miss there. and the northbound, just past the 202 san tan. and now you have seen it behind transitive yeah thursday and also our throw back thursday picture of the day. we will have the answer coming up. >> krystle, thank you. >>> checking on headlines across the valley this morning, a man is sitting behind bars accused of steeling a briefcase with $3 million worth of jewelry from musician drake. king took the briefcase off of brake 's tour bus. he was still carrying the briefcase at the time. >>> scientists and engineers from the u of a and asu are counting down to liveoff the. this afternoon, a project they have been working on for the past five years is going blast off into space. it will chase down an asteroid, get a sample off of it, and then come home. if everything goes well, it is seven years before the samples are returned. it swings around earth every six years and may hold the key to life. >>> and our county is the only space--is not the only place in the nation without an insurance exchange. blue cross, blue shield of arizona decided yesterday to stay in the county and off

mountain or san tan freeway. if you're in the nearby area, and you need to hop around, maybe your work is in this area, use baseline or southern. stay off the freeway away from this. this is likely to impact the entire rush hour morning commute here. i want to show you what it's doing to travel times all ready. 17 minutes from gilbert to the 101. 21 miles per hour the average. things. so look at the 202. your options here. so much better. traffic is flying on those freeways. >> crystal, thank you, new this morning, we're learning that construction on the loop 202 will begin on monday. only eastbound traffic on to loop 202 san tan freeway will be effected by that construction. the 22-mile freeway extension is expected to open in about three years. the south mountain freeway will complete the loop 202 and loop 101 freeway system in the let's check your friday weather. >> you know what, weather right now, we have clear skies and just cool weather, temperatures continue to drop where it's 70 degrees for the downtown area. what a nice change for us here. clear skies, the radar's lookin

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entire commute from the 101 to 7th street taking more than a 202 red mountain, san tan and the i-10 westbound if you're in the east valley, are nice and clear so far. and jamming ahead now to the 8:00 hour, that's when the roadways really start to back up. if you're heading around the broadway curve, west into phoenix on the 10. getting down to 35 miles per hour. another slow spot, the 51 southbound. jimmy, they wanted you to dance. we want to see that hop, skip, and a jump there from ronald mcdonald. >> i am pull me and the 12 news weather team in this. we go down to this. comparing us to a clown. >> we'll dance. how dare them. >> we better bring back food. that will make up for everything. the dew points 49. winds out of the southeast at 8 miles per hour. 74 for deer valley. 74 for sun city west. 24 hour temperature change, degrees cooler right now than what we were yesterday at sky harbor. a 2 for the monsoon meter. only a few more days until this is done. four more days until the monsoon meter is said and done. 9 degrees. lots of clouds. breezy and cooler. dry conditions for now

with national security experts, including michael churchohh and janet that pal tan know. broader national polls show this race is getting tighter. matt, savannah, back to you. >> kristen thanks very much. >>> we have a couple military experts this morning. we'll start with lieutenant general michael flynn, who led he now serves as an adviser to donald trump. good morning. good to have you here. >> thanks for having me back. >> listen to what was said last night, lot of people are shocked by the fact that donald trump seemed to have praise for vladimir putin while seeming to denigrate american generals saying they have been reduced to rubble in his words. >> yeah. >> how do you explain that. >> first of all, the format was great. the questions that came out of the audience were great. this business about this general beg our military and enormous respect for our military leadership. >> it didn't sound like it. >> what's happened is our leadership in the military, in the armed forces right now, there's a lot of frustration because of the policies that we are following and strategy

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tan, lay on the beach, in the water. >> your book is about more than soccer, obviously. obstacles. when a little girl who's watching right now, looking up to you, what do you hope the child takes away from you and this book? >> in writing this book, i wanted this book not to be just about a soccer journey but be inspiring for everybody, all walks of life, whether you are a mom, inspiring to be something great, whether you are a kid who's dreaming of being on the stage. that's what i want to write the book about. whatever comes your you can persevere if you put your mind to it. work hard and clock in the hours. you can make it. >> what do you want for the future in the last seconds we have? what are you looking forward to now? >> i want to push on, break barriers. we are fighting for equal pay. we're the next generation to push on for generations to come. >> that's up in december. >> right. >> good for you. >> great. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >>> don't go anywhere. you don't want to miss the performance by kristen chenoweth. >> and french toast without the guilt. she turns

