Their condition unknown. We do have calls into police to find out what caused that crash. I was actually out there this morning. Police tell me they do believe alcohol is a factor. A crash was caused in phoenix by a man trying to get away from police. Heres what we heard on the radio as those officers moved in. South of Indian School right now. He crashed. Hes at gun point right now. We also the vehicle. He crashed. Yeah, this crash happened shortly after police got behind the driver of the mustang. We are told that vehicle had been stolen in an Armed Robbery just 24 hours earlier. Now those injuries in the crash werent serious but the driver who caused that has now got a whole lot of explaining to do here. Weve got to say good morning and thank you for im justin pazera. And im allison rodriguez. Were sitting right in the mid 70s right now. Those breezes still a little elevated. We have felt the last couple of days. Theyll stick around for a couple more hours. Overall just lighter than yesterday or the day before. Temperatures will go from the 70s now in afternoon but it is still going to be a pretty nice day despite the fact that our temperature will be about a degree warmer here on this veterans day than yesterday. Plan on that temperature to climb by 818 00. Thats when well peak our temperature before we see that temperature fall again. By 6 00 upper 70s. Clear skies in the forecast. Perfect if you want to head out to dinner this evening. Well talk a little bit more about that weekend forecast. Around but ill show you when were going to see any chances of rain. Protests getting violent in portland. Protesters smashing business window, lighting fire crackers, even setting a dumpster on fire. Officers forced to use tear gas on some of those protesters. At least 26 people were arrested. Meanwhile today hundreds of valley students expected to protest Donald Trumps presidency two more marches planned despite the holiday. Any minute now people are expected to march from South Mountain high school to downtown phoenix. Tonight more are expected to gather at old main on asus campus. This morning a group is now telling protesters to stand down. Black lives matter arizona took to their Facebook Page posting this. What are you protesting . Just because we didnt get the president we want doesnt mean its okay to protest the one chosen. They go on to challenge people to find a way to restructure the system theyre so upset about. But more protests are planned in the valley today at asu and at South Mountain valley high school. A total of 200 students walked out of class yesterday. And this morning theres concern of teachers helping these students plan protests. If the teachers are of doing this there will be consequences. President elect donald trump is monitoring the situations in each city. He has sent out two tweets with a very different tone. Take a look. Yesterday he had this to say. Just had a very open and successful president ial election. Now professional protesters incited by the media are protesting very unfair. Well around 4 00 this morning he sent this one out. Love the fact that the small passion for our great country. Well all come together and be proud. One of the men who helped proof bill. The l. A. Times reported that chris cobong is being recruited right now. Part of it allowed officers to ask people for their paper who is they thought could be here illegally. Cobock was reported as saying the border wall will its just a matter of cost and time. A final goodbye in the works for a hero taken from us in a senseless act of violence. Cholo officer daren reed. Meantime the candle light vigil honoring officer reed takes an unfortunate turn. Thats a landmark statue. It is badly burned right now. Statues artist to replace it with bronze because the original material was sty row foam fiber glass. Well the phoenix veterans day parade going on right now. These are live pictures of that parade going on right now. The parade just getting started. 11 00 you can see air 15 overhead and we also have a ground crew right there. About 18 floats and 15 marching bands. Theyre just going to weave their way through the phoenix. Huge crowds expected down there as well. 40,000 plus and for some people in this parade honoring veterans really hits home. Its been a journey. Reporter it is a journey and a labor of love for hank robinson. An army veteran. With the tribute to veterans. He joined the military when he was 17. When i got out i kind of got in a little bit of trouble for some years and i found engraving and it really saved my life and been absolutely phenomenal since then. Reporter hank spent 800 hours etching intricate details on his truck. Im super focused. I dont think about the rest of the world or dramas or problems or anything. This is my focus. This is my get away. Reporter hanks truck is just one of the tributes in the parade. Again this year the university of phoenix is a major sponsor. 20 of its students are vets. This parade is an opportunity to remember, honor, and teach a our country. I think that we as one generation need to continue these traditions because again this is about who we are as a nation. Reporter this is the 20th year for the phoenix veterans day parade. A tradition of honor that will certainly corroborate. And in the east valley the mesa veterans parade under way right now. Generation of valor. Going to expect them to reopen will be a benefit concert taking action for homeless veterans. That show is free but donations are welcome to go towards housing and other programs. Earlier this morning president obama participated in delaying of the wreath ceremony at Arlington Cemetery in honor of military veterans past and present who have served and sacrificed if for our country. The ceremony is a tradition on veten said where are you . Where are you . I said grandma shut up just know that i love you. Crushed by a suspected drunk driver. And everybody else on the road. And a medical break through giving hope to people who cannot walk. And do you think these protests over Donald Trumps presidency are hurting or seven arrests in the first seven days of the month and thats the tally just so far at the port of nogales. Total they are worth more than 1 million and were