelong republicans say they are undecided and winning over swing state voters is crucial, especially for trump. Pennsylvania is almost a must win state because he will lose some other states that he needs to win. He needs electoral votes. Reporter 20 electoral votes are up for grabs in pennsylvania. No president ial candidate has won here in the last 40 years without a strong showing in these four suburban philadelphia counties. The same areas where we met these voters still on the fence. As for the number one concern we heard from voters in this area was the economy. Have seen so far, they say both clinton and trump have a long way to go to win them over. Reporting from aspen, elizabeth hurr, abc15 news. They really do seem to be a lot of folks were not thrilled with either major party candidate. What do you think these voters are going to do . Reporter that was one o the followup questions. I did ask these voters if there was anything that clinton or trump could do to change their minds. Some of them were still open to it. They said there are president ial candidates and they will be watching the debates coming up. They want to make sure that they make an informed decision on election day. Others fought absent too little too late and the damage has been done. Right now, they will go for a thirdparty candidate. Thank taking action to offer positions and offer them resources. A stray bullet narrowly missing to sleeping children. Where police say it came from. Our poll question of the day has to do with the protests we are seeing over the National Anthem including the one at the mercury game last night. Do you think sitting or taking a knee during the starspangled banner is an effective way of bringing awareness to some of our issues our nation is facing right now . Visit www. Abc15. Com to vote by clicking on 15 links. Ohalleran i had some really tough cases as a police detective. But the problem in washington is as clear as day we cant trust our politicians to work for us. No pay for congress if they dont pass a budget, reduce the influence of big money and special interests, and no more firstclass travel paid for by taxpayers. Im tom ohalleran, and i approve this message Valley Companies are coming together to help veterans when it comes to getting a job. It is such a great cause. Some of them are at the university of unix stadium right now phoenix stadium right now. The veterans come back from transition back to civilian life. That means getting a job. The guy who is heading all of this up right now knows all about this. He is a veteran himself. Guys like myself joined up after high school. Then you get out and you dont have much of a knowledge of how some s ability of civilian employment works. The military has been your job since high school. Across town, the chamber of commerce is also meeting with companies to h resources that they need to hire more veterans. Showers are pushing across the valley right now. Breaking news now. This story you might file in the unbelievable category. A group of Phoenix Police officers potentially in big trouble as abc15 is just getting exclusive confirmation that three officers might have forced a suspect amount of marijuana. They found this marijuana on him during a traffic stop. The man got sick. That man filed a complaint with the department. There are now two investigations going on. And internal Affairs Investigation and a criminal investigation. All three officers involved our new recruits. One of them was a transfer from the chicago Police Department. Sources are telling abc15 he was one of those major we have sources everywhere working on this. You can expect more on our mobile app through the afternoon. We were also just handed a statement from the Phoenix Police chief. In part, the police chief says once the facts are determine, he will take quick and appropriate action. He was appalled when informed by these allegations. They will work through this and conduct the investigation to make sure the facts come out. Ta that. A stray bullet nearly misses two kids as it rests the air mattress they are sleeping on. They are safe this morning. This video is from our sister station in san diego. A man and a woman were arguing outside the home when the man pulled out a gun and fired a shot. The bullet flight through the family second or window. The alleged shooter was arrested on the scene. We also have new video to show a casino was forced to evacuate because of a fire inside a hotel room. Firefighters say it started on the eighth floor of the Golden Nugget by a guest who had fallen asleep while smoking. When we got outside, it smelled like wiring burnt wiring. The fire was quickly put out by sprinklers in the room and it sounds like everyone is expected to be okay. The kissing bug might find might sound sweet. Researchers are taking a closer look. Homes have cracks and openings and the kissing bugs get inside. Kissing bugs have also been seen in the valley. There bites can cause severe allergic reactions. They can be two different problems and diseases researchers are collecting and analyzing the bugs in hopes of finding a cure for anyone who gets bitten. I see no way to transition that to the weather. I can tell you that i just got back from peoria. There were some raindrops out across the valley. I wanted to start off by showing you this shot. This is what is heading your way. Showers have moved across central phoenix. You can see the visibility is a little low. Those light showers are pushing through central phoenix right now and that is also leading to very thick clouds over the valley. Have wet roads too. Let me show you what i am seeing. This line of showers started way out this morning. Slowly tracking to the west valley here over the last few hours. Now it is pushing through the central parts of the phoenix metro. We have light showers moving into cave creek east of deer valley. We have rain over the desert ridge market place area. That will continue to track east toward scottsdale and further south of there you