Season. Freeze warnings in effect for much of the higher terrain. They have not yet frozen this season. Places like payson, prescott. No freeze warning in flagstaff. It has frozen several times already. Down to 16 in flagstaff. Prescott in the 20s in the overnight forecast and although we wont see any freezes here in the valley, it is still going to be the first taste of the 40s widespread across phoenix metro that weve seen so far this fall. So theres a look at the numbers. Mid to upper 40s across most of the valley tonight. And coming up in just minutes, were going to walk you through all the changes as we had head need weekend. Breaking news update, smoke touring over the valley. This was the scene yesterday. If you poked your head outside at lunch, you may have seen all the smoke from the scrap metal fire. Phoenix fire, we understand, had a near catastrophe out Jason Valentine is live with what happened. Jason. Reporter phoenix fire told me the crews hate these scrap metal fires because theyre always chaotic. In this case, a fire truck ladder complieded with collided with a crane. This could have turned out badly. Let me explain a little more in detail what happened here. Sa recycling is the company, and they were helping firefighters. Two of its cranes were pulling the scrap piles apart so firefighters could spray water down into the flames. Now, at some point, one of the cranes swung around and smashed into the ladder extended about 70 or 85 feet with three firefighters in the bucket. That crew rocked back and forth. Luckily for us, it was a near miss. I mean, thats a near miss for us where it could have been catastrophic. Those crews declared a mayday, shut down the water stream. Theres no injuries to report. Reporter the ladder was firefighters had to claim out of the bucket and down the ladder. The disabled ladder truck was here until just an hour ago. It was able to leave after an inspector came and looked at it exactly how this happened is going to be under investigation for quite a while, guys. Back to you. Sounds like it. Thank you, jason. Dont touch me . You are arrest. I am not under arrest for anything because i did nothing wrong warrant. I dont have i dont have a warrant. I dont have a warrant. I dont have a warrant. Youre going to get extra charges. Okay. Now back to that body cam video we sold you about. We see her nearly get carried off into the back of a police car. What we dont see is what happened moments before the handcuffs go on, the punch in the face. The body cam video coming in it over to us telling us tonight officer bonar turned his camera off just before the officer says Marissa Morris kicked and kneed him. Hes on administrative leave and under criminal investigation. This mans luck is running out after they pressed charge for armed robbery. Theyve already linked him to 6 cases each time wearing a mask articled with a gun armed with a gun. Watched by undercover officers who arrested him. He just got out of prison. Two guys strolling into wal mart like nothing happened. Only police say this duo robbed a couple at a red robin and still havent paid for the crime. Theres a 1,000 reward if you can help solve this case. It happened on october 5th. One of the suspects may have had a gun. So many questions tonight following a twoday saga at this mesa home. Security guard when they came to investigate bruise on a child. The Security Guard dressed in police gear instead of a security uniform. They arent sure why, but police say both the childs mother and the Security Guard are not really cooperating. Hes trumps cop guy in arizona. Will he be one of the top players in the trump administration. Were talking about the campaign, the protesters, and what role he could play in washington. We also asked him about the most controversial member of there are some people that take issue with the media outlet he worked for. I cant speak to that i can speak to the steve bannon i know is a hardworking guy and very smart man. He has great political intink the and he instincts and he serves well. Will he take one of the jobs in more at 10 00 tonight . Some advise about russia and his hackers. Aggressive and are very capable of digging for information they need. He claims russia backed down on election cyber activity as soon as the u. S. Called them out on it. The controversial man sentenced to one day in jail. He pleaded no contest to a lesser charge. He wont go back to jail since he already served that time. One of the nations busiest airports, but it could be slow going for than 500 workers at chicago ohare voting to go on strike and strike soon. Baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, theyre all ready to walk off job if they dont get 15 an hour. Any disruption to service depends on the types of jobs affected and if other employees could possibly fill in. A payout for the family of an asu student who lost his life during a bizarre arrest in after he was arrested at a lake for boating while trunk. He fell off a troopers boat and drowned. There is a criminal case on monday. Weve been checking for updates because we