Were going to keep you updated. Already thousands of flights are cancelled. Imagine the worry that a hurricane is about to knock on your door. John, no doubt its going to be a stressful vacation for some people who just hrapblded in arizona. Stephanie, one traveler said as soon as she landed here, she took out hur phone to see what the latest track for matthew was vacations into wondering whats going on back home as the roofs are moving on. Those who wanted to fly came out early. Including this woman who flew from florida. They were able to change our ticket to the morning. I left Fort Lauderdale at 8 00 in the morning but the airport was closing right behind us. There. They were literally it was like a ghost town. No direct flights to the florida area. They were in south florida as matthew was approaching. Theyve changed their flight to get back home where its dry as quickly as possible. Got to take advantage of that window opportunity to just get out. Thanks so much john. We want the weather desk. The haiti interior minister says the hurricane death toll now up to283 people lost in the hard hit area. These are just preliminary numbers. Its proof theres a lot going on. We have you covered right now and until everything settles. We can tell you that a fema team in arizona is on stand by. Just look at what matthew did to the bahamas. Were also going to look at the impact in haiti where katie mentioned so many lives have been lost and what is being done to help those moving forward. A valley man not able to go home because of what cops say he did inside. Cameras found in a bathroom evidence it may have been also in a bedroom. So what was he watching . Estranged wife and others who live inside the home. He claims he was trying to see if his estranged wife was cheating. Now that police have processed the data from a truck involved in a deadly crash in surprise last month. Police say, 66yearold roger colliard was going 100 Miles Per Hour. Brand new details since a chandler father accused of setting a series of fires. Reporter uncontrollable urges. Thats what thomas leper jr. Blames it on. He left a note that said find me after one of the fires burned dangerously close to a home with a family the last fire was caddy corner to my home, sorry. Reporter during an interrogation, leper admitted hes struggled with his fire feelings for years. Police say he watched firefighters work after the fires were set. Investigators combed through the home searching for more clues and evidence hes facing more charges. Beautiful afternoon here across the valley. We made it back up to 90 today. All afternoon long. They havent produced any rain and they wont. Take a look outside the sunset. Just a little bit of daylight left. Looking back to the west there at our queen creek cam. Its 87 in phoenix. 13percent humidity. Mostly clear skies, low winds overnight tonight. Itll be late tomorrow night though before that happens so first we warm up. Were up to 96 tomorrow. Keeping these clouds in the forecast mid90s expected in tepl pee then well be w atching in tempe. Then well be watching a disturbance. That means our rain chances will be going up. Well tell you when that North Carolina not something to take lightly. A we know a man is dead. He shot at them when he got to the dead end. So they fired back. Hurricane matthew will buy some time for voters in South Carolina who havent registered for the upcoming election via mail. The deadline was supposed to be this saturday but its been pushed to october 11th. Hillary clinton wants wants florida to do the same. To make sure everybody is safe before they hold rallies. Early voting in that state starts tomorrow. Donald trump still focused on the campaign trail. Even though Hurricane Matthew is about to slam into his resort. Trumps campaign is in full swing. How speaker paul ryan. The first time ryan publicly has done this since the Republican National convention. The two will appear in the fall festival at the wal worth county fairgrounds. Dont be a creep or will catch you. Alonzo vargas was charged, he says it was just a joke. He wasnt the only one. The two teens with a conscious may get lucky. Police say they may not face charges everyone though police say they are the maricopa clown. Two west valley students clown mask on campus. Clowns are not welcomed. Dress codes dont allow it any way. We dont allow kids to feel fearful in any way. We dont allow students to be representing themselves in way thats going to cause fear. One brought a clown mask to school. One with bulging eye. The other put it on and went into a hall way scaring a girl. She said she thought he was going to threaten her and kill her. He is, hes hilarious. He just messes around. Hes actually a really funny kid. Reporter funny kids now face a nine day suspension. In this letter to parents, School Officials are asking about disruptive behavior in school and consequences if they are caught. The guy who shot and killed a young Police Officer this morning was known to the people he was trying to rob. The robbery is what brought officer Blake Schneider to this home near st. Louis. He was shot almost immediately after getting out of his car. The gunman suspected to survive. It appears a mall attack was thought out and well planned. Thats the newest word investigators in minnesota. They believe 20yearold was only radicalized in the last three months. They say he even suggested to his sister to be more religious. The conductor must join the engineer allowing for a second was going 10milesperhour over the speed limit. The conductor says he doesnt remember anything. They call it a perfect storm