, either use the 202 san tan or the 60 to make your way to the 10 and you'll bypass that without issu instead, seek out the 101, union hills or pinnacle peek. both of these closures by the way likely to be in place throughout the morning rush hour. store thank you for the update. it's 6:02. severe weather alert out of florida. live pictures out of downtown tampa where hermine slammed into the sunshine state as a hurricane over night. it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. but forecasters warn this storm is still very dangerous as it tampa reports say they got as much as 22 inches of rain. >>> hermine has the potential to unleash deadly flooding and rain as it moves up the carolinas and up the east coast, hermine was the first hurricane to hit florida in more than a decade when it came to shore this morning. >>> team 12 will be keeping you updated on that storm. we decided to have fun with jimmy. >>> he's hanging out in litchfield park >> reporter: i wish you could join us. it's really fun out here. we're going to be cooking in the next segment. we've been hanging at one of their

looking good. green on the 60 in both directions. same for the 202 and the san tan . good news in that area. tonight the diamondbacks take on the giants at take on the giants at 6:40 pm which is during the rush hour. is going downtown, it may take you a bit longer because of the traffic. another closure. 202 westbound from power 10, gilbert and mcdowell. alternate routes will be 60. >>> hot headlines this half- hour. the former owners of greenacre kennel will receive their melissa and jesse hughes were in charge of a gilbert area kennel where more than 20 dogs died from heat exhaustion back in 2014. they both have accepted a plea deal in that animal cruelty case. the deal requires a few weeks in jail, three weeks probation and volunteer service. >> this morning a judge will decide if hundreds of contested ballots will count in the republican primary. unofficial results has state senator leadin by nine votes. a superior court judge is expected to rule sometime today before the official canvass of the primary election results. >>> sunday marks the 15th anniversary of 9/11. as always

he was not drinking. >>> a san tan valley man facing aaccused of trying to --accused -- of trying to burn down his house while people were inside. >>> a loss to the dodgers last night. 5-2. skid gave up 5 runs and the two teams finish off their series tonight in l.a. and the first-pitch at the d.-backs tries to avoid a sweep here. >>> well the n.f.l. starting tomorrow. >> about 75 million people play the fantasy football. one man played and had to do something for a bet here and it went viral. he shows us why his loss hit dude. >> how a seemingly normal 24- year-old that looks like this became this is a story worth telling [ music ] >> he's a 24-year-old employee for fusion marketing. like many americans, he spends his sundays watching his fantasy football players. >> i spend ur and i scream at the t.v.. >> his star quarterback, luck, and his star wide receiver, jackson were injured and ineffective all season long. you don't want to finish last in this league because -- >> the over all winner of the league he had to choose the create. so it came down to "wrecking ball" by miley cy

san tan right now, averaging 50s for 101, a little bit more traffic there, so you are down to 20 miles per hour. and coming up, we have the answer to today 's traffic trivia, it is a, b, c, or d. what is the standard width of a freeway lane in the valley? >>> all right, thanks, krystle. decision 2016 and the vp is live right now where it is all happening. >> reporter: yes, he is here later tonight after another campaign stop, he is getting here tonight at 6:30 p.m. indiana governor mike pence will be here at this church, the living word bible church in mesa. this is actually his third visit to the valley since position. and now he and donald trump have been hitting the trail hard, last night, meeting with a group of pastors in cleveland. they are confederating to reach out to the black community because poll right now are show- -because polls right now are showing that hillary clinton has an advantage there. and here is history for you, arizona has voted for a democratic presidential nominee just one time in the last 6 years--in the last six years, tonight as he rallies for supporters.

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the slowing area of the 10 everybody. in the east valley, we have green all over the 202 san tan, the 202 red mountain and the 60 is looking good. but like i said, the 10 eastbound is slowing down, so travel times heading out at this moment, at 6:16 a.m. so if you are on the 10 heading eastbound, 75th avenue, 13 minutes. the stack is 17 and 7th street is going to talk you 21 minutes. and is it going to jimmy? >>> hey, look at this, i will tell you, it is a great day, it is friday, a lot of haze and a lot of cloud cover, it is still mur east valley. this is looking towards the east here, you cannot see the superstition mountains. the humidity has gone down, if you are saying, you are in glendale, if you are in surprise, sun city west, just great. dew point is 36 right now, that is out at sky harbor, so it is going to the sceptral part of the valley--to the central part of the valley. you can right there, 36 for phoenix. so the dew point is all the way comfortable in the morning, especially with the temperatures where they are right now at about 73-degrees. dew points for the for a east

premiere. you think it's the hair and the tan, but he's mastered that pout. >> it loos like he has the mannerisms. >> ellen degeneres needed a last-minute replacement, and for her, though, the person who stepped in was miley cyrus. she stepped up to the plate and apparently prepared as well as she could to fill ellen's shoes. ellen, so i'm going to do my best to make you very happy. i'm dressed like her. i smell like her. just before i came out here, i actually kissed a girl. so thank you. >> the episode will air later this afternoon. so definitely catch that. that's pretty good to jump in like that last-minute. >> she nailed the show open dance. >> speaking of ellen, she had the first look at the trailer for fantastic beasts and where to find them on yesterday's . await this movie in the extend of harry potter's wizarding world. it's been viewed more nan a million times in the last 24 hours. >> a lot of people excited about that. are you kids excited about it? >> they're a little too young. >> wour rr watching "early today." today." little dakota's nose was quivering in fear. layed th

