AN.
AN. >>>
AN. >>> RIGHT NOW ON 12 NEWS AT
NOON.
NOON.
NOON. HURRICANE SALLY SLAMMING THE
SHORES MAKING LANDFALL
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. >>> A FEDERAL
OFFICER
OFFICER INJURED WHEN A GUNMAN OPENS FIRE IN
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.
DOWNTOWN PHOENIX. >> AND FIRST DAUGHTER IVANKA
TRUMP CAMPAIGNING FOR HER DAD
IN THE VALLEY.
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IN TUCSON.
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YOUTUBE.
YOUTUBE.
YOUTUBE. IT IS TRISHA HERE.
WE WANT TO START WITH A WEATHER
ALERT AS HURRICANE SALLY MAKES
LANDFALL IN THE SOUTHEAST.
HURRICANE SALLY HAS MADE
LANDFALL ON THE GULF COAST BUT
AT A CRAWLING PACE.
WITH HIGH WINDS, POWERFUL WAVES
AND DRENCHING RAIN, SALLY IS
BATTERING THE GULF SHORES OF
ALABAMA AND CREATING LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS FROM
LOUISIANA TO FLORIDA.
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE IN
THE AREA NEED TO HONKER DOWN AS
THE WORSE OF THE STORM'S IMPACT
MAY STILL LIE AHEAD.
>>> IT IS BAD.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO
CLEAN UP.
CLEAN UP.
CLEAN UP. >> WE HAVE EXTENSIVE FLOOD
DAMAGE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
>> THE BIGGEST CONCERN, THE
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. IT
RAIN. IT IS APPROACHING THREE FEET IN
SOME AREAS.
SOME AREAS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
POSING THE RISK OF HISTORIC
FLOODING.
FLOODING.
FLOODING. HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE UNDER
WAY IN SOME AREAS.
>> MOTION CRYSTAL HENDERSON IS
JOINING US WITH MORE DETAILS ON
THIS BIG STORM.
>> SALLY IS A RAIN MACHINE AS
SHE SLUGGISHLY CRAWLS TO THE
NORTHEAST CONTINUING TO BRING
ROUND AFTER ROUND OF RECORD
RAINFALL LEADING TO FIERCE
FLOODING.
FLOODING.
FLOODING. SOME SPOTS COULD RECEIVE 30
INCHES OF RAINFALL.
HOW LONG HAS IT TAKEN US TO
READ A RAINFUL TOTAL LIKE THAT?
WELL YOU WOULD HAVE TO TALLY UP
THE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST
THREE YEARS IN TUCSON TO GET A
NUMBER LIKE THAT.
MAKE IT FIVE YEARS FOR PHOENIX
IN WINSLOW AND SIX YEARS LAKE
HAVASU AND IT HAS TAKEN A
DECADE TO FILL UP THE YUMA RAIN
GAUGE WITH A TOTAL OF 33
INCHES.
INCHES.
INCHES. NOT A DROP OUT OF THE SKIES
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. IN
TODAY. IN FACT IT IS STILL JUST SMOKE
PENNED U.P.
PENNED U.P. THERE, NO MONSOON ACTIVITY,
ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS LEFT TO GO
UNTIL MONSOON OFFICIALLY
EXPIRES.
EXPIRES.
EXPIRES. NOW, WE ARE FEELING VERY
PARCHED SINCE THE DRY WEATHER
IS ONGOING SO MAKE SURE YOU
SUCK DOWN THAT WATER.
YOUR ESPECIALLY GOING TO NEED
IT IN THE DAYS AHEAD AS WE HAVE
HIGH HEAT AND POLLUTION IN THE
METRO WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND
THAT 110 MARK AND CRUMMY AIR
QUALITY TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
THE MERCURY IS GOING TO BE
HITTING AROUND THESE RECORDS IN
PHOENIX, AND TUCSON AND YUMA
AND OUTSIDE THE WARN ZONE WE
COULD BE TYING OR BREAKING
RECORDS TODAY OR TOMORROW.
ALL EYES ON THE THERMOMETER AND
A WIND MAKER IS GOING TO SLY
INTO THE PICTURE BY THE END OF
THE WEEK THAT IS GOING TO RAISE
OUR RISK OF FIRE DANGER.
>> PRAYING FOR RAIN BEFORE
MONSOON COMPLETELY COMES.
DECISION 21 IS 2020 KEEPING ITS
FOCUS ON ARIZONA.
WE HAVE ALREADY SYRIAN REFUGEE
A VISIT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
THIS WEEK BUT THE CAMPAIGN IS
NOT STOPPING THERE RIGHT NOW
THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER,
IVANKA IS IN PHOENIX FOR HER
DAD.
DAD.
DAD. CURRENTLY TAKING PART IN A
ROUND TABLE WITH GOVERNOR DUCEY
FOCUSED ON WORKING FAMILIES AND
TAX CUTS.
TAX CUTS.
