The president ial election, theres a rare focus on arizona today. Hillary clinton speaks at asu tonight, and just a short time ago the republican Vice President ial nominee mike pence wrapped autopsy speech in mesa. And we were at that rally, and we spoke oneonone with the Vice President ial candidate. What did he have to say . Reporter there is no question the crowd was excited, pretty much the entire time, but they were also very tame. We didnt see out. Probably the most restless was a couple of times they were chanting lock her up referring to Hillary Clinton and it all happened here at the Mesa Convention center. I want to show you video of what it looked like inside that rally that just wrapped up. A rough estimate, but i would guess there were at least 1,500 voters inside the Convention Center to hear pence speak. Some of the big points pence premiums and replacing it if trump were to take office. He also focused on lowering corporate taxes. He argued that this would help arizona
Roads on the interstate 10, some flooding out there. Look at this, look at the sign up above from adot, theres a caution warning you, drive with care. We will continue trusting we will continue tracking this. Is it tom herman joining us . It is. Thank you for taking the time. What can you tell the viewers about safety procedures . As you know what the dust slippery. We advise people, when this is happening slow down, take your time. This time of day stay at work longer. Let the storm go by and glenn go home. Let the storm go by then go home. Is difficult driving right now. It sure is. We are seeing the flashing lights at the top of the screen. Have you heard anything about an area you cover. We do cover the area, the road is closed at this point, what we recommend, that is the area that would connect maricopa to gila bend. Is an area where we sometimes see flooding in the low areas. Thats especially when it rains a lot. It might be wise to choose an alternate route. A lot of us use tha
Get the best potential for some lingering showers this morning. Otherwise abc15 desert doppler is still pretty try across the valley. Even their Fountain Hills the better chance of seeing a few popups early here this morning. We will keep in the green chance of a shower today in the forecast of the today is looking much drier than what we saw yesterday. A 10 chance for a stray through the morning commute and a slight chance into this afternoon with temperatures with a little cooler. 64 now and height of only 82. Iris , we have breaking news from the abc15 live desk where firefighters are at a home near 83rd avenue and lower buckeye. Allison rodriguez just arrived on the scene. What do you have . Reporter take a look at the damage done on the garage. The firefighters had to get into stop this please and it we have some fire trucks over here and lets go to this site if we can. You can see the Phoenix Fire Department still here as they wrap up the scene. The good news is no. Was hurt but
Off to the side and i am not seeing any huge traffic impact. We will take a closer look at your ease valley can meet in a few minutes. We are continuing to follow some breaking news with a house fire in the west valley. I want to get out to 83rd avenue and lower buckeye with allison rodriguez. What is the latest . Reporter the fire trucks just left moments ago from here. That means the threat is essentially over but what we do have is the next showing up trying to figure out how did this get started in the first place. Phoenix fire is making quick work of this one but they did have dispassionate to stop it from spreading anywhere else. Right unfortunately i am not sure. I have seen this family going in and out. Baby saying somewhere else for the evening is investigators are trying to figure out how this started. The good news is this did not quick work of it and no injuries. Allison rodriguez, abc15. In democracy 2016 a group hoping this is joe arpaios last hurrah as sheriff of Maricop
Morning. It happened at 48 street and indian school. Imagine if somebody had been walking through this or near the location. Fortunately nobody was hurt. Meanwhile, matt pace has been out there tracking the storms in the 12 news stormtracker. We checked in at 4 30, there was a steady rain coming down. Matt. Reporter we have seen everything out here today mark. Right now we are on red mcdowell headed westbound. You can see the traffic flowing pretty well. There is still rain coming down, but nothing like what we saw earlier today. In fact we had video of what we saw earlier today. Heavy rainfall south of the valley as we made our way toward maricopa. The rain gauge picked up 7. 1 inches of rain in the last hour. In less than one hour. The area. That is going to be one of the main threats of the storm as it brings moisture from the south. You will see flooding rain. Not widespread flooding, but pockets of flooding. Coming back out here life to red mountain 202 just passing mcdowell and y