. we're at top of rush hour right now. cars are cruising by on the 10 westbound passed the 202 san tan, such a different story eastbound on the 10 from the west. it's stop and all the way downtown. it may take 17 minutes from queen creek down on the 10, westbound, look at the travel times on the 10, eastbound, 35 minutes from the 101 to the stack. 23 minutes here. that's when we're in the red zone with speeds dropping into the 20s. 17 southbound. getting jammed up the closer you get to the stack. but we're averaging 53 miles per hour between the 101 and the stack. about a half hour if you're 60 westbound, your drive is looking fantastic. a bonus. >>> an automatic debate recount. we'll find out who will win the republican nomination for the fifth congressional district. state senate president andy bigs leads the former internet executive christine jones by 16 votes. >>> on the presidential campaign, donald trump stumps this afternoon in iowa. the republican nominee says he will also release new medical records this week. several reports are that he will do show. >>> and hillary clinton

-fire is set to begin. it will allow hue mare tan yir aid to reach aleppo and other besieged parts of the country. a violent surge after john kerry and his russian counterpart saturday, the carnage between syria's government forces and the country's u.s. backed opposition left at least 90 people dead and over 100 wounded. matt bradley is following the deal out of london. what more can you tell us or what likeliness this is going to stick or not? >> reporter: ominous signals out of syria after bombings and hours ahead of the scheduled cease-fire that's scheduled to begin at sundown. this is supposed to assad seemed to send a somewhat triumphant message to his opponents when he attended holiday prayers outside of damascus, just a few weeks ago, he had forced his neighborhood to surrender to his forces following a year-long siege. he then released a statement this morning kurg to routers saying the syrian state was today.. a hit-and-run leaves one person dead -- and a major freeway restricted. the arizona cardinals.. we talk with 12 sports insider -- jay taylor -- to see if they night's

tan. travel times, northbound. indian school road will take you 12 i'll take a close look to let you know if anything changes this morning. >>> today workers continue removing wreckage from a weekend plane crash. team 12's jen wall has one of our top stories from gilbert. >> reporter: good morning to you, tram, looking at this home now that the sun is coming up, we're getting a better picture of it. and it's hard to believe that so go ahead and take a lookment we're going to start with the damage on the left side of the house. you can see the window blown out. some smoke there. a huge crack in the side. the roof completely caved in. two people were inside at the time when the plane crashed into this house. and they are also okay. you can see the windows in the front are blown out. you can see straight into the house. curtains hanging and the couple's vehicles still in the garage more than 24 home just after 7:00 p.m. saturday night here near gilbert and ray. firefighters say a man and woman were inside the home when the plane blew through the roof. miraculously, they were not hurt. t

rush hour slow down, including the santa, a little bit of slowing--san tan, a little bit of slowing there on the 101. and now let 's break there's down for you, 26 minutes on the 101 eastbound from 75th avenue to scottsdale road. getting as slow as 17 miles per hour. 51 looking too bad there. 101 northbound, 21 minutes there. basically going at top speeds, but that is will changing in the minutes and hours ahead. matt and tram. >>> all right, thanks, krystle. today a trial continues for a women accused of sexual relation. >> reporter: lindsey is expected back in court, taking the stand around 8:30 a.m. justice center. she was arrested on question of multiple sex crimes after officers were told that she performed orb sex on a 15-year- old boy. she--oral sex on a 15-year-old by. she said she was intoxicated and does not remember this. and after the other adulls had left the party, or gone to sleep, police say she invited several boys into her room. she has pleaded not guilty in claims that someone slipped her a drug. if convicted, she faces more than six months in jail. a $2500 fine a

swimmer and ran marathons. a san tan valley man is facing attempted murder charges -- accused of trying to burn down his house with three people inside. investigators say 18-year-old luther cruz tried to light a propane tank on fire inside the home. family members stopped cruz and held him students at i-t-t tech here in arizona... are going to have to find a different place to go to school. that's because i-t-t is closing all of its campuses across the country. the college says it's because of an investigation and sanctions by the u-s department of education over recruiting and accounting practices. ?? toss emma with morning juice ?? every day-- it seems like we hear about some new study-- saying social media is bad for your menta stresses you out-- or can make you depressed. but researchers at carnegie mellon university now say-- interactions on facebook can make you just as happy as ?getting married or having a baby! sounds strange-- but here's how they got to that conclusion.. scientists got into 2-thousand facebook accounts-- and looked at their comments and likes. then those

san tan and rob the maul he works. the sequel "bad santa" 2 hits theaters. i got a chance to catch up with the cast to get a preview. >> we left on bad terms. >> you tried to murder me. >> the but film "bad santa" 2 reunites audiences with the con man who hatched a mall. he is back and better than ever. >> it's been 13 years since we last saw willie. why did you decide to bring him pack now? >> well, we knew when we made the first movie that we would like to make a sequel some day. over the years we did think about it and every time people see me on the street it's like, hey, when are you guys going to do another "bad santa" so we knew that the public wanted it. what? >> willie, it's me, thurman. rrpg for the sequel brett kelly. >> thurman murman is a lot of the same that he was, he has changed a little bit but for the most part he is still very -- a very, very special boy. >> i'm 21, officially a man. >> you're 21 already? that's creepy. >> brad, you know, plays murman. he looks exactly the same. i've never seen anything like this in my lifetime. >> and joining the cast oscar winning