In florida and he told supporters he used to be an insider and can be construction in washington and called the leadership very weak. Were waiting for the official criminal charges against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Abc 15s melissa is outside the federal courthouse in phoenix and monitoring this minute by minute. What can we expect, melissa . Reporter we are expecting at any point to get word of what federal prosecutors are going to charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio with very specifically, what the allegation is against him criminally. Weve not seen those Court Documents yet. Were monitoring this minute by minute through the federal court system. All of this happening on the same day as early voting starts. Sheriff joe arpaio seeking his seventh term in office against democrat paul penzone. A new poll showing that opponent penzone is up by ten tuesdays announcement that these criminal charges would be coming for sheriff arpaio disobeying a federal court order in a hispanic racial profiling case. Today abc reaching out to Law Enforcement groups that endorsed arpaio in the past but none plan to publicly pull their support so far. No, i think many republicans expected this to happen at one time or another. Think didnt expect it happen so soon. I think what youll probably see is not a pulling of support but rather much more quieter type of support. Reporter and of course, we have reached out directly to sheriff arpaios campaign asking for an interview with him about both the campaign and the federal charge. Again, we are waiting here right at federal court. Any minute we expect it to come down ask as soon as we have that information, wherell as melissa mentioned, early voting starts today. Check your mailboxes. Youll probably see your ballot at least in the next couple days. 2Million People register today vote in maricopa county. More than 600,000 democrats and 760,000 republican and of those, more than a Million People are early voters. Scary scene at a Safeway Grocery store. A employee at green way and tatum stabbed by a they got combative and stabbed him and ran off. The plea expect today be okay. A buckeye child dead after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. Happened near i10 and watson road. Rescue crews tried to save that one yearold. He died atrophy knicks childrens hospital. Getting more information act what brought down this plane near the deer valley airport. According to phoenix firefighters the plane trip was supposed to be a birthday condition. Mcso saying some sort of mechanical issue to blame. Near 43rd avenue and Pinnacle Peak road. Crews have a hard time finding the crash but hiker spotted it in the desert. A teenage Sexual Assaulted at an avenue dale park. The suspect neighbors want done her exactly . Reporter well, neighbors are saying that this park is not well lit at night. Were am kimerly park steps away from homes but police say it happened at with unof the rain chances ma data bases, theres no lights here. This happened on september 26. It was a monday. Police say the guy approached the teen, struck her on the head and threw her to the ground. Then Sexual Assaulted her. She was able to fight him offer around 11 30 at night where neighbors say its too dark. They have security but not here 24 7. After that, anybody can come back. Theres a lot hof people that come back here at night when the security leaves. Its too dark to see. Its very dark. Reporter security has been here the last hour or so and tay tell me they were not aware of the attack. Now, police are trying to identify this guy. They need your help to get him off the streets. Call police or call 480 witness to remain anonymous. 77 yearold mesa man suffering from several Mental Health issues and signs of dementia mising. Name is merl bus buford. He left the des office on main. Clouds moving in today already starting to clear out to the east this evening. That after a disturbance moved through and dropping our temperatures for this afternoon. For phoenixers it was a five degree drop down to 92 after yesterdays high of 97. Upper 80s to low 90s a i cross the valley. Were looking at clear skies through evening forecast, mid 80s at 7, low 80s at 8 and cooler by 9 00 p. M. Tonight. Walk you day by day through your seven day forecast. The court driver slam into a tree and then runs from police. But he left behind something very important. Jumping into action with hesitation. Hesitation. The officers being sheriff paul babeu was headmaster hesitation. The officers being 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, ing, i didnt know how to live and function as a normal human being. Ill end with that, thank you so much. In scottsdale, Police Looking for the drive of this black car where he crashed into a wall and left his female passenger alone. Is it a hoax or real deal. Still asking questions to find out tonight Surveillance Video shows what looks like a child shut in a trunk. It was camtured near 91st avenue and thomas. As of right now, officers say they have no leads or reports of any missing or endangered kids. Theyre not ruling it out possible hoax. Theyre hoping someone will see this video and report something. The plane that went down in the middle of the street in connecticut happened on purpose. The feds saying it does look like suicide. Also now, some kind of fight in the cockpit before the plane crashed. The student pilot died and Flight Instructor died. The student was gus grunt thed and wasnt able to get