Transcripts For WISN WISN 12 News At 6PM 20160928 : vimarsan

Transcripts For WISN WISN 12 News At 6PM 20160928

County expo center where , republican president ial nominee donald trump is expected to take the stage at any moment. The stop comes just two days after his highly viewed debate with Hillary Clinton. Joyce news chopper 12 was over the long lines outside the expo center just in the last hours with people waiting to get in. This is trumps first visit to wisconsin since the middle of august. Wisn 12 news Adrienne Pedersen is live with that big crowd. Adrienne as you can hear, they are singing the national anthem. People are about to get really excited. We had the pledge of allegiance and a prayer. We are expecting donald trump to enter the building any minute now. We do know he is coming from iowa, so are not sure if he has arrived just yet. You can see a lot of people i asked a lot of supporters what do they want to hear from donald trump tonight. All of them think ready much the same thing. They want to hear about the economy, his family. They already know who they are voting for. Adrienne you can see someone else taking the stage. We will keep you updated. For now, live in waukesha. Kathy trumps visit also comes one week after a new University Law school poll found the gap between trump and clinton at just 2 among likely voters. Wisn 12 news political reporter Kent Wainscott is live outside the expo center with a closer look at where things stand in wisconsin six weeks before election day. This trump visit could be a sign of things to come in the weeks ahead. Out here is an example of the political divide in wisconsin. Here has been growing over the past hour, while thousands of Trump Supporters inside the expo center just steps away an , indication that wisconsin may once again be a key battleground in the race for the white house. The sight of a few thousand donald Trump Supporters making their way into the expo center, and improving poll numbers fueled the growing optimism of , state republican leaders. I think 2016 is the year. Weve got the ground game. We have five years of republican success in the state, and weve got a candidate that i think people are starting to coalesce behind, and thats going to help us win in november. But just a few hours earlier, wisconsin democrats argued that theyve heard that story before. People have said that in every election. They said that with romneyobama. They said that with mccainobama. They said that with every other president ial race, and that just hasnt been the case since ronald reagan. Democrats believe Hillary Clinton will build on her currently slim lead in wisconsin made the case that wisconsin is critical, especially to trumps efforts. For donald trump, one of the routes is through the industrial midwest, here, michigan, pennsylvania. We still look like the most competitive of those midwestern states. And that means we could be seeing more candidate visits , more protest rallies, and more of the downtothewire Campaign Push weve become accustomed to here in wisconsin. Kathy now just waiting for the candidate. Looking ahead, democrats will be campaigning in wisconsin over the next two days. Anne holton, the wife of democratic v. P. Nominee tim kaine, will be in milwaukee tomorrow. Chelsea clinton will campaign in green bay on friday. Shell hold an early voting event at the meyer theater downtown. Joyce new on wisn 12, the memorial for a man whose death , now that balloons are back up. This is at 44th and auer. Milwaukee police say the memorial to Sylville Smith was taken down by the department of public works at the request of alderman khalif rainey. They say neighbors wanted the gatherings at the site to end. Smith was shot and killed by an officer on august 13. Police say he was holding a gun. The body cam video has yet to be released. Kathy Glendale Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a young mother. The 19yearold was found dead in the parking lot of the orthopedic hos 12 news nick bohr is there live , and nick, were learning the suspect and the victim were in a relationship. Her mom says it was an abusive relationship that she was trying to break free from when she was apparently ambushed here monday as she arrived at work. Nya hammonds body was found by security here around 5 30 in the morning. Her mother says nya was in the process of breaking up with her , the father of her threeyearold son. She says nya was in a controlling abusive relationship and feared it might end just like this. I started noticing things. He was locking them in the house. Things that i was not digging, but she is 19, grown, on her own, doing her work, so what can mom say . Her mom says nya recently moved back in with her. Th yesterday. He remains in the Milwaukee County jail as the District Attorney considers formal charges. Kathy if you or someone you know needs help, there is a National Hotline to call. The number is on your screen. We also have information on our website, wisn. Com. Joyce new tonight, the merger between the worlds two biggest brewers clears its final hurdle. Shareholders of sabmiller today company of budweiser. Wisn 12 news terry sater is live with what this means for beer drinkers. Miller says its beer fans dont have to worry. The deal forced anheuserbusch to sell off the millercoors portion so miller beer wont be , owned by budweiser. As far as what you drink, that is staying the same including , its other brands like leinenkugels. Its a big deal for us. It always makes us a littlt with our vendors. Chris leffler of leffs lucky town in tosa will celebrate his 22nd year of serving miller beer this week. And hearing that miller ownership is changing he had the , same questions for miller as everybody else. I think its going to be a good thing overall. And stabilize things here in milwaukee. And well still get the same service and production from the brewery right down the street. So