TAX CUTS. THIS IS HER FIRST VISIT TO
ARIZONA SINCE HER FATHER WAS
ELECTED AND OUR VERY OWN TEAM
12 TRAM MAI IS COVERING THE
VISIT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE
FROM THE FIRST DAUGHTER ON
FIRST AT FOUR.
>>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
IVANKA'S VISIT TO PHOENIX ON
AIR AND ONLINE.
HER VISIT IS PART OF A MASSIVE
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY TO RETAIN THE
REPUBLICAN HOLD ON ARIZONA AND
IVANKA WON'T BE THE LAST TO
VISIT THIS WEEK.
TOMORROW SECOND LADY KAREN
PENCE WILL HEAD TO ARIZONA
FOLLOWED BY THE.
MIKE PENCE ON FRIDAY.
MAKE SURE TO STAY WITH 12 NEWS
FOR DECISION 2020 COVERAGE ALL
THE WAY THROUGH ELECTION DAY.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP TO GET
THE LATEST UPDATES AND FACT
CHECKS.
CHECKS.
CHECKS. >> # MOST CLICKED.
HERE ARE THE STORIES THAT ARE
PEAKING EVERYONE'S INTEREST.
TENSE MOMENTS IN DOWNTOWN
PHOENIX LAST NIGHT.
THIS AS THE PERSON WITH A GUN
OPENS FIRE OUTSIDE OF THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE HITTING A
SECURITY OFFICER.
SECURITY OFFICER. WE HAVE MORE.
>> INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE NOT
SAID WHO THE SUSPECT IS OR WHY
SOMEONE WOULD SHOOT OUTSIDE OF
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN
PHOENIX BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
IT WAS QUITE ALARMING FOR
EVERYONE IN THE AREA YESTERDAY
WHEN THOSE SHOTS RANG OUT.
>> MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
GETS BEHIND COVER.
>> IT WAS LIKE A PAUSE AND
AFTER THAT THEY JUST UNLOADED.
>> THERE IS A LET OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AROUND WHERE THE
SHOTS WENT OFF OUTSIDE OF THE
COURTHOUSE AND PHOENIX PD
HEADQUARTERS ARE RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET.
THE STREET. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
A SUSPECT SHOT A GUN OUTSIDE OF
THE COURTHOUSE RIGHT BEFORE
LUNCH YESTERDAY.
LUNCH YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE SHOT HIT THE
SECURITY GUARD IN HIS
BULLETPROOFVIS.
BULLETPROOFVIS. MEDICS RUSHING HIM TO THE
HOSPITAL AND HE IS EXPECTED TO
BE OKAY.
BE OKAY.
BE OKAY. THAT SECURITY GUARD IS A U.S.
MARSHALL, ASSIGNED TO
COURTHOUSE SECURITY.
COURTHOUSE SECURITY. POLICE FINDING THE SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE AND DRIVER ABOUT 16
BLOCKS AWAY NEAR 9th STREET AND
VENOMERREN.
VENOMERREN. THE FBI IS LEADING THE CASE AND
NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE
SUSPECT YET.
SUSPECT YET. WE ARE TOLD THAT ONE PERSON IS
IN CUSTODY.
IN CUSTODY. STAY WITH 12 NEWS FOR UPDATES.
WE ARE IN PHOENIX, JEN WALL, 12
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>>
NEWS. >>> THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
AND A DEADLY SELF-DRIVING UBER
CRASH FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO
IN TEMPE.
IN TEMPE.
IN TEMPE. RAFAEL I VASTKA WAS BEHIND THE
WHEEL OF A CAR WHEN IT HIT AND
KILLED A WOMAN WALKING ACROSS
THE STREET.
THE STREET. A GRAND JURY HAS CHARGED
VASQUEZ WITH ONE COUNT OF
NEGLIGENCE.
NEGLIGENCE. SHE WAS STREAMING AN EPISODE OF
THE VOICE AT THE TIME OF THE
CRASH.
CRASH.
CRASH. >>
CRASH. >> THE COCOAMIN SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING TWO
SUSPICIOUS WILDFIRES NORTH OF
FLAGSTAFF WITHIN THE PAST TWO
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. LOOK AT THIS.
THE MOST RECENT BREAKING OUT
YESTERDAY IN THE DONNY PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD FORCING SEVERAL
PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.
THE FIRE IS FULLY CONTAINED BUT
BURNED THREE OR FOUR ACRES OF
LAND.
LAND.
LAND. FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO TRY
TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY
STARTED THE FIRE TO IGNITE IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
BOTH FIRES HAVE BEEN LABELED
SUSPICIOUS.
SUSPICIOUS. WE ARE TOLD A WOMAN WAS
QUESTIONED ABOUT THE FIRES BUT
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED
AT THIS HOUR.
>>> A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INTERCEPT GETS OUT OF HAND AND
INJURIES TWO WORKERS AT ASU.
THE CABINET WAS INSIDE A BIO
DESIGN LAB LED TO A NITROGEN
BLAST THAT SENT TWO MEN
CLEANING IT TO THE HOSPITAL.