disgruntled and wasnt able to police say this couple started this howe house fire. 19 yearold alexis and 20 year old sol. They started the fire and went back inside. Police saved them and put out the flames. Another reminder, its not the best idea to go hiking at night. A 17 yearold had to be rescued overnight after he started feeling fatigued. Crews had to use a big wheel to get him down. Able to walk down on their own. If you got caught up in a big traffic jam on i10 east in the tunnel, this problem has been fixed. Adot had to shut down the whole freeway to fix the damaged light from a truck hitting it this morning. It was hanging so it took a couple hours to fix and reopened the interstate. What a former miss arizona had to say about her run 234 with donald trump. Itll happen between phoenix and tucson and how much a form issue miss arizona now coming forward during an interview, she revealed donald trump walked into a dressing room during a 2001 miss usa panel while some of the pageant while some of the contestants not fully dressed. First introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our by kuhnes to have the owner come walting in she says she felt like trump owned the pageants for power. After hearing recent audio of trump talking act women. She decided it was time to speak out. More than a dozen San Antonio Police officers facing discipline after appear inning a video wearing donald trump hats. They tweeted the video showing the officers wearing the red caps make America Great again. They violated policy while participating in political paul ryans leadership job could be on the line. Many conservative republicans are angry with ryan for not defending or campaigning with the party nominee. Hes not pulled his endorse but will no longer defend him want its hitting a cord because there will be another vote for speaker next month. We now know the man accused of gunning down two palm murder charges. Hell also face three counts of attempted murder for trying to kill three other Palm Springs Police officers. They make him eligible for the Death Penalty and remains in jail without bail. Travel options changing. American airlines expanding your flight options. Two brand new options to sonoma, california, and bull head city. American will sioux false, south dakota, and santa fe, new mexico. A Warning System placed on i10 between phoenix and tucson. Sensors will be able to detect dust as far as a mile away giving adot a chance to alert you. It could start working by fall of 2018 or early 2019. Arizona has 39 confirmed cases of the zika rye rhus and now a virus and now a hot questions. Health officials available 24 7. Find that number on abc 15. Com. Tracking all the flooding in North Carolina following hurricane matthew. Take a look at what its like there. The streets, the homes still under water days after the storm hit. The state continues to struggle with the deadly after math. Forecasters warning that water is still on the rise in some areas with at least one river expected to crest this weekend and just into the news room, word that strengthened into a category three tomorrow and inches its way towards burr barber nuda. Bermuda is the only place that has to be on the alert. In the meantime, here in the valley, little disturbance coming through brought us a few clouds but at this point, theyre pushing fartherrer to the east and 91 degrees today. About a five degree drop from yesterdayhigh of 97. Dry out there. Dew points in the 20 humidity at 10 percent and look at tonight. Winds light at skies clear and temperatures down into the low 80s by 8 and 9 tonight here across the valley. Gorgeous even i ahead for us. Lots of spots in the low 90s but many east valley cities dropped down into the upper 80s at this hour and take alook at cross the state. Temperatures sitting in the mid to upper 70s in prescot and payson. 60s in flagstaff an winds picked up a bit in higher terrain spots today as this disturbance came in. The clouds starting to push farther to the east at this hour and tomorrow as we see that moisture push farther to the east, were in for a sunny day tomorrow but we have a very close eye on whats happening further to our northwest. Having rain move in to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest along with very strong winds. At this point, it looks like the storm track will stay too of that our way but may see a few more clouds into the forecast heading into friday. A look at tracking hour by hour for tomorrow. Gorgeous state to the day, 60s in the morning hour the. 87 at noon, low 90s through the mid to late afternoon. So just a few degrees above that average of 90 for this time of year. 91 in mesa and gilbert, 12 in tempe and ahwatukee. 893 litchfield avondale at 93 tomorrow. Air quality moderate for dust and pollen count moderate too so keep that in mind if heading outdoors tomorrow. The hour you have to watch out for is between noon and 1 00 p. M. Otherwise not bad for that uv index for tomorrow. Heading into the weekend, temperatures friday, saturday, sunday around noon in the mid to upper 80s. 5 00 p. M. In the low 9 0s then by 9 00 p. M. , upper 70s to low 80s. On the map tonight, 35 in flagstaff, 37 at the grand canyon. Mid 40s in prescot and payson. 60s to the west and farther to the east, 50s in globe. Tomorrow, sunshine across the state, lighter winds for the high country too. And highs a little bit above average but all in all, not too bad. 76 in prescot, 85 in kingman, 78 in page, 70 in temperatures across Central Arizona and spots to the west hitting 90s and stay in the valley. 