Transcripts For WISN WISN 12 News This Morning 20160824 : vi

Keeping it a 4, thanks to the downpours and the winds. Some areas are still dry on the pavement. 43 and hampton is one of them. It is rooling smoothly. System wide things are moving well. The travel times are looking good. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. New, a shooting in intersection where a man was killed by the police less than two weeks ago. Mike anderson is live at the Police Headquarters with the latest. Mike . Good morning, ben. Someone was shot while driving at the same location with Sylville Smith was shot. This latest shooting was a 19yearold man was shot while driving in the area. The victim was drif ton the hospital by a friend. We are told he has serious injuries. No other details have been released yet. We do know that this shooting happened at the same location as the officer involved shooting. Police say smith was warmed with a gun at the time. His fal friday. Smiths death sparked days of unrest and violence in the sherman park neighborhood. It had been relatively quiet in the area until this shooting overnight. Reporting live this morning, Mike Anderson 12 news this morning. Thank you, mike. Developing overnight, the Milwaukee Police are searching for whoever hit an 11yearold crossing street when hit. The vehicle drove away after the crash. The little girl is in Critical Condition this morning. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 03. Autopsy is planning after a twoyearold was found dead at a milwaukee home. Tim is here now with the latest on the investigation. Tim . Melinda, it is a tragic story the report this morning. Police say it happened near 40 and neighbors say that the boy was found stuck in a window at the grandmothers home. It is unclear how the boy died. We are hoping to get the information later on today after the autopsy. Now the boys aunt says no adults were home at a time. The neighbors rushed to perform cpr but the boy had already passed away. The Milwaukee Police are investigating what happened boy. They are not saying hold those family members are. We are following a big story from overnight, 37 people are dead after a 6. 1 earthquake in italy. This happened in the central part of that country, a hundred miles from rome the tremors were felt as well. This is some of the first day light video of the buildings destroyed in the quake. Right now, fir citizens are teaming up and helping to clear the rubble to rescue people who are trapped under neath. It is difficult overnight with no electricity and main roads are blocked off. Now the main priority is to find any survivors in that. The u. S. State department is urging americans to check in via social media to let loved ones know they are safe. Back to you. Good morning america will have continuing coverage on the earthquake. Right now, wisn 12 Class Act School supply drive is underway. Lets head to ben for updates on the food bank. Are the phones rings, ben . We are waiting for the phones to ring. The phone l there we go. Theres one. We have a lot of bright Smiling Faces here this morning and ready to take your phone calls. What a day it was yesterday. Thousands of dollars raised for the Milwaukee Public Schools and the Salvation Army. We are short of the goal this morning. 15 will help fill a backpack here for a student. 500 will equip an entire class. So a number of ways to donate. Classact to 41444. Melinda, the p. M. Team called us out last night. Oh, you have no idea how bad we want to win. Thank you, ben. This morning help wisn 12 and our Radio Partners wkhl stuff the bus. That is where we find jeremy good morning, we are at theal greens at mayfair and north. You cant miss it. It is wisn 12 teaming up wklh and this is benefitting the Salvation Army and the Milwaukee Public Schools. We are looking for new and lightly used School Supplies. The bus campaign is under way 6 00 a. M. Until 7 00 p. M. Hope to see you here on the trip to work. You have supplies, grab them and come here. We have more updates coming up. From the corner of mayfair road and north avenue. Back to you. Thank you, jeremy. It is a great cause there. Some folks need and the raincoat this morning, sal. Yes. Jeremy is the eye in the sky there. We are watching a slow moving rain complex helicoptering to impact much of western and central wisconsin. We are just starting to get the wet in place across fond du lac and dodge and western washington county, Jefferson County as well. Now the leading edge is offering brief gusty winds and also it is moving slowly. We are getting reports of very heavy rain in place overnight in the western part of wisconsin. The rain timing between now and 11 00 and we are watching the rain impacting the metro of walk waukesha and metro. It is slow moving light to moderate rain. This afternoon, the steady rain becomes a lot more scattered overall. Spotty showers in place 68 waukesha. We continue to look at the