Northbound lanes at country club. We have a crew on the way to this scene and we will bring you updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. One of the busiest intersections in the valley is shut down at this hour. We are talking about scottsdale road and shea. Repaving truck struck a traffic light last night and the update this afternoon is that all northbound, east bound and westbound lanes are all blocked. Southbound scottsdale is reduced to just one lane. This is a very busy part of town. This is going on eight hours now. They hoped to have it open by now. You are asked to avoid the area. Police are saying it was a distracted driver who pulled out of a starbucks this morning driving this red bmw. Then crashed into a motorcycle and this afternoon we learned the motorcyclist has died from his injuries. He collided at chandler and gilbert at ocotillo road there. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet at the time and was rushed to the hospital. Again didnt survive and so its not
Thieves stealing halloween. How they got away with three grand worth of pumpkins. Vandals targeting trump. The phoenix sun season underway. It is pressure i like. Pressure i live for. And all eyes on 19yearold devin booker. The new face of the suns franchise reveals his expectations. The 12news night team in action. 12news starts right now. Our big story at 10 00 tonight, the of eight women all under the age of 22 used as sex slaves. And this was not happening in a place you would not expect. It was based out of the town of prescott valley. Police there rescuing the women. One as young as 17 years old after getting calls about suspicious activity happening at the home. Trisha hendricks joins us with more. Reporter the two men and one woman they arrested are accused of forcing young girls it allegedly happened at hotels all around the state including this one here in prescott valley. They saw a lot of girls going in and out. So, they, the actual tip was they believed there was prostitut
Wednesday. Details on that rally have yet to be released for clintons running mate, tim kaine, heads to tucson and thursday on thursday. Tim kaine will also be in phoenix on thursday for a speech in spanish. The numbers are in. Aredale arizona signing up nearly 188,000 new voters since august. The state total registration is nearly 3. 6 million voters. Republicans hold a lead among voters while independents are too far behind. Democrats now have more than 1 million our state. This may seem like a big surge but the numbers dont even more when senator. John mccain was running in 2008. As Voter Registration surges there is no concern over who is registering to vote. Katie conner broke this story exposing a potentially big problem. Reporter we did digging and we found a man who is not a you a citizen but was able to register to vote the system is all screwed up. Reporter this man reached out to abc 15 worried about a problem with the system. Wont reveal his name but he has lived in the u.
Family. She said latinos dont vote. Today we know that they didnt get out and vote the way that they had anticipated. As she watched young latinos protest now she says theyre entitled to demonstrate but calls some actions unwise. Some bad actions taking place and trying the mexican flag they dont gain sympathy for their issues pledging their allegiance this is america if they want us to listen. You know, governor brewer told me that when she left her term as governor she intended to go home and tend to her garden. But you get the seasons that that sense that that garden may be getting neglected. Sounds like it. Thanks. Our forecast amber tracking some drastic changes on the horizon. But this storm system coming into the Pacific Northwest. The cold front coming through our state from wednesday night to thursday. The winds pick up then the big temperature drop sets in. The coldest air so far this season. So coming up in just a bit day by day through your forecast and how low those temper
Good morning to you from the 12 news, good morning to you from the 12 news studio in downtown phoenix. Its a great tuesday here. A little look inside where all of the action is happening this morning. Lay, its not just any typical tuesday. A fantastic day reporter its a great day out here. And were collecting for families, Saint Vincent depaul and they stay here in our community. Theyre helping me with a great spirit and forecast. And they were outside and they were not that hap they were happy. That is a good thing and that is not a bad deal there. The rest of the forecast is looking good. Were going to check the seven day when we come back. Were also going to check up on traffic and let you know the turkey count. Were going to Start Talking about that and you can donate at any bashes or food city all over the state and all day long. About turkey tuesday. This morning, take a look at this. While we choose to live here in arizona, look at the snow that new york, from the village of lor