millercoors will now be part of the biggest american the good news is that none of this impacts milwaukee or wisconsin. Itll be business as usual for us. Bud light says raise one to right now. Great idea. Miller lite has more taste and less calories. Let the beer wars continue. That ad is part of miller lite ratcheting up attacks this week against budweiser. Perhaps a sign that little at miller is changing. Since weve actually invested 2008, a great deal of money in milwaukee. Weve invested a quarter of a billion dollin our brewery and our milwaukee campus but we havent stopped , there. For example, millercoors is remodeling the miller lite oasis on the summerfest grounds, and says it will continue to be a big sponsor of the brewers, packers and milwaukee bucks. When it comes to some local jobs the answer remains unclear. , im told theres not much overlap between molsoncoors and miller coors. Kathy thanks. New at 6 00 increasing milwaukee a group of supervisors plan to introduce legislation to increase Milwaukee Countys living wage to 15 an hour by 2022. The increase would affect anyone affiliated with the county including courthouse and airport , workers. If we believe our economy should work for everyone, that means every workers should be able to afford the basic needs and provide for the family. Kathy county executive chris abele supports the proposal. Joyce from traffic watch 12, one of the busiest ramps in the close long term. Beginning saturday morning, the ramp from southbound 41 to eastbound 94 will be shut down until late spring of next year. That means any one coming from places like germantown, menomonee falls, even wauwatosa and trying to head to downtown milwaukee will have to find an alternate route. The department of transportation says drivers can expect up to a 30 minute longer drive time. People will start looking at different routes. We recommend finding a route saturday morning to see what you feel comfortable with, what route works for you the best. Joyce the department of transportation says it waited until now to close the ramp so it didnt interrupt drivers during the summer festival season. Again, it will reopen next spring. Kathy new at 10 00 they lost , their daughter in the 9 11 terror attacks. Now, will this local family take legal action and sue saudi arabia . Then, a woman with special needs from west bend trapped in a house fire. Tonight we talk to the hero , firefighters who saved her life. Thats tonight on wisn 12 news at 10 00. Joyce of milwaukees biggest charitable christmas gatherings has died. That is gus kelly. He is dressed in all white, stirring up things in the kitchen at the wisconsin center. Kelly spent years as the chief chef at the salvation armys annual christmas feast, cooking up thousands of pounds of turkey and ham for anyone who wanted to attend the free dinner. Kelly died early this morning from cancer. It was the same disease that forced him to step away from the feast four years ago. Joyce he did so much good, didnt he . Kathy we are on waterspout watch. Joyce mark, the possible waterspouts are approaching Racine County right now. Mark a live picture from news chopper 12, good potential there will be waterspouts behind that. How long that threat sticks around. We have to know this because it tells us how long we have and what we have above us. Kathy then how one local simple signs could help save lives in case of a fire. Joyce plus happening now in , waukesha, this is a live picture of Donald Trump Holding a Campaign Rally at the expo center. We are just six weeks away from workers he campaigned as a job creator red. Ceos and giant corporations get richer guys with families. Guys like me . Just gets harder and harder to get ahead. We need an economy that works for people like me. For people like me. For people like me. People like me. Russ im Russ Feingold and i approve this message because wisconsins middle class joyce happening now, hundreds of people waiting. Donald trump is expected to address supporters at a rally at the Waukesha County expo center. Trumps visit to wisconsin comes one week after a new marquette Law School Poll found the gap between him and Hillary Clinton down to just two points. We will have a complete wrap up of trumps visit tonight on 12 news at 10 00. New at 6 00, protecting your family and keeping firefighters safe. Thats the goal behind a new law in one local community. Is helping save lives. This is the basement of our survive alive house. Germantown fire chief gary weiss says the new law he recently helped put in place is about saving lives. So firefighters pulling up to a fire get a little more Situational Awareness to know what is happening. Weiss says this eightbyeight red reflective sign is now required on certain types of buildings in the village with a roof or floor built with light weight trusses. Often found in newer construction, its pieces of light weight wood held together with a metal plate. In a fire, since these things are only a quarter of an inch or less, they heat up and fail quickly, causing the roof to collapse. Weiss says he used to work in florida and was part of an effort to get a state law requiring the same type of signs. The law is named after two Orange County firefighters who died in the line of duty when a lightweight truss roof collapsed. They didnt realize it was has a tendency to fail quickly in a fire. Weiss says the sign will help firefighters to know the best way to fight the fire. We will go rescue the people, but we have to know this because it tells us how long we have or what we have above us. Information that will help firefighters so they can help you. In germantown, thema ponton, wisn 12 news. Kathy the signs are required on commercial and Industrial Buildings with three or more units. They are already at the Village Hall Police and fire departments. Mark it is rare to get them disclose to the shoreline, but they are approaching racine and Kenosha