.
. THIRTY
. THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY THE WORLD WATCHED AS THE CHALLENGER
SPACE SHUTTLE EXPLODED JUST
AFTER TAKEOFF.
PLUS SOMETHING STRANGE IS
HAPPENING ON WALL STREET AND
IT'S CAUSING PEOPLE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AND STUCK IN THE
SNOW WITH CORONAVIRUS VACCINES
ABOUT TO SPOIL WHAT HEALTH CARE
HEROES DID WITH ALL OF IT.
TWELVE AND TWELVE STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
TWELVE MINUTES NO COMMERCIALS.
WE'RE LIVE ON TV AND ON THE GO
ON THE TWELVE NEWS APP WEBSITE
AND YOUTUBE.
HEY GUYS, IT'S TRUE I'M HERE
RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO SOME
BREAKING NEWS AFTER FIVE DAYS
ON THE RUN, TWO DANGEROUS
INMATES WHO ESCAPED FROM AN
ARIZONA PRISON HAVE BEEN
CAPTURED.
THE MEN USE TOOLS TO CUT
THROUGH A PRISON FENCE ON
SATURDAY.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK
RIGHT NOW FROM SKY 12 IN
COOLIDGE WHERE THE FUGITIVES
WERE CAUGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT
AGO DUE TO HIS COLLEAGUES.
IGOR IS LIVE AT THE COOLIDGE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE VERY
LATEST.
CARLY, WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL TRAINED COLLEGE POLICE SAY
THAT THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL
CALLS FROM PEOPLE STARTING THE
TWO INMATES AROUND 9:00 A.M.
THIS MORNING APPARENTLY
CAPTURING THEM IN A FIELD ABOUT
FOUR MILES SOUTH OF WHERE WE
ARE HERE AT COOLIDGE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS GUY TWELVE COP
VIDEO THE AFTERMATH OF THAT
SCENE WHERE JOHN SHARPEI AND
DAVID HARMON WERE ARRESTED BY
POLICE AND THE U.S. MARSHALS.
THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE
NOW IN CUSTODY AWAITING TO BE
TAKEN BACK TO PRISON PERMANENT
ESCAPED ARIZONA STATE PRISON
FLORENCE USING TOOLS THEY TOOK
FROM THE PRISON'S TOOL ROOM.
THEY'VE BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE
SATURDAY.
THEY HAD DECADES STILL LEFT ON
THEIR SENTENCES FOR CRIMES
INCLUDING BURGLARY, SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND KIDNAPING.
THEY'LL LIKELY FACE MORE TIME
SINCE THEIR ESCAPE.
NOW WE ARE WORKING TO GATHER
SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR
ESCAPE AS WELL AS THEIR CAPTURE
.
SO STAY WITH 12 NEWS FOR THE
LATEST WE'RE LIVE IN COOLIDGE.
COLLEEN TOLD NEWS COLLEEN,
THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS
BREAKING NEWS COMING UP ON
FORSETT FOR NOW.
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HERE IN ARIZONA.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES IS REPORTING MORE THAN
FORTY SIX HUNDRED NEW CASES A
DAY ALONG WITH 176 NEW DEATHS.
CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE
FLATLINED IN ARIZONA FOR AT
LEAST A WEEK AFTER OUR HOLIDAYS
SPIKE BUT THERE ARE STILL
PLENTY OF LINGERING ISSUES WITH
SPREAD AND TREATMENT IN OUR
STATE.
COVID CASES ACCOUNT FOR 57
PERCENT OF ARIZONA'S ICU BEDS
AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT EIGHT
PERCENT CAPACITY ACROSS THE
STATE AS OF TODAY ALL COUNTIES
ARE NOW IN THE PHASE ONE BIG
GROUP ACCORDING TO LA PAZ, WAS
THE LAST COUNTY TO MOVE INTO
PHASE ONE BE GOVERNOR JOSE
HINTED A MOVE TO PHASE ONE C
COULD COME BY MARCH.
MEANWHILE, VACCINATION EFFORTS
ARE RAMPING UP ACROSS ARIZONA
TEAM TOLD TRICIA HENDRICKS
JOINS US FROM THE VACCINATION
SITE OVER AT STATE FARM
STADIUM.
AND TRICIA, ARIZONA HAS HIT AND
ENCOURAGE MILESTONE.
THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH SERVICES IS NOW
REPORTING MORE THAN HALF A
MILLION DOSES OF THE VACCINE
HAVE NOW BEEN ADMINISTERED
ACROSS ARIZONA.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
DISTRIBUTION HAS DRASTICALLY
INCREASED OVER THE PAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
THIS 24/7 VACCINE SITE HERE IS
FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE
PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN THAT
SPEEDING UP THE DISTRIBUTION IS
A TOP PRIORITY OF GOV. DOUG
DOOZER.
THIS WEEK HE ISSUED A NEW
ADVISORY ALLOWING THE STATE TO
REALLOCATE VACCINE DOSES TO
FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN BE
DISTRIBUTED THE FASTER.
IT ALSO REQUIRES HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS WHO ADMINISTER THE
VACCINE TO REPORT THEIR DATA TO
DHS.
THE STATE IS ALSO EXPANDING ITS
VACCINATION EFFORTS WITH
ANOTHER FACILITY SET TO OPEN AT
PHENIX MUNICIPAL STADIUM NEXT
WEEK.
GOVERNOR GIUSTI SAID THE
VACCINES ARE QUOTE OUR BEST
SHOT OF RETURNING LIFE AS IT
SHOULD BE.
BUT THE PANDEMIC IS STILL
TAKING A HUGE TOLL ESPECIALLY
ON FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
THAT'S WHY SOME VALLEY NURSES
ARE NOW TAKING PART IN A NEW
RADIO CAMPAIGN PLEADING WITH
PEOPLE TO CONTINUE PRACTICING
SAFE HEALTH MEASURES.
WE ARE DISASTER CONTROL AND SO
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
COMMUNITY DO THEIR PART TO HELP
CONTAIN THE SPREAD COVID AN
IMPORTANT REMINDER ON WHY WE
ALL NEED TO CONTINUE WASHING
OUR HANDS, WEARING MASKS AND
PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
CORONAVIRUS AS WELL AS THE
VACCINE ROLLOUT GO TO 12 NEWS
DOT COM IN GLENDALE TRISHUL
HENDRICK'S 12 NEWS.
TRICIA, THANK YOU.
NOW LET'S GET TO OUR WEATHER
AFTER A BIG WINTER WALLOP ON
MONDAY, WE'RE IN FOR YET
ANOTHER STORM.
HERE'S CRYSTAL WITH YOUR
FORECAST FOR ONE ONE.
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SO
MAGICAL ABOUT THIS SNOWY SEDONA
SCENE AS THE POWDER MELTS INTO
THE MOUNTAIN WITH TODAY'S
MILDER TEMPERATURES.
YOU KNOW OUR RECENT WET AND
WIDESPREAD CERTAINLY DID US A
SOLID WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
DROUGHT STATUS NOW OUR DROUGHT
SITUATION IS STILL VERY UGLY
BUT THERE IS A DARK RED CHUNK
MISSING OUT OF THE CENTER
OF OUR STATE NOW THE ENTIRE
STATE IS STILL AT SOME LEVEL
OF DROUGHT BUT 15 PERCENT
OF THE STATE DROPPED OUT OF AT
WORST LEVEL.
SO THERE IS SOME IMPROVEMENT
AND THIS IS THE BEST DROUGHT
REPORT WE HAVE GOTTEN IN TWO
MONTHS.
WE'LL TAKE IT MORE RAIN AND
SNOW.
DON'T MIND IF WE DO.
HERE COMES OUR NEXT WINTER
STORM DO AND TOMORROW FIRST
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO SHAKE
OUT THOSE VERY FIRST SHOWERS
ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
STATE.
THIS STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO
SWIPE FROM WEST TO EAST.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SHOWERS
GOING UP AND DOWN THE CENTER
OF THE STATE AFTER LUNCHTIME.
THEN HEAVIER SNOW IS GOING TO
PICK UP HERE.
WE MIGHT EVEN THROW SOME
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MIX HERE
IN THE VALLEY AROUND DINNERTIME
.
WE KEEP WITH THAT SHOWERY
ACTION THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AND THEN WE'LL START
TO GET ZAPPED OF THAT MOISTURE
AT SOME LAST MINUTE SHOWERS
TOUCH OFF IN EASTERN ARIZONA
BEFORE OUR SKIES THEN BRIGHTEN
UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF YOUR
SATURDAY AND WEEKEND.
BUT CHILLIER AIR WILL
DEFINITELY BE IN PLACE.
THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO
KNOW RAIN UP TO A HALF OF AN
INCH PER DESSERT'S AS MUCH AS
AN INCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WHICH COULD
BLOW AROUND SNOW AND AS MUCH AS
HALF A FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 6000
MAYBE A DUSTING DOWN TO THREE
THOUSAND FEET WILL TURN MILDER
BY THE START OF EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
BUT MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER SHOT FOR
SHOWERS MIDWEEK.
WOW.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
CRYSTAL, THANK YOU.
TIME FOR YOUR DAILY CHECK LIST.
THE THREE STORIES TO KNOW ABOUT
TODAY AT NUMBER ONE.
TODAY MARKS THIRTY FIVE YEARS
SINCE THE CHALLENGER SPACE
SHUTTLE EXPLODED KILLING SEVEN
PEOPLE BACK ON JANUARY TWENTY
EIGHT NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX THE
SHUTTLE LIFTED OFF FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA.
BUT 73 SECONDS AFTER LIFTOFF IT
EXPLODED ON LIVE TV.
ALL SEVEN PEOPLE ON BOARD DIED
INCLUDING THE FIRST CIVILIAN
ASTRONAUT.
THIRTY SEVEN YEAR OLD CHRISTA
MCAULIFFE, A HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL
STUDIES TEACHER WHO WON A
COMPETITION THAT EARNED HER A
SPOT ON BOARD THE EXPLOSION WAS
BECAUSE OF A ROCKET BOOSTER
FAILURE WHICH IGNITED A FUEL
TANK AT NUMBER TWO, MOST
AMERICANS WITH CREDIT CARD DEBT
HAVE ACCRUED EVEN MORE DEBT
SINCE THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW
CREDITCARDS.COM REPORT IT SAID
FIFTY ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
ADDED MORE CREDIT CARD DEBT
SINCE MARCH.
ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES
OF TWENTY FOUR AND THIRTY NINE
SEEM TO HAVE BEEN HIT THE
HARDEST.
MORE IN HALF REPORTED ADDING TO
THEIR CREDIT CARD DEBT SINCE
LAST MARCH.
AD NUMBER THREE DESPITE RUMORS
OF ANOTHER CANCELATION THE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE OLYMPICS AND
TOKYO ARE STILL ON THE IOC SAYS
IT'S FULLY COMMITTED TO THE
GAMES HAPPENING THIS YEAR EVEN
DURING A PANDEMIC.
NOW RIGHT NOW MUCH OF JAPAN IS
GETTING HIT WITH A THIRD WAVE
OF COVID INFECTIONS WHICH
FUELED CANCELATION FEARS.
HOWEVER, IF JAPAN DOES BACK OUT
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS
REPORTING THAT FLORIDA IS
MAKING A PUSH TO BE AN
ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR THE GAMES.
THE GAMES ARE SET TO OPEN THIS
YEAR ON JULY TWENTY THIRD.
WALL STREET IS IN A GAMING
CRISIS RIGGED BY A GROUP
OF NEWCOMERS A GROUP OF SMALL
DAY TRADERS ORGANIZED ON REDDIT
HAVE SENT SHARES OF GAMESTOP
THE VIDEO GAME RETAILER
SKYROCKETING THIS MONTH.
THE MOSTLY YOUNG TRADERS ARE
BUYING THE STOCK IN DROVES TO
RAISE ITS PRICE BECAUSE HEDGE
FUND MANAGERS SHORTED IT.
THE GROUP SAYS THIS IS A HIT AT
THE ESTABLISHMENT ON WALL
STREET AND IT'S CAUSING
INVESTORS TO LOSE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
THE INDIVIDUAL TRADERS ARE ALSO
TARGETING OTHER TROUBLED STOCKS
.
THEY BID UP THE PRICE OF A
MOVIE THEATER CHAIN AMC WHICH
SKYROCKETED TO HUNDRED PERCENT
WEDNESDAY.
ANALYSTS WARNED TO STAY AWAY
FROM THIS BATTLE AS INFLATED
STOCKS WILL ALMOST DEFINITELY
CRASH AS QUICKLY AS THEY HAVE
RISEN.
NOW ROBIN HOOD AND SEVERAL
OTHER INTERACTIVE STOCK TRADING
APPS HAVE SUSPENDED BUYING
OF GAMESTOP AND OTHER STOCKS
TARGETED BY THE REDDIT USERS.
SO LET'S CONNECT THE DOTS ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE SURGE IN GAMESTOP STOCK HAS
EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT RETAIL
INVESTORS, BUT WHO ARE THEY AND
WHY ARE THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN
WIELDING SO MUCH POWER?