can see that the light showers moving over Camelback Mountain pushing into Paradise Valley and parts of scottsdale. That line is not as defined. We have the band of light rainfall now moving through the central part of our county, even in spots to our south. We will be watching areas to our southwest for redevelopment of thunderstorms. You can already see if you pop up showers out west. Further up to the north, we have more showers moving through flagstaff and ar we even have a Flash Flood Warning just west of page. We have had heavier showers to our north. Something to note is if you are in the region along the Northern Arizona border. In northwest arizona, we start the started the day with showers. This entire western half of our state is a spot we will be watching as we go through the next few hours. We will see the storms fire back up in the region at head into the phoenix metro by this afternoon. We have more moist air sitting across our state. Cooler, drier air is heading our way. Between those two air masses, a cold front is swinging across and that is what is helping generate the showers across our state. It will help develop thunderstorms this afternoon. As he watched futurecast, the band of showers will continue to redevelop as we look out to our west and eventually pushed east across the valley. There is a chance of storms here as we go through this afternoon. Up north, the transfer storms will also continue. By this evening, a lot of the activity will start pushing to the east. Overnight, we will see a slight chance of showers and casagrande to show low. The valley will start to dry out overnight and during the day tomorrow, we will see clear conditions. Today, watch for some storms as we go into this afternoon. Those Storm Chances have a 30 it will be quieter as we go into this evening. Any storms like to develop will have the potential of being strong or severe in spots to our northwest, especially here in the valley. Some strong storms are a possibility. We will talk about what hazards to be on the lookout for plus the cooler air that will move in behind the storm system as we look ahead into the weekend. Do you have an old bike you dont need anymore . Consider donating get to our bike campaign. The bikes go to valley kids in foster care. The website has everything you need to know on it. Thousands of children, it is painful to swallow any type of food. Meet a family battling this disorder. The events that are taking action to try to find a treatment. Kids should eat well to stay healthy. More than 21,000 kids struggle with it just eating called a feeding disorder. A group called being matters is committed to research and treating these disorders. We have chris to helps lead up this organization along with amanda and noah. We are talking about kids and eating. This is not just about know of being a picky eater. Correct. He gets all of his nutrition from a bottle. At two years old, that is not he isnt interested in it. He has no desire to eat or gets any enjoyment out of it. Feeding every day at our house is a big stressful struggle. It is tough enough in typical circumstances to get your kids to eat. What was it like as a mom and a family as you were figuring out that this is an actual disorder that needs to be addressed . We did not realize it at first. He is our firstborn. We had nothing to compare it to. It took us a while to figure out that we were dealing with isnt just a picky typical situation that other people are facing. Luckily, we had access to amazing resources like feeding matters to help us on our journey. Chris with feeding matters is here. You guys are dedicated to research on this. Exactly. We are here to accelerate identification of this issue because like amanda said, it is hard to know when to worry. We really need to help we are working on an early identification instrument to help them. Were also igniting the research because there is a lack of research around best practices and evidencebased information. Then we are really promoting collaborative care. For a child like noah, this is very complex. It is not always just one particular position or specialist that can help us issue. Does it vary by child . Are there specifics . It is so complex. There are over 200 diagnoses where children are at diagnosis. You may have a child with some severe reflux to a child who truly has some other serious medical conditions that can be affected. I wanted to point out that you guys have a big event next wednesday. All the information is right there on your screen. This is open to everyone. It is. We still have space. We welcome anyone who wants to join us. Visit our website and let us chris, amanda, noah. Thank you. Coming up, police in riot gear as protesters smashing windows in charlotte. More on the outrage after Police Officers shot and killed a black man. Premiere week continues on abc15. Coming up, we get a preview of i was diagnosed with lung cancer. As a firefighter approaching a fire i had to confine it, contain it and attack it. 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The video behind me is showing the destruction of people that are bent on doing such things. Violence erupting in charlotte overnight. People outraged over the Police Shooting of a black man. Maggie valley has more from charlotte. Reporter the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol are on the streets of charlotte after a second night of unrest. Demonstrations erupted into chaos overnight at the scene of the fatal Police Shooting of keith lamo the heart of downtown charlotte. The nba charlotte store was looted. Fireworks were thrown at police as they fire back with flash grenades and teargas. Trash cans thrown into the window of the bankamerica building. We give additional orders to disperse and protesters continue to damage property and to throw objects an assault or officers. Reporter police in riot gear got control of the situation. Nine people were left injured including one man was

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