showers and thundershowers moving through and into the Morning Hours. Here is matt. So far so good on the roadways. Here we are at 43 and hampton. No troubles. If you are going to leave the house, system wide we are seeing the light volume right now. Right now we are starting to see Jefferson County. No crashes on the system right now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. A woman is recovering after being hit by a line drive at miller park last night it. It happened in the second inning. The Colorado Rockies player hit the line drive and the woman was assisted and then caried out on a stretcher. Investigating a number of home breakins. It happened a number of times, the police are saying five home breakins in the past six weeks in the neighborhood. A husband and wife came home to find the garage door open and the home ransacked. The couple wanted to share the have to look over your shoulder. People are working in hards and you are wondering should i be worried. You are afraid of leaving your home without locking the door. I wake up in the night hearing sounds that probably are not there. The police are stepping up patrols in that area. Tim, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 10. The fbi now investigating another Cyber Security breach overseas. The hackers working fsh russian intelligence. We have seen ken in all sorts of outfits, but this is taking the cake and slice of controversy baked in california this morning. Right now the Class Act School sun mri is underway. We have a hat. We have a top hat. I love that. This is going on right now. They are standing by to take this is a chance for you to help out wisn 12 and the sl vacation army to provide School Supplies for the kids in the area. Keep the phones rings. Good morning, everybody. We are in the phone bank and now is the time. If you are making coffee, making the into the phone bank and helping to get the School Supplies for the kids in need. The phones are not ringing right now. Pick up your phone and call. They are ready to take your information to give. If you give 5, 10 or 15 or a hundred, every little bit helps and it counts. Have been doing this for a long time and why is this so important . When you look at the city, students and families, there is a need. Mps serves 80 of the students are free and reduced lunch students. 70 are economically challenged. So you know having folks contribute can help gives the students the opportunity to start the putting a smile on their faces knows they have the materials to help them. So you know, the greet work that channel 12 and the Salvation Army is doing is great and we are happy to be part of the campaign. We are hearing the phones ringing during the interview as well. We are hoping that the phones ring. I will contribute a hundred dollars right now to campaign. I hope other folks step up and do the same. Thank you so much. The phones are ringing. 15 gets you a backpack full of supplies. We are excited here in the phone bank. Give what you can. Ben, back to you. Thank you. We are teaming up with the Radio Partners wklh to stuff the bus. This morning you can drop off supplies in wauwatosa. Good morning, jeremy. Good morning, everyone. We are at the walgreens at mayfair and north. Here is the bus, we are trying to fill it with School Supplies. We are teaming up with wklh. This started at 6 00 a. M. We are hoping to see the cars even with the rain, there is the area to pull up and theyll grab the School Supplies. We hope to putted smiles on the faces of the kids going back to school. This is corner of mayfair and north. It is the time of year to stuff the bus. Thank you, jeremy. Developing overnight, south korea is reporting that north korea test fired a missile. That missile was tracked over defense zone. Japan is saying it is a threat to japans security. This is coming along with the exercises between the u. S. And south korea. Right now, u. S. News organizations are becoming the latest target of russian intelligence hackers. Tim is in the news room with new information. Over the past couple of months, Russian Hackers have reporters and media os. That is according to the u. S. Officials. Right now the attacks are under investigation by the fbi and security agencies. The New York Times though has not commented on this cyber attack. U. S. Intelligence believes that the emails leaked from the Democratic National committee. Back to tim, thank you. Right now, the Class Act School supply drive is underway. Yes, the volunteers are standing by to take your calls. Take a look at the phone bank right now. Here we go. 7999476. You can also go online or send a text from your phone, if you are in bed, just get your phone. Donate and stop by also if you 15 bucks gets a backpack in the kids that need it with all of the School Supplies to succeed. Jeremy is on the corner of mayfair and north. And you can a little personal forecast out of him. Hes going to get wet too. The