cant believe should be would this brazen. So far, police have not tracked down two cars pull of Church Thieves so snatched up purses from a group of women who were part of a support group. Four masked men were part of the raid. About a dozen stolen. Theres a search for a bandit who robbed a man in phoenix. There was a fight first. Somebody got hurt, but is expected to be okay. Police say this may have involved at least three guys. No word on a motive. This man committed a brutal unexplained murder, but now hes fresh out of prison just released on home arrest. Can his name is jacob and his victims family tills our investigator tells our heartbroken the state let them out. As a teen, jacob murdered fellow camper, eric. Eric sleep and he was stabbed twice in the chest. There was no motive, just murder. In fact, at the time the judge recommended that he never be paroled and thats why the victims father cant understand why hes out. This is sandy begging the states clemency board to reject any form of release. To prevent another father having from to experience what ive experienced for the 30 years. With him now out, on home arrest, sandy on the phone from his nome new york told us this. I was devastated. I never expected them to do what they do this time. We started following his case because of his marriage to this woman. De soto is a psychologist who once treated minimum prison. It urns out turns out, it wasnt his first prison marriage. He married another Correction Department therapist before de and its not just the prison marriages that has him raising questions about why he was released. I have serious concerns about the three people who voted to give him home arrest. He told the board he was approved to go to a halfway house, but after the vote, that suddenly changed. Now, hes at a phoenix facility called reborn assistance. It sperm eyes in sub specialized in Substance Abuse and is a mile from where his wife lives. Again. I have no doubt about it im scared. Now we some should mention should mention today would have been erics 47th birthday. In the news room, abc15 news. New information now about a gray line that allowed an accused kill tore sell killer to sell homes despite his past. Hes a convicted sex offender because of a case here in the license in South Carolina . We found out he down played the crime telling the Real Estate Commission it was just a fight with his girlfriend in South Carolina, you just have to believe the person. That is not the case here. Convicts cant get a real estate license. Three important developments in the president elect as he is one step closer to a big transition. Are you feeling the pain of the election . This guy has it the worst. And its looking sunny and dry here in the valley, but we storm system coming in. This looks like a wet one. Rain chances making a comeback in a big way. Your valley forecast, well take a look in just minutes. Youll be singing your praises if you have one of these under the tree this year. How you can win a truck or car from sanderson forward or lincoln by donating to operation santa claus. The number one thing that a good coach does is he shows his players that he cares about em. If players know you love em theyll run through a wall for you. 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We learn all three were on a Training Mission killed when their convey came under fire as it entered a military base. It happened two weeks ago. The rumors swirling about mitt romney and his chance of he was once a president ial nominee and will meet with the president elect this weekend. Both have been critical of one another. Same goes for ted cruz. His name is floated for a position, Supreme Court judge. Its coming from Lindsay Graham who says he is very much like the late antonin scalia. Keep in mind, he met with trump earlier this week, but we dont know what they talked about. Meanwhile, a lot of questions about what the obamacare. Its too early to know how fast they can change things. He is reassuring americans this is one of the big priorities of the chanceition transition. Its not clear if Hillary Clinton will run for president again. Her running mate tim kaine says thats not on his agenda. He tells the Associated Press his decision is final. 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We had three military teams this week that were facing eviction. We were able to stop the evictions, keep them in their homes, fly them with food cards and gas cards. We were able to step in and take care of them. Thats what we do. We love it. We love it, too. Thats what makes that possible. So please donate to Police Station santa claus by dropping off your donations or go to give to the clouds to donate online. Back to you. A lot of good in the community. Thanks so much. Now, i know its the holidays. I know. The cool air is here. Listen, it may be freezing up north, but this homeowner isnt taking any chances with his tender its 80 degrees during the day or 70 degrees during the day. Its going to get into the 50s and 40s at night. People get crazy. Classic over reactors in phoenix. Snow through colorado, wyoming, stretching into the dakotas. Behind t we will see a little weak ridge of High Pressure building going into the weekend. That will bring the 80s back. Early next week, we have a storm system coming in. It will be affected the affecting the pacific coastline, but its coming for us next sunday night into monday, and this one is going to dig farther down to the south than the last one did. Its going to pull moisture our way and were looking at good chances for rain here night going into monday. It looks like the days of the week here are off by one day. So ignore those for now. This is the sunday night forecast. 