County right now. News chopper 12, describe what you are seeing. Anything interesting so far . We have been watching that be throwing off missed from the waterspout. We havent been able to see any waterspouts yet. That is the watertown below the center of frame. You can see a decent thunderstorm out there. We have not been able to see any waterspouts yet. Some pretty ominous clouds and lightning. It looks like it is less than 10 miles offshore. That is probably direct racine harbor. We do have 40 mile per hour wins right now south of oak creek. Mark thanks for the great shots. You are right. I was sure you on radar in a second how far away the signs of rotation are. At least one or two waterspouts right now. A live picture in milwaukee. These are powerful storms coming off the lake and moving inland. Weird stuff happening here. We have warm water and cold air a loft another strong storm in here. This will bring in gusty wind, even at there are not any waterspouts. Be ready for gusty wind right through downtown racine, mount pleasant, kenosha, pleasant prairie. That will happen in the next hour as this moves from east to the southwest at 30 miles a marine warning for the likelihood of seeing these waterspouts moving close if, and this is really rare, if one of those waterspouts would make it all the way to land. It would likely be a Tornado Warning issued. That is something i will be watching as we head into the evening. We are looking at the wind in the radar right now. Anytime you have areas where there is red next to the green, activity. One would be here, another down to the south 15 miles from kenosha. Kind of interesting to watch during the next hour or two, then things should calm down. Everybody is quiet right now. Again, this rain and if you rolling in with the potential for those waterspouts. Why is it moving from west to east . The low Pressure Center is right here, and th across the lake. Throughout the night, we will watch them calm down as that low pressure sinks far enough away. In the morning, some clouds, more in the afternoon. Then friday, more showers. Same story saturday, not the prettiest of forecasts, but not a bad day thursday. 61 on friday. 63 on saturday. Then we want things back up with some sunshine. A nice start to next week, 65, 68, but were not done with the 70s just yet, 72 yet, 72 next wednesday. We are watching right along the shoreline, especially racine and Kenosha County, for the potential for those waterspouts. Joyce thanks. He suddenly found himself president of the united states. Mr. President , its time to name the perpetrator of this crime and take action. Kathy tonight, Keifer Suther r into his role as commander in chief. The night kicks off with allnew episodes of your favorite comedies, starting with the goldbergs at 7 00. Catch designated survivor at 9 00, followed by 12 news at 10 00. Joyce we are looking at sports now. And everybody is looking for answers for the packers offense. Dan the coaches think they may have found some answers. Plus, which buck was injured during the first practice of Training Camp. And, the badgers star running back is ready to grind it out against the big 10s topranked defense on saturday. Its all next in big 12 sports. Im ben wagner. A firstofitskind fall event here in southeast wisconsin. Tomorrow on wisn 12 news this morning, were giving you an exclusive sneak peak of china lights before it opens to the public. Plus, meteorologist sally will be on weather watch as you get ready for work and school. . Dan Mike Mccarthy and his Coaching Staff will spend much of this bye week doing some selfscouting, and a big part of the focus will be on the passing game, which ranks 29th in the nfl. Now there were signs of improvement in sundays win over the lions, due in part to attacking the middle of the mccarthy says its the fastest way to the end zone. Their longest play sunday was this 49 yard pass over the middle to jordy nelson. It is more about execution, attacking the holes in the defense or the matchup on the defense. There was nothing revolutionary. Sometimes you will get teams playing you with a threeshell, sometimes a twoshell, and its just taking advantage of the opportunities. Dan as 10andahalf point underdogs this week at fourthranked michigan, the badgers will need everyone to pitch in, and it appears Corey Clement is in. Last saturday against michigan state, the senior running back returned from his ankle injury. He only rushed for 54 yards, but did score twice against a defense that was focused on stopping him. Clements ankle was heavily taped up, but he is not listed on the injury report. I feel and doing all i can. I put myself as inseason healthy. You can say to yourself that you are 100 . Dan 12 sports Stephen Watson will be with the badgers in ann arbor. His live reports begin friday. The badgers take on the wolverines saturday at 2 30, right here on wisn 12. And stephen will join us for live postgame coverage on big 12 sports saturday at 6 30. Wrist yesterday during the first practice of Training Camp in madison. Easy for you to say. He returned to milwaukee for tests and missed this mornings practice. Just four games left in the brewers season, including tonight in texas. Jonathan villar will finish as the Major League Leader in both stolen bases and errors. And, tim tebow was just oneforsix in his debut with the Mets Instructional League team today, but it was that one that had everyone talking. Tebow hit an opposite field home run on the first pitch of his first at bat as a pro. Yes, hes going to the hall of fame in will be the greatest ever. Joyce ok. We will go back out to waukesha, where donald trump is expected to address reporters at a rally at the expo center. The gap between him and Hillary Clinton is down to just two points. We will have a wrapup tonight at outside, thunderstorms moving through, heading inland. You c

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