rain is moving across jefferson, dodge and fond du lac and slowly moving to the east. Take a look at the beautiful picture in racine, 71 degrees. Partly cloudy at racine. The rain will be moving there shortly. This is a slow moving complex. The heavy showers are to the west right now. Give tennessee slow moving nature of this rain complex, bring a fair amount to us throughout the Morning Hours. This is going to overspread into the metro area in the next hour or so. It is developed ahead of a cool front and disturbance across iowa is moving into illinois. So this morning then, slow moving steady rain and a few storms and becoming much more scattered this afternoon as temperatures reach up to 80. Low 70s at this hour. Likely seeing the way of rain cooled air with the showers. We watch the showers through southern wisconsin throughout the Morning Hours and tapering off into the afternoon and becoming scattered and light overall. But still i will keep the spotty showers in the forecast today, tonight and early tomorrow and looking at a good looking friday. Today up to 80 degrees. Rain and storms this morning and tapering off in the afternoon. Pavement is dry here. We go to the traffic watch computer system, things are moving well with the light volume and full freeway speeds. You are seeing the rain is pushing into waukesha county. Prepare for wet pavement. Drive times. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Alist wedding planner is telling all. A reason behind a decision to break original wedding plans. Right now, the Class Act School supply drive bank is underway. We have the number up on the screen. This is a chance for you to help out wisn 12 and the salvation that the kids need. Welcome back. A bakery in california is baking up controversial. A customer ordered a cake with a ken doll wearing a sash and the dress. That sparked negative comments with the picture. The owner lost followers but more customers are stopping by to applaud the bakery. Russel wilson and his changed the wedding plans. They changed locations because of the transgender bathroom law in north carolina. The law requires transz gender people to use the bathrooms corresponding to the sex on the birth certificate. we want to know the stories you are talking about this morning. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 25. Drive is underway. Volunteers are standing by. Looking friday at them. The number 7999476. Top by the stuff the bus, that is happening now in wauwatosa. Stick with us, pick up the phones. Right now t Class Act School supply is happening. Here is a live look at the volunteers standing by your phone calls. The number is on the screen and you can go online or send a text message or stop by stuff the bus in wauwatosa. We have a note, we have a 250 donation too. Keep the phones ringing. We are on weatherwatch 12 this morning. The areas that are seeing the heavy rain and the light morning. Im ben wagner. Im melinda davenport. We begin in the weather send herb. Sally . We have a slow moving rain system and impacting parts of iowa and minnesota. Just beginning to get to the metro across southern wisconsin. 74 degrees at the airport. It is dry at Mitchell International at this hour. Here is a look at the radar, the rain fond du lac and across much of dodge and washington county. Heavy rains are reported north and south of i94 in Jefferson County. We are getting some of that heavy rain across 39 and moving into 94 as well. Some lightning associated with it. We have had reports of heavy rain in the western part of the state. Showers and storms developing in addition to a disturbance moving out of eastern iowa. So the northerning rain arrives. We see steady morning rain for today. And spotty showers this afternoon. We go up to 80 degrees. Tonight a few showers and plenty of dry time with the lows around 67. Matt is on the ground y news chopper 12 is in the hanger. Yes, we are keeping the chopper on the ground this moin to the lake. You are seeing waukesha is getting the action along i94 and 41 up to the northwest. Travel times, seeing a little brake tapping on the bypass northbound. Watch for the brake lights around national avenue. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Breaking overnight, two massive earthquakes strike, one within 6. 8 quake in mymar. And a quake in italy. The one in italy we know 38 people have been killed and that death toll will most likely continue to rise today. It was a 6. 2 quake hitting central italy and First Responders and citizens are working to clear the rubble this morning and rescue people that are trapped. They are reporting that dozens of people have been rescued from the rubble in italy. There are several after shocks as well in the area. The biggest 15. 