of mistakes. Thats the newest argument just filed today. Cosby is set for trial in june. Theres a new challenge facing protesters trying to make a stand against lines. Protesters say theyve been told their blocking traffic. Others just want to pray. They stopped us here. So well, well offer our prayers here. The tribe is trying to block the traffic. A phoenix burglar makes out with credit cards, jewelry and electronics but there was one thing he took away that the an almost 2 million heist. Several rvs just taken with no clues in sight. Did you apply for subsidies that could save you money . Coming up, joe is going to let you know why asking for help is very important. The cardinals defense needs a little help. Tonight they face an offense theyre quite familiar with as they look for their first 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 we want to warn you of a crime alerin told you about burglars using doggy doors to break into a home. One man went as far as shooting and killing the family dog after he made it into the home. This is Surveillance Video of the man after the crime. As he used the credit cards he stole. Authorities say, he was seen with a woman with long dark hair driving a red suv. Witness. 1,000 reward is being offered. Imagine an 11 monthold baby in the closet for 11 hours. Police found the baby with a soiled diaper and scared. The mom left the baby in the closet after she was arrested. New tonight, he says the press is releasing startling information from Homeland Security. A new report finding 54 of people who have come into the u. S. Illegally got caught last success rate Homeland Security previously sighted. The report was completed in may. But Homeland Security officials have yet to release it. Chicago over hauling the way it investigating police shootings. Some have criticized the mayors efforts saying he didnt do en a Police Citizen oversite board and broad powers for investigators will now be added. The Police Department is taking action by adding 1,000 officers to fight widespread violence. That scary, creepy clown phenomenon taking a dangerous turn in michigan. Police say a man in a clown mask walked into a walgreens and immediately aimed his gun at two workers. Leaving shoppers and clerks scared for their lives. The news that scared me. You have someone dressed in a costume, you cant see their face, you cant see who it is. It is not the first clown related crime there. Two women were threatened with two baseball bats by men wearing masks. One man who knows a thing or two stephen king. Hes saying, hey guys tone it down. Could all of this be viral marketing. Warner brothers says theres absolutely no connection. With all this talk of clowns we wondered will we see more of them for halloween. Harley quinn from suicide squad is the number one. Followed by super heros. No carson palmer, no problem. Right. Well only time will tell. Well find out soon enough. Can the offense get something going in santa clara . Will the defense revert back to their no fly days. An offense these cardinals have seen a time or two. We played against chuck the past three seasons. We know whats going on. He knows us, we know them. Wants it more. Whos more fundamentally sound. Thats probably what this game is going to come down to. This one is under way as we speak at last check. Still no score in the second. Cardinals and niners knotted up in zeros. Drew stanton has been nothing to write home about. Hopefully he picks it up. Theres still time. Theres still a chance. Absolutely. The hurricane and how thats affecting florida. Meantime we have rain chances in our forecast too. The rain chances are coming up. Take a look at this, a live look outside. We have a little cloud cover tonight. Sitting back behind south mountain. Not producing any rain. Temperatures outside in the 80s and mesa, glendale upper 80s there. Our wind speeds have been light. They continue out of the westerly southwesterly direction at five to 10 Miles Per Hour. Keeping light winds in the a little breezier there in Bull Head City tonight. Sustained winds at 70 Miles Per Hour. But statewide has really been a quiet day weather wise. As we look outside. We saw some of the clouds on the live look there. Back to the south. Not seeing any rain with the clouds passing through. That will be changing as we go into tomorrow. Were getting ready for a disturbance to move in. That brings a little moisture and brings a little rain with it. About a 30 chance of rain as we head into saturday morning. Tomorrow we stay mostly dry. Isolated rain chance late in the evening. Were talking 9 00, 10 00, maybe 11 00 into the overnight hours. Itll be that saturday during the Morning Hours with the lingering chance. The state fair starts tomorrow. So this weekend, again best chance for rain will be in the morning. Highs on saturday 93 degrees. We will youre planning to go out to the fair. Gusting at 20 Miles Per Hour. Sunday mostly sunny skies. Temperatures again warm with lighter winds in the forecast as we wrap up the weekend. Well keep you updated on those rain chances right now out the door in window rock here at 59 degrees. Youre going to have some of the coolest temperatures out there starting tomorrow morning at 5 00. 64 in gila bend. Tomorrow. 79 sedona. Heating up here in phoenix. 90 tomorrow in Bull Head City. Just a quick look at the valley forecast for tonight first starting with the east valley. 63 tomorrow morning in fountain hills. Were all going to be in the 90s. Near average or slightly above that average high is 92. And as you look at the extended forecast with me. You continue to see those temperatures hovering right above that average point. Forecast. 