and the criminal case against the sheriff has officially begun today. but unlike in many criminal cases there will be no formal arrest. the sheriff will not arrested, there will be no mugshot and there will be no arraignment. the judge agreed to waive the arraignment and the sheriff s attorneys are saying that he will plead not guilty to the charges. arpaio could face up to six months in jail if he is convicted. now, federal prosecutors want to get this trial going. they are asking the judge for a bench a trial without a jury, but the sheriff s attorneys want a jury trial. mel mcdonald, the lead attorney in this case, is saying the sheriff is an electe official and he should be judged by a jury of his own peers. again, arpaio is saying that he is innocent of these charges, that there was no malicious or willful intent to disobey the judge s orders, but as this case proceeds, the sheriff may also as prosecutors will be investigating whether or not the sheriff committed obstruc
as of right now they haven t found any surveillance from nearby businesses or homes. senator bernie sanders gets ready for flagstaff and tucson tomorrow. he is already thinking of our state while in colorado today. he told a rally that he was alarmed by stories from some latino teenagers he met in arizona last year. with tears in their eyes they were telling me how frightened they were that one day they were going to come home from school and find out that their mom or dad was sanders told the crowd the time is long overdue for this country to come one immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship. he says that s something both he and clinton believe. besides standards, hillary clinton s daughter will be making a stop. on thursday michelle obama will be in arizona. hillary clinton s volunteers arizona two points. while the results are within the margin of error it does encourage clinton supporters. i m looking forward to the. i hope obama, when she comes out this we
the hump. when you see the 7-day forecast in a little bit, not so bad, right. i don t want to give it away. not so bad. you got a sneak peek. and i got a little excited. i won t lie. let s jump into it. we have clouds and radar up right now. a lot of moisture in the air overnight. a lot of that breaking up in the valley. this morning, we are seeing some activity down to the west, southwest of us here. in the valley, we are not dealing with anything this morning, other than clouds. there s a live look outside right now. one of ou some of the cars moving in the distance. otherwise, pretty calm night there. mid- to low 80s. it s a mild start to the day. a few spots dropping into the 70s. overall not bad. here s a quick snapshot of what your weekend is going to look like. 102 by tomorrow. clearing more then than today. we have an ozone watch in place. we have to talk about rain chances. and we ll track it out on future cast in a bit. and we ll break down the temperatures ho
there s no basis. this is why the sheriff is fighting this ever step of the way because quite simply we believe the judge is wrong. reporter: when abc15 asked mcdonald what about resignation, he said no. coming up at 8:30, we re going to tell you about what skin the judge wants the sheriff to put into this game. and that s coming up in about 30 minutes. we ll go back to you in the studio. the group promise arizona, a well known critic releasing this statement seeing in part families have been torn apart by his discriminatory actions. it is time for the sheriff to learn he is not and has never been above the law. the legal costs are expected to reach some $54 million by next summer. that s for taxpayers from maricopa county. as for his campaign run, we hear he has raised $10 million in cash. arpaio is now 84 years ago and has been elected six times. he faces two retired law enforcement challengers and a 30th primary. a man is in the hospital after being shot late last
another commander and former attorney. the questions will the sheriff have to resign? the answer is no. with the sheriff go to jail? the answer is we are a long way from that. the judges like the police investigating what could be a crime a recommending charges to prosecutors. what happens next is u.s. attorney, john leonardo working with the department of justice in washington has to decide whether to go ahead and charge the sheriff with criminal co what happens next could take months to play out. a criminal contempt charges a misdemeanor, perjury a more serious felony. arpaio would personally have to pay the cost of a criminal defense. all this coming 11 days before the republican primary for sheriff. the 84 -year-old seeking a seventh term in office. i should say there are national political implications. sheriff arpaio is a high- profile endorser of republican trump. team 12 investigator joe dana has been following this story for years as well. he joins us from the li