5. It is predicted many casualties in this because the buildings protection. And new from overnight back here at home, Police Investigating a shooting at 44th and auer. This is in the citys sherman park neighborhood. Police say a 19yearold man was driving in the area when he was shot inside a vehicle. A friend drove the victim to the hospital. Police are searching for whoever pulled the trigger. This is the same intersection where a Fatal Police Shooting happened earlier this month setting off days of violent unrest in milwaukee. Its unclear if any of these incidents are related. Ben, back to you. Tim, thank an 11yearold is in Critical Condition after being hit by a vehicle in wisconsin. Mike anderson is live at the Police Headquarters this morning. Good morning, mike. Mike good morning, ben. Right now the Milwaukee Police helicopter to look for the vehicle that sped away from the scene right after the girl was hit. It happened around 7 30 last night at the intersection of the girl was hit while crossing the street. She was riding a bicycle at the time of the crash. She was rushed to the hospital after being hit and we are told shes in Critical Condition this morning. Police are still looking for that vehicle and the driver involved. At this point, they have nod provided us with a description of the vehicle only saying it is a car. If you have any information, you are asked to call the Milwaukee Police. Reporting livehi news this morning. Ben thank you, mike. The Class Act School supply drive is underway. The volunteers are on stand by to take your calls. Melinda . Melinda ben, we are trying to get the phones to ring. This is what 15 gets you, a backpack, new, full of school remember this . All the things you need for kids to succeed. Not the college ruled paper, the wide ruled stuff. All these things are going into the backpack to help a mps student in need. Give what you can. If you can donate 5 great, 15 even better, a hundred dollars, anything you can give to help. The volunteers are ready. Put down the bagel and call. Help the kids. Take a second and call us right now. That number 4147999476. One of the signs says it is a great investment, that is the truth. Helping the kids succeed and it is going a long way. Lots of mps students are in need. You can text too. Stay in bed if you want to. Call or text classact and give what you can. Put down the food and donate. Good advice. You can help out wisn 12 the and wklh by stuffing the bus. Jeremy nelson is live this morning. Good morning, jeremy. Jeremy good morning. We are located at and north avenue. Theres the bus. They are getting the Police Headquarters<\/a> with the latest. Mike . Good morning, ben. Someone was shot while driving at the same location with Sylville Smith<\/a> was shot. This latest shooting was a 19yearold man was shot while driving in the area. The victim was drif ton the hospital by a friend. We are told he has serious injuries. No other details have been released yet. We do know that this shooting happened at the same location as the officer involved shooting. Police say smith was warmed with a gun at the time. His fal friday. Smiths death sparked days of unrest and violence in the sherman park neighborhood. It had been relatively quiet in the area until this shooting overnight. Reporting live this morning, Mike Anderson<\/a> 12 news this morning. Thank you, mike. Developing overnight, the Milwaukee Police<\/a> are searching for whoever hit an 11yearold crossing street when hit. The vehicle drove away after the crash. The little girl is in Critical Condition<\/a> this morning. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 03. Autopsy is planning after a twoyearold was found dead at a milwaukee home. Tim is here now with the latest on the investigation. Tim . Melinda, it is a tragic story the report this morning. Police say it happened near 40 and neighbors say that the boy was found stuck in a window at the grandmothers home. It is unclear how the boy died. We are hoping to get the information later on today after the autopsy. Now the boys aunt says no adults were home at a time. The neighbors rushed to perform cpr but the boy had already passed away. The Milwaukee Police<\/a> are investigating what happened boy. They are not saying hold those family members are. We are following a big story from overnight, 37 people are dead after a 6. 1 earthquake in italy. This happened in the central part of that country, a hundred miles from rome the tremors were felt as well. This is some of the first day light video of the buildings destroyed in the quake. Right now, fir citizens are teaming up and helping to clear the rubble to rescue people who are trapped under neath. It is difficult overnight with no electricity and main roads are blocked off. Now the main priority is to find any survivors in that. The u. S. State department is urging americans to check in via social media to let loved ones know they are safe. Back to you. Good morning america will have continuing coverage on the earthquake. Right now, wisn 12 Class Act School<\/a> supply drive is underway. Lets head to ben for updates on the food bank. Are the phones rings, ben . We are waiting for the phones to ring. The phone l there we go. Theres one. We have a lot of bright Smiling Faces<\/a> here this morning and ready to take your phone calls. What a day it was yesterday. Thousands of dollars raised for the Milwaukee Public Schools<\/a> and the Salvation Army<\/a>. We are short of the goal this morning. 