Whitle who spent 17 years in prison for child abuse has now been released. It is a lot of different emotions. Reporter especially when he looks at one of his brothers, now in a wheelchair. How can you do this to a kid . It is not fair to him. He would be like us but he is not because of what happened to to see his mother. Reporter for her sake his family has helped getting through. They were so damaged and hurt now they are really good young adults. All of the children live here in arizona i am told they are very close. Whitle released on thursday currently under state supervision for two years. There have been a lot of questions about why elizabeth whitle was released after only serving 17 years. We took a closer look at what happened. Whitle received a 172 year prison term after her conviction in 1999. In 2005 a judge later found that her case needed a retrial. Instead whitle took a plea deal for a 17 year already served six years so she finished out the remaining 11 years until her release yesterday. Reporter donald trump make a big announcement today he has finally abandoned the false further claim involving president obama. At an event this morning honoring veterans trump acknowledge the president was in fact born in the u. S. However trump did also falsely accuse his democratic rival of Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 start of the brother controversy i finished it president barack obama was born in the United States period. For years Donald Trumps closest allies led by Sheriff Joe Arpaio are right here. Brahm reznik joins us with more with the sheriff plans to do about his own investigation of the president s birthplace. A lot of history as he remember we are the state the past the brother bill five years ago. Tea party spreading the falsehood met with trump back then to get his support. Joe arpaio still the leading arizona where the brothers were born. To make the racial statement in relation to this is absolutely unfounded. Reporter back in early 2011 arizonas legislature the first in the country to pass a so called birther bill requiring president president obama to prove he was born in the United States. I am not a bigot nor am by a racist. Reporter jan brewer, the governor then, a donald trump supported their now, veto the bill. I cannot in good faith report to you if these documents are authentic. Reporter trump gave arpaio a shot on twitter for his investigation. Birther supporters cows for his campaign. More money than you know what to do with. Reporter arpaio now a major trump endorser said in a deposition his birther probe investigation is not done yet. Reporter on friday even after trump admitted the president was born here arpaio still wasnt giving up. From the beginning, he said in an emailed statement, i looked into allegations of a possible forged government document relating to president obamas birth certificate. Not where he was born. Investigation is still ongoing and at this time cannot clear the document as being joe arpaio doing hairsplitting there with his claim that this investigation is not about the president s birthplace. It has always been about where the president was born. Hillary clinton says donald trump should apologize to president obama and the American People for the whole birther controversy. The democratic president ial nominee spoke at a black womens symposium in washington dc. Clinton criticized trump for leading the Brother Movement the Brother Movement. To delegitimize our first black president. His campaign was founded on this outrageous lie. There is no erasing it in history. Clinton told the crowd she is feeling much better and joked that her pneumonia finally has republicans interested in womens health. The resus recount for arizonas fifth republican district. A judge announced this afternoon the state Senate President andy biggs has won. He defeated former internet executive, christine jones, by 17 those. The initial cant show jones had lost by 16 votes. The Maricopa CountySheriffs Office providing more details into why the number of criminal reports inside the jail has surged in recent years. A spokesman for Sheriff Joe Arpaio says a procedural change higher number of incident reviews. Last year there were 4350 crimes according to the Sheriffs Office website. However, the Spokesman Says the number is misleading because the overall number of cases forwarded for investigation was 962. He says the number is down compared to previous years. Sheriff arpaio has declined our request for an interview to discuss issues of crime in his jails. It is the end of another wo fever. The friday night fever of course. Huge list of games tonight including the game of the week at mountain pointe. That is where we find our friday night fever host, bruce cooper. Once again good to see you. Thank you very much. Out here at Mountain Pointe High School in ahwatukee, site of our friday night fever game the top ranked pride of point taken on the fourth ranked Mountain View toros. I have the band and the cheerleaders in the flag team night at Mountain Pointe High School. You are listening right now to the fight song. You hear quite a bit here on friday nights at Mountain Pointe High School. They have outscored their opponents this year 14435. As you can imagine they hear a lot of this song. We are proud and ready for another big night of football here. The Mountain View toros Mountain View and mountain pointe 30 mountain pointe has been all of that and then some. That is it from Mountain Pointe High School site of friday night fever game of the week. At the mountain pointe pride band. We have to give him a break on friday night. His voice already, only 6 08 and we still have the game to go. Lots of coop ahead on 12 news. Hikers rescued off of Camelback Mountain. How they ended up in such a scary situation. A dump truck in flames causing a big headache for the morning commute. The surprising end to this bad crash. Pretty nice out there the past three days affect all three days have been below average. How long will temps stick. A look at your hot headlines. Rescuers had to help three hikers get off Camelback Mountain this afternoon. Authority say the women went off the trail and ended up in a steep area. A helicopter called into help get them safely off the mountain. Fortunately, no one was hurt. A scary moment for drivers on the u. S. 60. A dump truck crashed through the Center Median and caught fire. 11 pile up. Amazingly only one person hurt. The eastbound lanes closed for several hours but back open this evening. Apple fans the wait is finally over. Today the new