Whitewater grad, went to law school then practiced in downtown milwaukee. Soon hell be serving in the west wing of the white house. Hi, how are you buddy. Doing great. Things going well . Reporter that was 5 years ago when kenoshas Reince Priebus had just taken the helm of the Republican National committee in washington d. C. Now as president elect Donald Trumps chief of staff a bigger role to help shape american political policy. I think its just always nice to have a local guy involved in the process. Ryan. Reporter whitefish bays Brad Courtney took over the job of state chairman of Wisconsins Republican Party from priebus when priebus headed to the nations capital. As National Chairman for six years, he knows washington. But then he knows people all over the country. Hell bring an excellent perspective to donald trump. Reporter priebus helped the rnc recover from financial trouble and organized a winning ground of the hardest working people i know. Hes a good organizer. And he gets along with people. And hes able to forge relationships with anybody. Reporter courtney says priebus has never forgotten wisconsin. You just need good, smart, godly people in positions like that. And reince fits that bill. Reporter preibus has close ties to House Speaker paul ryan from janesville. And he was College Roommates with Wisconsin Assembly speaker robin vos. Hes married with two young il live in the newsroom, terry sater, wisn 12 news. Sheldon other top Wisconsin Republicans are offering their support. Wisconsin native and House Speaker paul ryan tweeted, im very proud and excited for my friend reince. Governor scott walker also shared his congratulations, saying reince will be an outstanding chief of staff. And the Republican Party of wisconsin, which priebus once led said we congratulate him on this new role and the historic opportunity. Donald trump made another key senior counselor. Bannon ran the conservative website breitbart, before joining trumps president ial campaign. Trumps Administration Still has other positions to fill. Theres been talk Milwaukee County sheriff david clarke might get asked to play a role. Earlier this week, clarke released a statement saying anything outside of his current position with county is pure speculation. Adrienne five days since the election and some people are still protesting the president elect. This video is from chicago tonight. And this is video from new york. You see a group of demonstrators outside trump tower. Many of them support rights for illegal immigrants, and rallied against the idea of deportation. Here at home, voces de la frontera is hosting a series of forums where people can share their thoughts about the president elect. The group held meetings today in milwaukee and racine. People gathered to talk about their fears, and their hope to unite. Another public forum will be held tomorrow at a church in madison. In a sixty minutes interview tonight trump answered questions about immigration and the well have part of what he had to say coming up in the next half hour. Sheldon the packers threegame road trip started with a dud this afternoon in nashville. 12 sports director dan needles is here. Dan, the packers are not playing like a playoff team. Dan that is an understatement. 3 straight losses now for green bay and they allowed their opponents to score more than 30 points in all 3 games, something they had not done since 2006. You have to go back even further, all the way to 1986, to find the last time the packers quarter. This td pass from Marcus Mariota to Anthony Fassano gave the titans a 21to0 First Quarter lead today. Aaron rodgers was forced to pass on nearly every down, 51 passes in all today, for 371 yards and 2 touchdowns, this one to james starks. But the defense was no match for the titans offense. Mariota passed for 4 touchdowns and the titans beat the reeling packers, 47to25. Performed today is a team. We are just waited. Disappointed. We have Higher Expectations than that. Dan the packers road trip continues next sunday with a night game against the redskins. Despite the losing streak, green bay trails both detroit and minnesota by just 1 game in the nfc north race. Adrienne friends are mourning the death of a local musician who was gunned down outside of his home this weekend. The victim and his widow live in a cottage near meineke. They are not releasing the name of the victim just yet, but said he was shot and died outside of his home and his friends are mourning his death on his Facebook Page, as well as organizing a memorial event for him at a local nightclub. The neighbor said he heard several gunshots around 1 00 was calling for help. Calling for people to call 911. There were other voices talking to her. Adrienne we are winning on an update from Milwaukee Police on whether they have any suspect in this shooting. Charges tonight, in a deadly crash on milwaukees southwest side, 27yearold ruben tovar is charged with driving on a suspended license leading to the death of 53yearold shelly jarvey. Tovar hit jarvey at 60th and norwich last monday. According to the criminal complaint, tovar td that he was distracted because he sneezed, and couldnt avoid hitting jarvey. Sheldon its a billion dollar problem buried deep below the ground. And it could be putting your family at risk. 12 news Kent Wainscott investigates. Reporter its not just a problem in this city, but suburbs as well. Lead lines feeding water into your homes. Its a decade or two decadelong problem. This isnt something youre going to fix in four years. Reporter whos responsible for could cost you even if you dont have the lines. Sheldon 12 news investigates, Kent Wainscott is uncovering more lead pipe problems tomorrow on 