told two women from the valley were arrested and a couple of these busts. Weve seen a lot of drugs at the border. That airport is making sure we dont have anything coming through the air in passengers luggage. The airport has a new customs and board facility. One medical break through Scientists Say they have helped a paralyzed monkey walk again. So the findings just published in the journal of nature a neurosurgeon put electrodes. That device sent instructions to the spine telling the legs to move. Scientists say it could be at that procedure in humans. U. K. Scientists have come up with a way to test hiv. It uses a drop of blood to measure for hiv levels. Then sends an electrical signal to a computer, a laptop or a hand held device. That device is said to be very accurate. Right now people have to wait up to three days for test results. The hope is that it will help patients in remote regions of the world. Researchers n finding that women with higher levels of vitamin d were given a wetter prognosis. Premenopausal women. The phoenix veterans day parade taking place right now. Just kicking off just about 10 minutes ago. Find out which businesses around the valley are honoring servicemen and women today. Lets get to a crime alert this morning. A person of interest in a california murder may be hiding out here in the valley. 23yearold tony macias he also goes by tony gutierrez. If you see him call 911 right store. They even stole a workers purse, cash, and merchandise there and then they make a run for it. So if you recognize them please call silent witness. A reward up to 1000 being offered. A big break in a prisoner escape. Busted for carjacking in tempe. He was already wanted in scottsdale for a carjacking there and were finally hearing from th stole to run from the cops. He was like banging on my window and im thinking what does this guy want and i think in the meantime i like panicked and i probably opened the door. So jennifer right there had just dropped off her daughter and was waiting on a red light and told police that he jumped in her car and she bailed. He was on the run after leading Salt River Police on a chase that morning and later pushing a Security Guard to escape the investigation in scottsdale. Look at this. Officers say a 25yearold in that black car there crashed into several vehicles including a patrol car. A woman called 911 afterward saying she was rearended several times. Officers tracked down the driver who hit another vehicle and then spun around and hit a cop car. He was arrested at 48th street and thomas. But he is at the hospital right now. Were told road rage and alcohol believed to be factors in one. Abc15 investigators raising some questions now about the group at the center of hundreds of lawsuits of hundreds of disabled parking facilities. Seeking non profit status. A legal expert we talked to says that could mean a problem. Hundreds of lawsuits seeking thousands of dollars in damages for minor parking lot infractions. Emotionings of these elections affecting our youth. Not to anger but to spark change. The outpouring of emotion seen stemmed from the rhetoric. Talking about rounding up immigrants and building walls. Its really scared some of these kids. Its going to be okay. Theres a government in place. Theres checks and balances in place. Were america. We d our parties and i promise it will be okay. Hey. Weve had people that we didnt like in office before and the world didnt end and the suns going to come up tomorrow and its all going to be okay. Teachers also asking adults to be mindful of what you post on social media or say out loud. A chorus of young voices in scottsdale performed for proud parents and members of our community who served our nation. Ive got to admit i definitely had some tears and its nice to see that they do know what were about. What we were about. Yeah, Donald Decker is a veteran and he calls four years in the air force the best of his life. He encourages other young people to serve. Around the valley some businesses are offering deals for veterans and a members. To get a free pizza or salad. Red robin has a free double burger and fries. And if you have a dirty car you can head to one of 11 jacksons car washes for a free full service. Just remember have that military id with you at all of these places. Asu unveiling some new security at sun devils stadium. Meet tillman. Hes training to become an explosives detections dog. His handler officer colten adams says hes doing just as much training as tillman learning new techniques along the way. And a very Beautiful Day too. I know. So nice that a lot of you what were you going to say . You were outside. I was outside. And you were loving it. Thank you iris. My of iris. Youre so kind. Well hopefully it was a great day for everyone and as a veterans day parade folks enjoying the great weather and of course honoring our veterans here this morning. This is a live view from the parade in central phoenix here this morning. Got started about 20 minutes ago and shaping up to be a very nice day. I see a lot of hats. We look live with our valley were in the mid 70s. Always have that hat, sunglasses handy. Plus our burn time is about 45 minutes as you are outside. Something to keep in mind. 76 is our current temperature. Those winds rights now out of the east and northeast. We do have some slightly stronger winds in other spots like mesa coming in at 12 miles an hour. So genere 515 miles an across the valley. As we go into the afternoon. Certainly much lighter again than what weve been feeling the last couple of days. Mid 70s currently in mesa and chandler. And a nice 77 degrees currently in glendale. Southern arizona where we had the strong winds the last few days even the dust that was kicking up. Not seeing those strong winds anymore. The lighter side now. Temperaturewise across the state we did drop into the 20s up north in spots like flag staff this morning. 66 in sedona. And currently sitting at a nice 71 at lake havasu. Were going to continue to see these clear skies. That storm system that brought the breezes the last few days is still just off to our east but its slowly pushing away. And we keep our forecast nice and dry as that storm system again clears ou into tomorrow foo. By sunday we do track another disturbance thats going to move in from the west but its going to be a dry one. You will notice more cloud cover by our sunday. Today, though, all dry across the state. If youve got plans to head out to dinner. 