40 chance for showers here in the valley and then by monday, up to a 70 chance here and a 90 chance up in the higher terrain. At this point, it looks like the snow level is right around 7500 feet or so. Were going to be watching that closely because if it drops to 7,000 or below, thats going to mean the difference between getting rain in flagstaff or stay tuned. Well keep you posted through the weekend. Right now it is clear and quiet across the state as we look at our desert doppler. 33 right now in flagstaff. The grand canyon is freezing at 30 degrees. With some of the light breezes blowing in the locations, we do have wind chills that were dealing with feeling more like 25 in the canyon and 30 degrees right now in the flagstaff area. So with these winds, we will pick up a few breezes as we this is saturday about midday. 15 Miles Per Hour here in the valley. Breezy saturday. More breezes as we go into late sunday and monday as well as that intention storm system sex storm system comes next storm system comes in. Mild temperatures in the mid 70s. 76 in phoenix. Good year and 76 in glendale for tomorrow. Heres a look at the weekend. We will see 80s. Chance of rain kicks in sunday night. Well talk about how much cooler things will get coming new questions about ghost gods. Other states now concerned about the dangers abc15 exposed. All pieces are now in place the diamondbacks have a new coaching staff. Bench coach. Talk about some experience. He has been 13 seasons as manager of the minnesota twins. He won the American League manager of the year award in 2010 and is the winningest skipper in twins history. They got a new Third Base Coach who was the field coordinator the last three seasons. Mike is their new bullpen coach and rob see Quality Control and catching coach. Plus ju major league mvp awards were announced. Mike trout took the award while the cubs kris bryant was the National League player. A body found out in the salt river bottom. We now know it to be a mans body and that the death has already been ruled suspicious. The investigation out there just started. The valley apartment complex without hot water and what tenants need to know tonight. Looking for a link in the canal murders. Unanswered. And getting her revenge, looks like the defense attorney wont be making any okays any time son okayings any objections any time son. He has a four year suspension for a tell all book. A judge needs a top state official holds a boozey party for his workers. Now the Governors Office is looking into the claims against brian jeffries, the director of the Economic SecurityDepartment Admits he took staff out to a restaurant there, paid the tab, including alcohol, all to celebrate after a meeting in april. The hot water is off. The cup dry in an opt come lex and its been there apartment complex. Its been that way for more than a week. We took action to let the landlord to pay up. Reporter brown water, then no water. Oh, man. Just not able to take a senator every day shower every day, i feel gross. Reporter people are getting the same answer from managers here at the apartments. Crews are working on it. Complex managers say they were waiting for a key permit from the city to installed a new industrial boiler, but in the meantime. Its beyond frustrating. You cant really explain it. Reporter hot water is an essential service your landlord tenants advocates tell me you have rights, but theres a catch. Its not an obligation on the part of the landlord to educate the ten at. You should know your rights. You should absolutely know your rights. Those who did got lucky. They provided alternative apartments to those who asked. They planned to give a five day dis count to those affected by this outage. We checked in with the city to see why it took so long to issue this permit. Request until yesterday and rushed the process and got them that permit within 40 minutes. Ill have the full statement for you on www. Abc15. Com. It was a gorgeous fall day here in the valley. Temperatures actually maxing out a little bit below average for the first time in weeks. Our high, 7. 2. Right now, were in the mid 60s. Well spend the evening under clear skies, dry conditions and temperatures in the 60s through 9 00 tonight. And then down into the overnight into the 40s. The coldest night weve seen in 7 months. Well take a look at the numbers here in the valley and the spots across the state that will freeze tonight coming up in just minutes. Th