12 news at 10 00. Adrienne im here in the Weather Center with meteorologist Lindsey Slater. A chilly night outside, but the lack talking more about something else. Lindsey the supermemo supermoon. Were going to see a final and third happening this is the one you want to check out. It is going to be the biggest and brightest one of 2016. It will be this close to earth is 2034. Look at this one near the st. Louis arch. This one is amazing very few guys have been so great at sending us your pictures on face and twitter. Kenosha sending us some as well. You can see the little kids making a heart with a superman. The supermoon. You should not have any problem seeing it. It will feel a little chilly. Sheldon a big settlement, for more than a million pickup truck owners. Adrienne the problem one auto maker is promising to fix. Also ahead, a deadly earthquake in the southern hemisphere. The nation sorting through the rubble tonight. Plus this certainly this is one of those very rare special cages that cases that will live in our memory forever. Sheldon a baby with an extremely rare condition. Tonight, the historic surgery right here at Childrens Hospital, that is giving him a leading the way with important local coverage, you are watching wisn 12 news 10 00. With Sheldon Dutes as come adrienne pettersen, Lindsey Slater, and Stephanie Sutton with big 12 boards sports. Sheldon file this under things you dont see everyday. Shoppers at a mall in oklahoma got quite a shock. Somehow a deer gets inside this , clothing store. Then jumps right through a plate glass window to escape. Of shattered glass behind. Tonight, people in new zealand are adding up the damage, after a deadly earthquake. Adrienne the quake killed at least two people on the nations southern island. As abcs Jennifer Eccleston takes us there. Reporter shattered glass and fractured nerves in new zealand. The island nation rocked by a major earthquake overnight. Sirens ringing out across several coastal towns. Many people waking up to shaking, swaying and things crashing to the ground. Everything started shaking, and then it got worse and worse and didnt stop. Reporter residents from for the first quake lasted two or three minutes, followed by strong aftershocks. Doors were opening and closing, the whole house was moving. Yeah, it was moving. Creaking. Initial 7. 8 magnitide shaking was enough to crack roads and damage buildings. This store just one example. Products knocked off shelves, the ceiling torn apart. The quake even Strong Enough to send water sloshing out of an inground swimming pool. This is my apartment after the earthquake. Reporter many people spent hours standing outside evacuated buildings. And the quake did trigger tsunami waves which put the coastline on alert. Zealand, which sits along the socalled ring of fire, an area of seismic faults in the pacific ocean. But witnesses say this one was much longer and more intense than usual. Yeah, it was pretty it was a scary thing. Reporter Jennifer Eccleston, abc news, london. Adrienne a strong earthquake also hit argentina today. The magnitude 6. 2 quake struck near the border with chile. Right now, we dont have any reports of damage or injuries. It has been one year since 130 people were killed in terrorist attacks across paris. Parisians gathered throughout the day to honor all of the victims. Some mourners lit candles and others released balloons. A pair of plaques were also unveiled at the bataclan concert venue, where, 90 of the victims died. Police in chicago are making a concentrated effort to fight crime. This weekend, they worked with state and federal agencies, to crack down on drugs and crime. Their goal is to break up gangs the citys west and south sides. There have been more than 600 homicides in chicago, so far this year. Adrienne a big settlement tonight for more than a million toyota truck owners. The vehicles didnt have enough protection from rust. The 3. 4 billion settlement covers tacoma trucks made from 2005 to 2010, sequoias from 2005 to 2008, and tundras from 2007 to 2008. Toyota will inspect the vehicles reimburse the owner. And you may have noticed this but gasoline prices are going down. The local average is now 1. 98 for a gallon of regular unleaded. Thats down six cents in the past week. The National Average is at 2. 17. Sheldon a new study says you cant just blame genetics for heart disease. Researchers looked at more than 55,000 people at high genetic risk of heart problems. They found that even those people can cut their risk in half by eating right, exsi and fewer people are lighting up. New data from the cdc shows smoking rates hit an alltime low. Between 2005 and last year, the number of smokers dropped from 45 million to nearly 37 million. Thats about a 15 drop. The cdc also says smoking rates are highest among men, especially african americans. Adrienne {adrienne hps} now to a heart warming story of survival. This is amazing. Without a trachea. It happened right here in milwaukee. Tonight, the team at Childrens Hospital explains how it worked. When little Thomas Richards was born in april, he could breathe. Doctors found the baby did not have a trachea or windpipe. They sent him to Childrens Hospital in milwaukee. In a video interview given to wisn 12 news by Childrens Hospital, doctor John Densmore explains how they helped thomas. So over a series of three or four steps, we had essentially retooled his swallowing pipe to become a windpipe. Adrienne doctors made his new windpipe using a piece of synthetic material. This model really puts it in perspective. Now the future is looking bright or thomas. For thomas. Certainly this is one of those very rare, special cases tracheal agenesis. Adrienne