15 will help fill a backpack here for a student. 500 will equip an entire class. So a number of ways to donate. Classact to 41444. Melinda, the p. M. Team called us out last night. Oh, you have no idea how bad we want to win. Thank you, ben. This morning help wisn 12 and our Radio Partners<\/a> wkhl stuff the bus. That is where we find jeremy good morning, we are at theal greens at mayfair and north. You cant miss it. It is wisn 12 teaming up wklh and this is benefitting the Salvation Army<\/a> and the Milwaukee Public Schools<\/a>. We are looking for new and lightly used School Supplies<\/a>. The bus campaign is under way 6 00 a. M. Until 7 00 p. M. Hope to see you here on the trip to work. You have supplies, grab them and come here. We have more updates coming up. From the corner of mayfair road and north avenue. Back to you. Thank you, jeremy. It is a great cause there. Some folks need and the raincoat this morning, sal. Yes. Jeremy is the eye in the sky there. We are watching a slow moving rain complex helicoptering to impact much of western and central wisconsin. We are just starting to get the wet in place across fond du lac and dodge and western washington county, Jefferson County<\/a> as well. Now the leading edge is offering brief gusty winds and also it is moving slowly. We are getting reports of very heavy rain in place overnight in the western part of wisconsin. The rain timing between now and 11 00 and we are watching the rain impacting the metro of walk waukesha and metro. It is slow moving light to moderate rain. This afternoon, the steady rain becomes a lot more scattered overall. Spotty showers in place 68 waukesha. We continue to look at the showers and thundershowers moving through and into the Morning Hours<\/a>. Here is matt. So far so good on the roadways. Here we are at 43 and hampton. No troubles. If you are going to leave the house, system wide we are seeing the light volume right now. Right now we are starting to see Jefferson County<\/a>. No crashes on the system right now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. A woman is recovering after being hit by a line drive at miller park last night it. It happened in the second inning. The Colorado Rockies<\/a> player hit the line drive and the woman was assisted and then caried out on a stretcher. Investigating a number of home breakins. It happened a number of times, the police are saying five home breakins in the past six weeks in the neighborhood. A husband and wife came home to find the garage door open and the home ransacked. The couple wanted to share the have to look over your shoulder. People are working in hards and you are wondering should i be worried. You are afraid of leaving your home without locking the door. I wake up in the night hearing sounds that probably are not there. The police are stepping up patrols in that area. Tim, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 10. The fbi now investigating another Cyber Security<\/a> breach overseas. The hackers working fsh russian intelligence. We have seen ken in all sorts of outfits, but this is taking the cake and slice of controversy baked in california this morning. Right now the Class Act School<\/a> sun mri is underway. We have a hat. We have a top hat. I love that. This is going on right now. They are standing by to take this is a chance for you to help out wisn 12 and the sl vacation army to provide School Supplies<\/a> for the kids in the area. Keep the phones rings. Good morning, everybody. We are in the phone bank and now is the time. If you are making coffee, making the into the phone bank and helping to get the School Supplies<\/a> for the kids in need. The phones are not ringing right now. Pick up your phone and call. They are ready to take your information to give. If you give 5, 10 or 15 or a hundred, every little bit helps and it counts. Have been doing this for a long time and why is this so important . When you look at the city, students and families, there is a need. Mps serves 80 of the students are free and reduced lunch students. 70 are economically challenged. So you know having folks contribute can help gives the students the opportunity to start the putting a smile on their faces knows they have the materials to help them. So you know, the greet work that channel 12 and the Salvation Army<\/a> is doing is great and we are happy to be part of the campaign. We are hearing the phones ringing during the interview as well. We are hoping that the phones ring. I will contribute a hundred dollars right now to campaign. I hope other folks step up and do the same. Thank you so much. The phones are ringing. 