iphone seven went on sale. A lot of people camped out outside the apple store in scottsdale this morning. The talk about the newest iphone no headphone jack. Still ahead, amazon looking for help how you can make extra money for the holidays without leaving your home. Want to get away for the flagstaff you might not want to miss that. I dont do blood. But now, thanks to cigna, i can do more than just look the part. Is that a foot . We are the tv doctors of america. And were partnering with cigna to help save lives. By getting you to a real doctor for an annual checkup. So go, know, and take control of your health. Doctor poses. Which places in the valley make this years list of best cities to start a career . Three arizona cities rank in the top 50. Scottsdale number 15 tempe comes in a 48 in chandler 49. Research is like the things like highest starting salaries and highest job growth. The best cities start a career amazon offering arizonas the chance to work from home as the company ramps up for the holiday season. Here is the fast five fyi what you need to know about the jobs available. They are seasonal positions that can last up to six months. The paid 10 an hour and you can work up to 60 hours a week. You have to work weekends and holidays and hours may increase from inks giving through new year. Shifts run between and midnight and students can work too. Amazon says they will try to work around school schedules. You can find a link at 12 news. Com. Fun friday here on 12 news. If you are looking for the perfect weather you may want to head to flagstaff this week and. A great way to enjoy it. Sounds like it will be perfect. Weather isnt the only reason, time for taking in the pines. Event of the flagstaff tradition the 11th annual picking in the pines. When i was outside the amphitheater this morning, people were lining up and i heard people saying, next year we will do this. Reporter the festival started by flagstaff rents of traditional music to get the spirit of traditional music alive. We focus on bluegrass and acoustic music, preserving old time celtic, gypsy jazz, different forms of traditional music. Reporter folks of all ages come out and enjoy music, organizers carrying on the beauty of the music is part of the adventures. A cool thing for parents to share their love of music with kids. And grow up with it together. Reporter dont let the over 20 performances scheduled distract you. There are also workshops and dances that will take place after the performances and. It is easy to see why an average of 3000 people come to the festival each year. This year promises to be the old friends, there is a festival family that forms at a bluegrass campground. Picking in the pines runs through sunday afternoon. For more information had to 12 news. Com. I remember you talking yesterday about how it will be 73 degrees, now talking about flagstaff. You have to go. Get out, enjoy this weather. Fall is almost here. Another thing we are waiting moon coming in at 6 45 you can see the superstitions out there look to the east but you also notice on that shot enjoy that view but guess what low temperatures talking about flagstaff today low temperature this morning 30 degrees out there very cold 50 in payson, 42 tomorrow these numbers will look almost exactly the same. Certainly fall is in the air. Heres your forecast tomorrow, 71 by 9 00 a perfect morning, 92 by noon. 99 forecast High Temperature 1 degree below the average high of 100. A lot of people talking are we going to break this record . We have seen 30 110 degrees. The record 33 i have good news the latest ever at phoenix sky harbor september 19. We will be nowhere near that so hopefully we will not break that record. Instead just very dry conditions and cooler than average temperatures. With a monsoon meter tomorrow, absolutely nothing in the forecast. Monsoon meter sitting at a 0. We are watching weather toward the cell. The system off the coast coast of mexico will probably turn into a tropical depression. That moisture could work its way up the coast of mexico and there is a chance of rain in our forecast by early next week. For the weekend its going to be nice 102 sunday, drop temperatures to 96 tuesday. Check out thursday the very first day of fall is here guess what we dont care that is because it is friday night fever yes all believers. Send it back out to coop reporter live in ahwatukee at Mountain Pointe High School, site of our friday night fever game of the week. The top ranked pride of mountain pointe taking on fourthranked Mountain View toros. Let me step out of the way and i will show you something on the field. Out and point in burgundy and gold right there, perfect 30 on the season. Outscored their opponents 135 to 44. Back at the bar in you see Mountain View of course at one point during the 90s and early 2000 the preeminent power in the state. I want to remind you can still vote for our hotshot. Basically plays of the week. Your they are brophy on the move until Marquez White changes with his pick six nice read, nice pick the man six points and a hotshot nomination. Play number two mcclintock chargers reaching into their back of tricks for this one. Wide receiver comes up throwing deep in jerome bennis jr. , a goodlooking play there. On to play number three, desert ridge running back tyree salant breaking loose on the second play of the game. Huge night for alan 300 yards rushing, three touchdowns news. Com to cast your vote for your favorite play voting ends at 6 30 we reveal the winner tonight at 11 35 on friday night fever. A big night of football all across the state we will bring you the best highlights the state has to offer this weekend and the central high bobcats join us in studio. The game of the week we will send the back to the studio to guys. You so much. Up next pop music fans getting a special treat as two big fingers make a special. Tonight at ten this personal story of a valley football and track star. You have had to come overcome obstacles. Environment on 12 news at 10 00. Finally at 6 00, a big night for pop music fans in the valley demi lovato and nick jonas in town for a concert in phoenix. Before the show they stopped at the phoenix premium outlets to meet with fans. Folks lined up for hours to see them. Demi lovato and nick jonas are coming here and it is just so exciting. Like i love like a year to see them in concert this is my first time i am like so excited. Love that. I still cant get over how they are wearing jackets. It is phoenix. It is 95 degrees right now. 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