densmore says the best part of his job is to see patients leave the hospital, happy and healthy. A spokesman for childrens says baby thomas is at home with his parents and recently went to his first hockey game. We are certainly wishing them the best. Sheldon a menomonie woman who endured the pain of burying her children receives a touching gift. Jodi engel is the mother of three, mikayla and kaleb both stillborn. And her son dakota, who she says was a blessing for 8 years. Nearly 12 years after dakota died, a surprise appeared at her front door. It was a bench with a note that read, from dakota. Engraved on the bench is a picture of engel and her 3 angels. Good memories, and bad memories. Of course you remember the loss, but you look at it and remember every time he made you smile, and to know he is still there sheldon engel says shes speechless and forever thankful to whoever gave her this gift. Lindsey were just one degree we did make it to 59 degrees today. We are still on this beautiful november train. It is not stopping at the end of the work week. Heads up, we will be in the mid50s the next three days. By the end of the week, we are talking asked these. 60s. It is going to be windy. It will be a weekend game changer. Make sure that you keep that in mind. We are a looking ahead to the next weekend. Does kind of keep that in mind there and were going to see around here. Happening right now, the super noon. Super moon. It does not reach its full size and brightness until 7 52 a. M. Tomorrow morning. That means that it is going to be about 30 brighter and 14 acre bigger. I showed you a bunch of pictures. Facebook. This is in kenosha. It looks at a postcard. You guys are great in photoshop with et going through them. 45 degrees. We are still hanging onto the 40s. With the wind kicking income it does feel like the love or is we will not get overly chilly. We cannot really tap into a the wind will make it feel like the upper 30s tomorrow morning. Make sure the kids are bundled up rid 12 30, well into the mid50s. This is kind of a big deal. We are to get a cold front tuesday. He would not know by looking at the temperatures. A little more cloud cover, and then some cold air tries to plunge in leading into tay lot to work with. At best it will give us a few clouds. There will be a little spiegel activity to the north of us as a cold front continues to slide toward the east. Not a lot happening. Our next weather system will help us a first, really picking up. Begin to the 60s as a head into friday. Then a cold front moves in at is not too chilly. A light breeze by that type. Referral your full forecast. It is amazing where sing temperatures like that this time of year. We may even have a thunderstorm on friday. Talking the s word. I have see that. It is just going to be a cold weekend. There could be an actual hard freeze sunday night into sunday that saturday night into sunday morning. Adrienne thank you lindsay. Dry weather is fueling dozens of sheldon well tell you the bizarre reason one fire was started on purpose. A man accused of killing 17 people and holding a woman the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. N that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Big 12 sports. Dan the packers have never won a game in three current afc cities, indianapolis, buffalo, and nashville. Today in tennessee, every packer weakness was exposed in a 22 point loss to the titans. Green bays run defense was ranked at the top of the nfl earlier this season but on the titans first play from scrimmage today, Demarco Murray raced 75 yards for the opening touchdown , a quick strike reminiscent of the colts touchdown on the opening kickoff last week at lambeau field. And for the second straight week, the packers never held the lead while the titans opened the playbook, murray with the halfback option to Delanie Walker for six. Green bay finally got on the board on this pass from Aaron Rodgers to jordy nelson, who make any mistakes if they had any hope of staging the biggest comeback in franchise history , but then trevor davis fumbled a punt deep in his own end. Marcus mariota completed his first 10 passes, and threw for 3 scores in the first half, that one made the score 35 to 10. Rodgers finished the day with a season high 371 yards passing, he also ran 20 yards for this touchdown, and was drilled after he crossed the goal line, drawing a flag, and leading to a brief fight. But they never figured out a way to stop mariota who finished with 4 touchdown passes, and the titans hand the packers their Third Straight loss, 47to25. We have been in tough spots before your before. Everything we want to accomplish is still in front of us. The season. Especially when you get into it situation. We are a game back, about where we were last week. Youd like to be standing up here after a win. Right now, we have to work on ourselves and get his thing turned around dan a bad weekend for the packers, but a great weekend for the badgers. Coming up in our next half hour, where they stand in the polls, and why uws defense feels they havent peaked yet. Sheldon thank you so much. President elect donald trump is starting to lay out the vision for his administration. Adrienne what he is saying about immigration, the supreme court, and who will advise him. Sheldon a man accused of setting a serious wildfire. The bizarre reason he was trying to get attention. Adrienne a new tool in our area reporter for 5 days and nights, trumps election victory has sent protesters into the streets acoss the country. Thousands more were out sunday. If he is the elect, then why doesnt he come out and support the whole United States . Its obvious that we dont all support him unitedly. Re