97degrees morning lows next week in the 70s. Well keep it dry as we look at tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Joe doosey here with producer courtney jones. Were on facebook talking about health concerns. A lot of people worried about if theyre going to have coverage. All these Companies Pulling out of the state. Youre going to have between the Health Care Marketplace. Theyll be covered for you for insurance. Theres about 300,000 people in the state that have no idea that theyre eligible for access. They havent applied. 30,000 people we hear about the Health Care Marketplace for subsidies. Didnt apply for those either. Imagine theyre paying more for insurance when they could have had these subsidies ansaving must be right now. Really complex situation. We have a will the of information for you on our Facebook Page. The key is really to try to see if you can get these subsidies and you can get lowe costs. Go to our Facebook Page and well see you next time. All right, guys, thanks. An uber get away but its not the kind youre thinking of. How this woman drove herself to jail. Traffic on the east coast shut down. Boats going nowhere. What the coast guard is going what do doctors from leading Cancer Centers in the country have in common . Many of them now call Cancer Treatment centers of america home. Expert medicine works here. Weve been watching our sister station which is in west palm beach. You see one of the right here. Theyre on the air nonstop with coverage at this hour to try to keep folks safe from Hurricane Matthew. They were just reporting for those of you who know the area well, Martin County is without power. So many trees are down that deputies are out there getting out of their cars with chain saws trying to clear the way. So you can see this is just an effort by everyone to keep people safe. Were going to continue to keep you updated. We know so many of you have a major recall affecting parents and babies. A popular infant bathtub can cause injury. If you have one, contact the company for a replacement. A new job looking for work in the area. 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. Ill end with that, thank you so much. Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Sheriff who will put fighting Violent Crime ahead of his own political agenda. Paul penzone has been a decorated crimefighter for over 20 years. A Police Officer, undercover investigator, and dea 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. A new sheriff who will put our safety first. Destruction and sadly death. Down on haiti. Massive Power Outages as were already hearing about at this hour. Even more once matthew hits full force. Katie, Hurricane Matthews worse destruction felt in haiti. The to the toll rising as the hours go by. 283 dead tonight. And there are challenges to help those who survived. Roads are impassable. Communication cut off. Its believed 250,000 will need help after the disaster. Tonight for the first time in a long time, the space agency doesnt have to worry about rolling space shuttles off the law firm pad. This message pretty much ports are shut down until after the hurricane passes. And this is what it looked and sounded like as the feeder bands began hitting miami beach earlier today. Many in south florida thankful the master storm is tracking a little further north but preparing either way. Theres a lot of preparation in place. Lines at the launch pad. The chandler man who police say set up cameras inside his home to watch his estranged wife. Police say they got more than 1,000 videos once they got ahold of the dvr. They were time stamped from 2011 to 2012. He told police he was trying to see if his estranged wife was cheating. Woman and man were arrested and convicted with a murder. Three others are facing charges for the shooting death of 25 yearold mario cholaq. He was playing a game of card inside a business in phoenix. Crooks ransacked a home taking a bunch of gadgets near 24th avenue and thomas. Fortunately no one was hurt. Only on abc15 we go inside arizonas department of child safety headquarters. Where investigators say things are not Getting Better for children in the dcs. As long as theres thousands engage children and families and do the best job they were doing. Soon you will be asking backlog, what backlog. He expects to hit the legislatures goal to 1,000 or a fewer cases in january. Based on what were going to be doing were going to be hitting that mark. What does that mean . Caseworkers can focus less time on old investigations and more time working with the 18,000 kids currently in foster homes. So emphasis on how we safely get kids out of the system in care and faster into permanent homes. Every single system needs to recover. What were trying to say is, we have a plan, its very intentional. Melissa blazias. Abc15. A small victory for several dps employees. The state argues they were at will employees. And could be fired at any moment. A story you saw first on abc15. Were tracking spending on proposition legalize recreational marijuana. Almost 1 million has been spent in total on pot. And this afternoon west winds are at 8 Miles Per Hour. The forecast. Keeping things pretty quiet. With 70s back in the forecast by 9 00 tonight. A little warmer start tomorrow at 66 going to be quiet. A little bit of a cooler spot hitting those low 60s. Tomorrow were warming up. Were headed up to 96. Here across phoenix. Ozone levels a little elevated. More on your forcast and Hurricane Matthew are in a few minutes. Remember one runway is closed at sky harbor thro