LET'S CONNECT THE DOTS.
A RETAIL INVESTOR IS BASICALLY
ANYONE WHO IS IN ONE OF THE BIG
BOYS.
WE'RE TALKING INDIVIDUAL
INVESTORS WHO DON'T BUY AND
SELL SECURITIES PROFESSIONALLY.
THEY'RE TRADING FOR THEIR
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS AND OFTEN
TRADE DRAMATICALLY SMALLER
AMOUNTS THAN AN INSTITUTIONAL
INVESTOR.
RETAIL INVESTORS OFTEN USE
ONLINE SERVICES LIKE TD
AMERITRADE OR ROBINHOOD TO MAKE
THEIR TRADES.
SO WHY ARE RETAIL INVESTORS ALL
OF A SUDDEN FRONT AND CENTER?
WELL, YOU CAN BLAME CORONAVIRUS
FOR THAT ONE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE STUCK AT
HOME OR OUT OF JOBS DECIDED TO
STEP UP THEIR INVESTING.
AND WHILE THE PROFESSIONALS
SURE DO LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
RETAIL INVESTORS, SOME RESEARCH
SHOWS THEY MAY HAVE HELPED KEEP
MARKETS AFLOAT WHEN THE
PANDEMIC HIT.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, RETAIL
INVESTORS CAME TO THE RESCUE
WHEN PROFESSIONALS FLED THE
MARKET IN FEBRUARY ON A SMALL
SCALE PROVIDING LIQUIDITY AND
HELPING STABILIZE THE MARKET.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL POSITIVE.
EXPERTS DO WARN THAT RETAIL
INVESTING IS RISKY WITH NOT
ENOUGH FOCUS ON EDUCATION.
AND AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH
GAMESTOP THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT
RETAIL INVESTORS USING SOCIAL
MEDIA TO MANIPULATE THE MARKET
.
AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE
LOOK NOW AT THE BIG BOARD ON
WALL STREET RIGHT HERE.
EVERYTHING IS POSITIVE WITH THE
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP
OVER 560 POINTS.
WELL NOW TO OTHER NEWS, THE
STORIES THAT WILL HAVE YOU
TALKING TODAY HEALTH CARE
WORKERS IN SOUTHERN OREGON
REFUSE TO LET PRECIOUS COVID
VACCINES GO TO WASTE.
GET THIS THEY GOT STRANDED IN A
SNOWSTORM THAT WORKERS HAD
SHOTS WITH THEM THAT WERE MEANT
FOR OTHER PEOPLE BUT THEY KNEW
THAT THEY WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE
THEY COULD EVEN GET TO THE
VACCINE SITE.
SO WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY WENT CAR TO CAR OFFERING
PEOPLE A CHANCE TO RECEIVE THE
VACCINE SO THAT THOSE SHOTS
WOULD NOT GO TO WASTE.
THAT IS AMAZING.
WELL, BARBIE HAS A NEW LINE FOR
DOLLS AND IT'S THE COMPANY'S
MOST DIVERSE LINE YET.
LOOK, MATTEL HAS TO WIDELY
REFLECT THE POPULATION FOR ITS
20 20 FASHIONISTAS LINE TRAITS.
AMONG THE NEW DOLLS INCLUDE
DARKER SKIN TONES, THOSE WITH
TEXTURED OR NO HAIR, DIFFERENT
BODY TYPES AND PROSTHETIC
LIMBS.
WELL, JUST IN TIME FOR
VALENTINE'S DAY, GET THIS CRAFT
LAUNCHING A LIMITED EDITION
HANDICRAFT MAC AND CHEESE.
IT'S MADE WITH THE SAME CHEESY
CONSISTENCY YOU'RE USED TO BUT
INCLUDES A CANDY FLAVOR PACKET
TO TURN IT PINK AND ADD HINTS
OF SWEET CANDY FLAVOR THAT
DOESN'T FLOAT MY BOAT.
MAYBE MY KIDS BUT YOU HAVE TO
GO TO THEIR WEBSITE THOUGH TO
BUY IT AND FINALLY GET THIS THE
PHENIX ZOO SHOWING OFF SOME
VERY CUTE ANIMALS HERE.
CHECK OUT THESE PATAGONIAN
TABBY'S THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM
AND THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE PART
RABBIT PARTS DEAR.
THEY'RE THE SIZE OF A SMALL DOG