Slammed into several cars. He was shot and killed when officers saw a weapon. Others had been warned to be on the lookout for him. Street racing to blame for a crash that left no survivors. Now three young men have families that want others to learn from their mistake. A charred tree marks where two of the guys were ejected, their car igniting the damage to the two vehicles is so bad police had to use vin numbers to figure out what type of car it actually was. Family says they tried to warn them that racing without their seat belts was extremely dangerous. To always wear your seat belts. They say its the law. Wear it for safety. You never know when somebodys going to cut you off or something. But thats what the seat belts young men got his car as a graduation gift. It is still unclear how fast they were going. A police chase in mesa wound up in a neighborhood where two people bailed out and ran into a home near broadway and horn. Officers tried to pull the driver over for driving with his brights on but instead he took off. Officers backed off after he started running red lights at high speed, so a helicopter led fi right now a man is recovering after getting hit by a car. He was in a wheelchair near 19th avenue and dunlap when he was hit. Police have not said if he was in the crosswalk at the time. The driver we are told did stay on the scene and officers at this point dont believe impairment was a factor. Reporter happening now, a big day for the socalled toughest day in america. His fate is playing out inside participate in person, instead deciding to phone this one in. Reporter this is the first hearing with the new judge and prosecutors who could ultimately decide to charge sheriff arpaio. If convicted, he could face jail time and have to pay big fines after a judge told sheriff arpaio to stop over latinos. He didnt listen and admitted in court he violated the orders but said it was unintentional. This is a day before early voting begins and arpaio is seeking reelection. Katie connor, abc 15 news. Nice out there this morning. I was out walking with dan earlier. Warmer. Thats going to be the trend here, typical october in the valley of the sun. Lots of sunshine, cool mornings and warm afternoons. Thats on tap through today and the next few days. Already temperatures are warming. We are in the mid to upper 80s now after starting out in the 60s to 70s. Starting to feel a little toasty out there, 80s for mesa and glendale and chandler. This afternoon were back in the 90s up to 95, 94 in mesa, phoenix 95 today. That puts us above average again. This trend looks to continue. We are tracking a couple disturbances across the state. Whether those will bring changes, coming up in a few minutes. Three more people have been confirmed dead in north carolina, bringing the total the president approved governor mccrorys request for federal disaster aid. Three people are still missing and more than 200,000 people are still without power. Overnight a jet blue plane made an Emergency Landing after leaving sky harbor. It was heading to boston when a passenger had a medical emergency. The pilot had to make a quick turn towards denver. The passenger was treated and is doing okay. The founders of the new times magazine are being held without bond. Two years ago michael lacy and jim larkin donated 2 million from a lawsuit against the county and they are in trouble over the current website, backpage. Com. Investigators say the two are profiting from prostitution. The website faced scrutiny by Law Enforcement across the country for allowing adult services. Here in arizona there are Big Decisions you dont want to miss on the ballot. Megan thompson is in mesa with how the state is taking action to keep you informed. You probably have that big booklet at your house but it can be super overwhelming. The secretary of state wants to help you make the right decision. Behind me tonight there will be a town hall meeting at the public library. This is the spot they will be going over everything, clearing up confusion and allows you to ask questions. Both sides of the aisle will be represented. The secretary of state hopes people will take advantage of this because its free and open to anyone. If youre interested, take a look at the screen. At the Mesa Public Library near main and country club. Tonight is very important because this location is one of the only ones in the phoenix area. There are several others across the state but this one is local for those in the phoenix area. If you want to look at all the locations, go to abc15. Com. Back to you. New at 11 00, a powerful group taking action against the measure to legalize recreational pot. This morning the Arizona Association announced it is opposed to prop 205, claimings it will bring a rise in crime, drugged driving and accidental ingestion by kids in arizona. Trump is vowing to fight back this morning. The creator of the apprentice threatened anyone who releases footage from the show. He is in florida today attending a rally in the state. Clinton is campaigning with al voters how close this election will be. Gore lost by the narrowest margin in 2000. Coming up, how you can take action to stop the spread of the flu. And a superhero the latest masked villain, but one clue could lead to his arrest. And the fair is going ro and hosting a number of big acts. Are you going to go to one . Hop onto abc15. Com to let us ready or not, flu season is officially here. Over the next several months thousands of people will become infected but there are ways to the most important thing can do to minimize the impact of the flu season is to get vaccinated. According to doctors at the cleveland clinic, get the vaccine as soon as its available because the strain of the flu is likely to change midway through the flu season. Also remember to wash your hands and stay home if youre feeling sick. Some people like to burn off their anger with a workout. Now researchers say it may not be a good idea. A new exercise when youre stressed can triple your risk of having a heart attack within an hour. That risk is the highest between 6 00 p. M. And midnight. And we encourage you to know your numbers, your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and weight. Learn more at abc15. Com. Up next, police want to and we are already in the about someone targeting cars parked at the peaks, smashing windows and taking stuff from inside. It happened around 6 45 a. M. Yesterday, and police reminding you to hide your valuables or take them with you. Tempe city officials are dealing with a different issue, crews cleaning up the park because homeless camps keep popping up and trash is left behind. The city is spending thousands of dollars to clean that up, so Council Members will discuss what to do about this at Thursdays Council meeting. This was a fire overnight in guadeloupe, along i10 near close to neighboring homes. Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading. Preparing to fast and pray for atonement. Tonight is the beginning of yom kippur, the holiest and most solemn holiday of the jewish year. In jerusalem, men and women begin to fast and pray beginng fasting lasts through tomorrow. Temperatures are going up. We already have some 90s in the valley. Well start warming up after starting in the 60s. That was nice. But we are already warming into the upper 80s with a few 90s popping up, too. Surprise, maricopa, 90 and 91 degrees already. The rest of us, 88 in glendale, deer valley 86 as well as anthem and cave creek. Its 88 in Tempe Chandler and mesa, and phoenix and sky harbor in the mid80s right now. As you plan the lunch hour, maybe heading to lunch soon, know that well go from 86 now up t90 so a bit warm as you head out, sunny skies staying in the forecast as we head into the afternoon. Well keep the clear skies in the forecast even as we go through the next few days. Something you may notice over the next few days, because of that sunshine and because of the air being stagnant, we wont get any strong winds or rainfall over the next few days. The air quality will get a little worse, so you may notice youre driving into town. Ozone concentrations and dust and smoke particles are inching up a bit. No air quality alerts but if youre sensitive, know those pollutants are getting back up into the moderate range over the next few days. We also have cooler air aloft. We could see those the moderate change over the next few days. Meanwhile, were dry, no systems bringing us major changes. We have a weak disturbance across the northern half of the state today but the rest of us looking dry through today. That disturbance will quickly go by. Going into tomorrow, we have another disturbance moving in. You can kind of see that dip in as that area of low pressure dips through, well only get a passing cloud or two. Were dry through the end of the week even into the weekend. Through 5 00 this evening, mostly sunny skies statewide. Tomorrow also looking mostly sunny as the next disturbance rolls in. Here is 6 00 tomorrow, not seeing much cloud cover and not seeing any rain as disturbances move through. It will be a dry week and as country also looking dry early next week. No signs of rain for the next seven days. The wind will kick up across Northern Arizona today, gusting at 30 miles an hour through the afternoon. Here in the valley, winds are fairly light between 5 and 10 miles an hour. Highs today make it into the mid90s across the valley, putting us again above average. Well have cooler mornings, day forecast. This week Lori Hernandez cant keep up with the perfect tens, a little stumble during a dance. One storyline that may have surprised you, you may have seen jana kramer opening up about a past abusive relationship. She hopes her story will empower other women to get help. Disney is venturing into a whole new world right now. Aladdin will be getting a new live action remake. The classic starring Robin Williams as the geeny geeny. Years in the wedding business in a big way. Two wedding gowns inspired by two disney princesses are being created. There are 9 more dresses in the works as well for brides. And if youre not quite ready, how does a disney vacation sound instead . We are giving away two family fourpacks of tickets each day. Watch for the weather word of the day from 6 to 7 00 a. M. Every morning for your chance to win. Find out abc15. Com disney. Good luck. Still ahead, your next best friend could be here right now. And two girls are home safe after going missing. James p. Walsh to keep our Community Safe we need a sheriff who will put fighting Violent Crime ahead of his own political agenda. Paul penzone has been a decorated crimefighter for over 20 years. Task force agent of the year. Paul penzone caught murderers, put drug kingpins behind bars, and created awardwinning programs that protect our community. Paul penzone. Just into the news room right now, a big bomb shell at the federal courthouse. Prosecutors say they will be charging Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt of court over the immigration patrols. The u. S. Attorney announcing the decision to move forward just moments ago. Well have much more throughout the day, prosecutors saying they will charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt of court over those immigration patrols. Switching gears, we have someone just chilling here. What is this . Youre on live television, dude. Humane society. Who do we have here . Looking for a new home, he was rescued after being hit by a car. Actually colby is kind of a hero because he donated blood to save a little poodle at our sh that. There was a very anemic poodle that needed a blood transfusions and he was the donor. Looks like he has a great temperament. Hes so sweet, good in the car. Hes about two or three years old, house trained, and loves everybody he meets. Especially if you give good up . Yes, along with Animal Welfare agencies in the valley, hosting an event on saturday. Its called pit pa plaza. We are giving out 15 vaccinations and theres a gr thats at metro center mall, so stop by and check that out, especially