94 on friday, 93 on saturday. Keep the low 9 0s going for sunday and at least the first half of next week. Lows continue in the 60s. The debate heats up on marijuana and now a Certain Group is targeting aces students on the issue. World news. I learned as a Police Officer and a businessman you should never abuse peoples trust. Unfortunately, today too many politicians either serve their party or themselves, and arizona families suffer. The Arizona Republic called paul babeu a disgrace. Babeu spent 28,000 of taxpayer money at a fivestar resort to promote himself. Ohalleran im tom ohalleran, and i approve this message, early voting started today in arizona and one of the biggest question on your ballot is prop 205 asking you in you want to legalize marijuana. Dea agents rallying in favor of pot. Reporter these days retired dea agents out here encouraging students to vote yes on prop 205. Hear ability top 205, marijuana legalization. Reporter ironic it see the for pot fighting to make it legal. Former special agent says legalized pot will make our Community Safer. Its gonna allow the cops to spend more time instead on marijuana cases to work the cases that are more important. Both men have a lot of experience fighting mexican cartels, former special agent michael says 60 percent of cartel funding comes from marijuana they are selling in the u. S. Black market. Legalizing it will hit them in the pocketbook while improving arizonas final picture. Good source of revenue as alcohol and to baa consistency of effort. What d tobacco. Reporter what like is like when marijuana is legal. Take you to colorado. Abc 15 news. Take a good look, have you venothis woman . The Sheriffs Office is asking for your help. Elves edge from coolage. Ellis from coolage. If youve seen her call the number on your screen. The 25 yearold hispanic man who open fired on police after he pointed a gun at them was wearing body armor but is expected to live. Near 40th street and van buren. The suspect just got out of prison ten months ago. From the live desk, the man found with a four yearold kidnapped gi police. They want to move him back to florida. Wild west hogs was spotted with a little girl at a hospital in tennessee. She was kidnapped in florida on friday. They do not know why that little girl was kits napped. The court a ceo of wells fargo john stumps has resigned ectoive immediately and giving up his title as chairman. The bank under fire after meet sails goals. The court expect more Social Security in each check next year. 68million beneficiaries will get a pay hike between. 2 and. 5 percent northbound year. Thats 26dollars per month. Its roughly 13 per month. The court a lot of people 1300 per month. Flying, so expensive so its best to book when its cheapest. Air fair analyst say for christmas travel, most flights will be the as far as thanksgiving go, wait a bit longer but book before the end of the month to save. All new at 6, he has his reasons be i you be the judge. Why this guy pepper sprayed dogs through a fence plus he helped lead the cardinals to a big win. How this star player is being honored by the nfl. Im joe in mesa, how does 700,000gallons of water just disappear. Thats enough water to fill month. Well, the city of mesa seem to think so and stuck a homeowner with a bill more than 4500. Coming up at 6, we spoke to that homeowner about what she thinks happened. Well have that full story coming up. The latest Class Action Lawsuit settlements and how you can get a piece of them. All right. Tracking your forecast, its looking great for the next few days as we take a look at morning tomorrow on your way to work, temps in the 60s, going open upper 80s to low 9 0sment abundant sunshine, light wind, no rain chances either so go ahead, do it, wash your car. All right. You just cursed it. Stick around for the news at 6 because we have breaking news we want to get to at 6 00 p. M. A chandler woman arrested on terrorism chargers. More details coming your way. In the meantime, world news Sexual Assault and rape. Outofcontrol Corrections Officers arrested. But not one served a day of time. Sweetheart deals, making us all less safe. Theres a better choice diego rodriguez, a career prosecutor who believes in tough sentences for Violent Crime and equal justice under the law. Vote for diego rodriguez. A county attorney for us all. 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. 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. James p. Walsh to keep our Community Safe we need a sheriff who will put fighting Violent Crime ahead of his own political agenda. Paul penzone has been a decorated crimefighter for over 20 years. 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. Tonight, the deadly plane crash. The fbi on the scene, and this question was the crash intentional . Was there a fight onboard . And did the student, reportedly a jordanian national, take on the pilot . Also breaking, two attempted attacks now on an american warship. Is the u. S. Preparing to respond with force . Martha raddatz standing by. Trumps tirade, going it alone. What he said today about paul ryan and about invading hillarys space. And the wikileaks trail tonight. The new emails and the Clinton Campaign left to respond. The school shooting. And tonight, the 911 tapes now released. Stay in the classroom, okay . Dont open the doors for anything. The teachers frantically trying to save their students. And quarterback tom brady, and the question he was asked today