hand again. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: this is our western edition. one of the most powerful hurricanes in nearly a decade is on its way to the southeast. watches and warnings are up from the southern tip of florida up the atlantic coast to south carolina. 500,000 people are being urged to move inland. airlines are canceling hundreds of flights, and amtrak is shutting down southeast. hurricane matthew, a category three storm with winds as high as 120mph, is blamed for as many as 25 deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. we have a team of correspondents on this story, and first we will go to omar villafranca in the bahamas. reporter: the outer bands of hurricane matthew are starting to pound the island of exuma here in the bahamas, but across haiti and cuba are starting to clean up after taking a beating from the powerful storm. in les cayes, haiti, 145mph winds left a path of destruction. the hurricane destroyed hundreds of homes and fl
voting. the sheriff s records over 50 years in law enforcement he s been a dedicated public servant. i m not here with any kinds of political agenda. reporter: now i also want to point out federal prosecutors also told the judge today they are looking at filing potential obstruction of justice charges against the sheriff. in addition to all that arpaio will start paying these legal fees out of his own pocket. un would out about $50 million in taxpayer money for arpaio to defend himself in court. in phoenix dennis welch cbs 5 news. sheriff arpaio issued a statement saying in part it s clear that the corrupt obama justice department is trying to influence my reelection as sheriff of maricopa county. i will fight this case to the nail because i know these charges are rubbish. in the end i am confident i there are a lot of questions. one big question is whether this will even make it to trial. s. reporter: legal experts tell us they doubt the sheriff would take a plea deal.
there are new numbers on west nile. so far this year, there have been 16 confirmed cases in arizona. 13 of them were found here in maricopa county. overwhelm health officials have investigated 62 west nile cases this year. phoenix firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a deadly fire early this morning. a woman died after she was pulled from a burning apartmentnary 19th and dunlap. several residents were on the doors of their neighbors to make sure they got out. i was screaming get out of the the house. firefighters were able to keep the flames to just one unit. firefighters were able to keep a fire at a fertilizer warehouse from getting a lot worse. crews say it had the potential for explosions. firefighters were able to break right now they re still trying to figure out how it started. less than two weeks after the roof of a queen creek church under construction collapsed, the company responsible for building it just lost its license! the arizona registr
those horses, we d tell someone. reporter: so far about half of the salt river horses have been accounted for. it can take up to two weeks to find and count them all. lauren, thank you. a phoenix mother who is already on lifetime probation for child abuse is now under arrest again. investigators say this time she beat her daughters. donna rossi is live. some of the did he thainls case are just disturbing. reporter: very much. so this is being held here at the estrella jail. the other suspect is this man. he is being held in the towers jail not far from here. this is a very disturbing story, one that if not reported, could have ended in the death of a child. a call to the child abuse hotline landed child safety workers at this apartment near 43rd avenue and thomas to check on a nine-year-old that was reportedly being abused by her parents. police got involved arrested melissa lloyd and michael duggar. both denied ever using physical discipline. the couple is now char
bureau explains impertiv that the bureau explains this issue without any delayism look forward to moving forward to focus on the importance challenges facing the american people, winning on november 8th, and working with all americans to build a better future for our country. the new an aide under investigation. hillary clinton is coming to the valley, her campaign announced this morning that she will be in phoenix on beside. right now details of her visit have been kept under wraps, but the event will happen in the afternoon. we ll pass on those details as they come into our newsroom. and you can bet donald trump will address the e-mail scandal when he returns to arizona tomorrow. phoenix convention center. doors downtown open at 12:30, the event set to begin 3:30. this is his 11th visit since last summer. new details about the latest arrest since the one-time suspected i-10 freeway shooter. he walked out of the jail early this morning after he was arrested for