5 00 looking pretty good and clear. A nice day ahead. A little warm this afternoon but overall a nice day. Tomorrow looking very nice as well with those clear skies then sunday watch when those clouds start to move in. Youll see some of them thicker at times. Otherwise mostly sunny and a dry forecast through the weekend. Its looking dry for the valley the next seven days. More moisture by wednesday. That will mean more clouds for the valley. But also rain chances moving back into high country. Wednesday into thursday. We may not see rain chances in the valley but we will get nice cool down by the end of the week. For today 76 now. Will warm to 79 by noon and a high of 83 degrees. Ill show you that 7day forecast and that weekend in just a few minutes. Well she may still wear her gown but what is she without her crown. The search is on for the thief who got away with a very important part of the miss america pageant. And who knew little pieces of we have a Traffic Alert for you right now in tempe. You can see rescue crews trying to get somebody out of that your screen. This accident pretty much just happening a few minutes ago. Al just a few seconds ago you see that white car right there its smoking pretty good. Obviously youre going to have to try to get around that if youre headed that way or you know somebody headed that way. Were working to find out exactly what caused that crash. Again a Traffic Alert at apache and rural. Quick mention there that the closed. Northbound lane rural closed. In Phoenix Convention center last night and you recognize those faces. Serving as mcs for the event. Srp was honored for their work in the event and the community. Serve as the keynote speaker. The ald committed to fight against all forms of bigotry. A valley mother proving can use the simplest mediums to create lifechanging art. Yeah, with just a napkin and a pen. Every single day. Mya has down syndrome so every sketch encourages this little bubbly third grader to celebrate life and be proud of her accomplishments. I want people to realize that theres beauty in everyday life and the simplest of moments can well dozens of her 471 sketches are going to be on display starting tonight. Veterans not catching a break on this veterans day as we learn about another va hospital having weight problems. And a teen talking for the first time about her terrifying experience as a drunk driver so she thought she was going to die. This morning we are hearing from a phoenix teen from her hospital bed. Terrifying ordeal for her. A young person must muster up courage. An incredible empowering story. Its kind of hard because sometimes i wake up and like ill remember that my legs broken. A metal bar and bandages. 16yearold mindy markel fighting to keep both of her legs. This leg it was like from a movie. It was just dangling. The teen and her friends just ran out of gas at i17 and cactus. They started to push when a car plowed into them. I accepted it that this was my time to go. Lying on the ground mindy had her friend dial the one number she could remember. Completely ruined theres so much blood. I said grandma shut up just know that i love you please. The paramedics loaded her into the ambulance ready to put in an iv. I said even though both of my legs are broken and i think im dying i was scared of the little needle. I think people mak Vincent Vaughn had a blood alcohol level almost three times the legal limit and hes had two prior dui convictions. I really want him to learn that hes ruined my life, and my friends life. That was hard to hear. That was kim toven reporting. Mindy says she is taking it day by day but she is hopeful that again. New this morning and on veterans day no less. Problems plaguing the va again in arizona. They say two va Inspector General reports confirm allegations and wait time stipulation and miss management. U. S. Senators john mccain and jeff lake calling this up acceptable. While a different investigation found workers failed to properly schedule about 400 orthopedic appointments and 600 urology requests. Well we now know one person whos not going to be getting the miss congeniality reward. Those crowns were for a local qualifying pageant this weekend. Police say a box with those crowns inside was delivered to a home near val vista and southern. The pageant executive director was once a miss phoenix herself and she says those crowns. Shiny hat. Theyre dreaming of wearing that. She started a gofundme page and she did raise enough money to buy some new crowns. Anybody with information is asked to call mesa police. Its the grinch who stole christmas. Watch as a woman rings the doorbell. Waits a few seconds and then she grabs that package on doorstep. And inside of that box a Christmas Gift for the homeowners daughter. You know sure its a possibility but would it actually happen. Would sheriff joe arp arpaio go trumps biggest supporters but one challenge in all of this when arpaios challenge actually begin his lawyers are working to delay it until the beginning of next year. Arizona senator jeff lake before the election told us america deserves better but now that trump won hes willing to support the president elect. I have not spoken to him yet but the speech he gave was encouraging right after he won. I thought it was a healing speech. I think if he governs that way it will be good for the country and all of us. Its his words. Replace it with a plan that does not burden people and businesses. And while questions surround what will happen to the Affordable Care act. Americans are reacting by setting up for insurance. On wednesday 100,000 plans were selected. The busiest day since open enrollment began on december the 1st. Dont expect many changes until 2018. Maybe youre looking for a new career path. Donald trump looking to fill 4,000 positions on his team. A variety of jobs there too. So if you want to apply you can go to greatagain. Gov. Theyre still asking for ideas if you want to contribute. More local news right now. An attorney w