if youre a little stereotypical of the breed. Come down and meet these guys. Dont base your judgment just on the breed alone because ambassadors out there. All right. Thank you. Still a lot more to come. We are learning more about the girls who are back home safe after disappearing. What investigators know so far and whats next. And new developments surrounding the dangerous fire here. The number of people sheriff paul babeu was headmaster at Desisto School in massachusetts. A boarding school rife with abuse. A lot of things went down that probably shouldnt have. This isnt about abuse or neglect, because none of this was found. Except these records show the state found it, students and parents testified about it, and a judge ordered it to stop. The cornering, the sheeting, i didnt know how to live and function as a normal human being. Sheriff joe arpaio set to enter a plea of not guilty, and a trial date has been set for early december. We are told no arrests will be made. Again, we told you just a few minutes ago that prosecutors will be charging him with criminal contempt. The department of justice is also looking into possible obstruction of justice charges. We do have a reporter there on the scene and i know she was going to be this point shes trying to get some interviews. Hopefully well have more later in the newscast. Still developing, two different scenes that could have ended really badly. This morning two young girls are back home after they disappeared. In phoenix, police are questioning a mothers boyfriend after the girl was found at a friends house swimming. But the boyfriend failed to later. And in mesa, the last two days are a mystery after police say jade coyle walked home. Youll only see the video of her returning on abc15. Com. She had a change of clothes and a phone. A valley father said he was doing the right thing after police found his 5yearold son locked in a car. Brad porter jr. Told us his family has been homeless since 2014 and claims a friend gave him the 20 bucks in the hopes of getting enough money to get a room for the family for the night. Should have made better decisions for the family, you know. I thought my son would be okay right now. Police say the two also reeked of alcohol and they found a container of marijuana. Hes accused of breaking Brian Tibbets admitted to breaking into the home but said an accomplice killed the dog. 90,00090,000 people without power after this former mobile refinery in california is on fire. Shelters have been placed for people nearby. At least one person was transported from the facility by balance. California is dry and there is a new brush fire in napa county. This is video after residents were forced to evacuate. The small fire is threatening homes and refineries. Right now. We are learning more about a vicious bear attack in california. For the first time, we are hearing from the man who was attacked not by one but two bears. Hard to imagine until one attacks you and you just feel the strengths of the jaw and the body. I knew that he was attacking me. I did not fight back. That was dan richmond, hiking when bear on its hind legs. So he started walking backwards, but went right toward a second bear who knocked him to the ground. Amazingly he should be okay. Wildlife officials are now hunting those bears. Right now Hillary Clinton appears to be widening her lead against donald trump. The latest nbc poll shows the points. The rest of the voters are split between gary johnson and jill stein. I will continue to be known as the maverick. John mccain is still running for president. Im running to be arizonas senator. Senator john mccain and representative Ann Kirkpatrick squaring off in person with their first and likely only debate last night, sparring over the Affordable Care act that shwa says scrap it. Mccain also calls for new Drone Technology at the border and more manpower to patrol. Kirkpatrick says Immigration Reform is key and will benefit the economy. Do you trust crew Donald Trumps finger on the Nuclear Button . Him. Do you support Hillary Clintons finger on the button . I do. Okay. You want to continue to support someone whos continuously lied to the american people. The senator also said he might write in fellow republican lindsey graham. The comments appear to be tongue in cheek. Trump is now fighting back with this speaking of the election, early voting starts tomorrow here in our state. We want to remind you there are town Hall Meetings happening all month long to help you get up to date on the ballot measures. The five candidates running for a Corporation Commission in phoenix during the debate. The five are vying for three open seats. The debate starts at 5 00 and it is not open to the public but you can watch it on pbs. And flagstaff voters will decide whether to continue a sales tax to fund the bus service for another decade. Another open house on the issues is the valley may be dry now but some parts of the state are still trying to dry out after a weekend storm. Stafford unified schools will be closed for two weeks after major flooding at several school buildings. Now we are hearing from the superintendent, who says in the meantime they are doing whatever they can to help students. We did just find out from our Food Service Company that were going to offer breakfast, lunch and hopefully dinner to students and families at our program. That should be a huge help. They plan to reopen october 24th. And students in glendale have been away from their schools. Both challenger and landmark schools will be reopening next monday. They have been closed for weeks for repairs in those buildings. Residents in mesa hoping to qualify for low income housing, applications were supposed to open up today but its been pushed back to early december. We have all the info you need to apply at abc15. Com. A major makeover is happening on the light rail only 19th avenue. A Nonprofit Group is helping spruce up the area from 15th avenue to 23rd avenue. They are trying to reduce crime and overall rebranding. Coming up, it is a de