ASU SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
SAY THE CABINET OVERPRESSURIZED
THAT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
WE ARE TOLD NO STUDENTS OR
STAFF WERE HURT IN THE BLAST.
>>> A SHOCKING ADMISSION FROM
THE CDC.
THE CDC.
THE CDC. LISTEN.
LISTEN.
LISTEN. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION SAYS THEY FAILED
TO TRAP THE SPREAD OF THE
CORONAVIRUS ON THE ONSET OF THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. THE CONFESSION MET THE FORBES
MAGAZINE THAT SUGGESTS THE
AGENCY LACKED VITAL INFORMATION
IN OFFERING GUIDANCE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE AND THE
STATES ABOUT REOPENING IN JUNE.
THE CDC ADMITS CONTACT TRACING
AND TESTING WERE INEFFECTIVE
RIGHT AT THE TIME PRESIDENT
TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO OPEN UP HIS
OPENING UP AMERICA PLAN.
>>> THE FIRST FEMALE POLICE
CHIEF IN TEMPE'S HISTORY IS
STEPPING DOWN.
STEPPING DOWN. TEMPE POLICE CHIEF SYLVIA
MOGGAL WILL RESIGN FROM HER
POSITION NEXT MONTH.
SHE TOOK THE JOB IN MARCH OF
2016.
2016.
2016. MAYOR WOODS APPRECIATES
ACHIEVE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO
TEMPE.
TEMPE.
TEMPE. HER LAST DAY IS OCTOBER 25th.
AN INTERIM CHIEF IS APPOINTED.
>>> APS EXTENDING THE
MORATORIUM ON SERVICE
DISCONNECTIONS IMPACTED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. THE COMPANY PUT THE HOLD ON AND
CAUGHT OFF IN PLACE IN MARCH
AND THE MORATORIUM WILL BE IN
PLACE UNTIL THE END OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. GOOD NEWS FOR FOLKS HERE.
ALSO ANY LATE FEES RELATED TO A
CUSTOMER'S BILL WILL BE WAIVED
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW
MUCH AN OVERDUE BILL IS GOING
TO COST YOU ON THE BACK END.
APS HAS SEVERAL PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN PLACE
FOR ANYONE OUT THERE WHO NEEDS
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>>
THEM. >>> BIG NEWS FROM THE BIG TEN,
THE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING
FOOTBALL WILL RESUME NEXT
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS AND
CHAN CHANCELLORS WILL MARK ON
THE 23rd AND 24th.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
ALL ATHLETES AND COACHES AND
FANS ON THE FIELD WILL UNDERGO
DAILY ANTIGEN TESTING.
A LOT OF FOLKS CAN'T WAIT.
>>> WELL, NOW LET'S GET TO OUR
JUICE TODAY.
JUICE TODAY. WE ARE TALKING BEER AND WINE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK OF A NICE
GLASS OF WINE, YOU PROBABLY
DON'T THINK TACOS AND YOU DON'T
THINK TACO BELL, RIGHT?
BUT TABASCO CHAIN WANTS TO
CHANGE THAT.
CHANGE THAT. THE LATEST CREATION.
A JALAPENO MUIR.
IT DOES NOT TASTE LIKE JALAPENO
AND IT HAS NOTES OF WILD
STRAWBERRY.
STRAWBERRY. YUM.
YUM.
YUM. IF
YUM. IF YOU WANT A TASTING YOU WILL
HAVE TO GO NORTH OF THE BORDER.
IT IS AVAILABLE IN CANADA OR
THE CANADIAN WEBSITE FOR 19
BUCKS.
BUCKS.
BUCKS. >>> WE ARE NO STRANGER TO GOOD
BEER IN ARIZONA BUT WE HAVE
NEVER HAD THE BLESSING OF
YUENGLING BEER UNTIL NOW.
THE STORY OF PHILADELPHIA
BREWERY IS HEADED WEST FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN ITS 191 HISTORY.
THE YINGLING SONS WILL SELL THE
BEER IN THE WESTERN U.S. AND IT
HAS STAYED ALONG THE EAST COAST
WITH BREWERIES IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND ONE IN FLORIDA BUT THE ROLL
OUT MEANS THE FAMILY OWNED
COMPANY WILL EXPAND THE
FOOTPRINTS AND MAKE IT MUCH
MORE AVAILABLE.
MORE AVAILABLE. >> TIME NOW FOR THE LOOK AHEAD.
THE STORIES WE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT LATER.
ABOUT LATER. UBER MAKING A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
AHEAD OF NOVEMBER.
HOW THE RIDE SHARE GIANT WILL
WORK TO HELP YOU GET TO THE
POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
>>> PLUS DISTURBING RUMORS
SURROUNDING A DETENTION IN
GEORGIA AFTER A WHISTLEBLOWER
ALLEGES THAT WOMEN ARE FORCED
TO HAVE HYSTERECTOMIES.
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
IN 12 MINUTES.
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