15 gets you a backpack full of supplies. We are excited here in the phone bank. Give what you can. Ben, back to you. Thank you. We are teaming up with the Radio Partners<\/a> wklh to stuff the bus. This morning you can drop off supplies in wauwatosa. Good morning, jeremy. Good morning, everyone. We are at the walgreens at mayfair and north. Here is the bus, we are trying to fill it with School Supplies<\/a>. We are teaming up with wklh. This started at 6 00 a. M. We are hoping to see the cars even with the rain, there is the area to pull up and theyll grab the School Supplies<\/a>. We hope to putted smiles on the faces of the kids going back to school. This is corner of mayfair and north. It is the time of year to stuff the bus. Thank you, jeremy. Developing overnight, south korea is reporting that north korea test fired a missile. That missile was tracked over defense zone. Japan is saying it is a threat to japans security. This is coming along with the exercises between the u. S. And south korea. Right now, u. S. News organizations are becoming the latest target of russian intelligence hackers. Tim is in the news room with new information. Over the past couple of months, Russian Hackers<\/a> have reporters and media os. That is according to the u. S. Officials. Right now the attacks are under investigation by the fbi and security agencies. The New York Times<\/a> though has not commented on this cyber attack. U. S. Intelligence believes that the emails leaked from the Democratic National<\/a> committee. Back to tim, thank you. Right now, the Class Act School<\/a> supply drive is underway. Yes, the volunteers are standing by to take your calls. Take a look at the phone bank right now. Here we go. 7999476. You can also go online or send a text from your phone, if you are in bed, just get your phone. Donate and stop by also if you 15 bucks gets a backpack in the kids that need it with all of the School Supplies<\/a> to succeed. Jeremy is on the corner of mayfair and north. And you can a little personal forecast out of him. Hes going to get wet too. The rain is moving across jefferson, dodge and fond du lac and slowly moving to the east. Take a look at the beautiful picture in racine, 71 degrees. Partly cloudy at racine. The rain will be moving there shortly. This is a slow moving complex. The heavy showers are to the west right now. Give tennessee slow moving nature of this rain complex, bring a fair amount to us throughout the Morning Hours<\/a>. This is going to overspread into the metro area in the next hour or so. It is developed ahead of a cool front and disturbance across iowa is moving into illinois. So this morning then, slow moving steady rain and a few storms and becoming much more scattered this afternoon as temperatures reach up to 80. Low 70s at this hour. Likely seeing the way of rain cooled air with the showers. We watch the showers through southern wisconsin throughout the Morning Hours<\/a> and tapering off into the afternoon and becoming scattered and light overall. But still i will keep the spotty showers in the forecast today, tonight and early tomorrow and looking at a good looking friday. Today up to 80 degrees. Rain and storms this morning and tapering off in the afternoon. Pavement is dry here. We go to the traffic watch computer system, things are moving well with the light volume and full freeway speeds. You are seeing the rain is pushing into waukesha county. Prepare for wet pavement. Drive times. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Alist wedding planner is telling all. A reason behind a decision to break original wedding plans. Right now, the Class Act School<\/a> supply drive bank is underway. We have the number up on the screen. This is a chance for you to help out wisn 12 and the salvation that the kids need. Welcome back. A bakery in california is baking up controversial. A customer ordered a cake with a ken doll wearing a sash and the dress. That sparked negative comments with the picture. The owner lost followers but more customers are stopping by to applaud the bakery. Russel wilson and his changed the wedding plans. They changed locations because of the transgender bathroom law in north carolina. The law requires transz gender people to use the bathrooms corresponding to the sex on the birth certificate. we want to know the stories you are talking about this morning. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 25. Drive is underway. Volunteers are standing by. Looking friday at them. The number 7999476. Top by the stuff the bus, that is happening now in wauwatosa. Stick with us, pick up the phones. Right now t Class Act School<\/a> supply is happening. Here is a live look at the volunteers standing by your phone calls. The number is on the screen and you can go online or send a text message or stop by stuff the bus in wauwatosa. We have a note, we have a 250 donation too. Keep the phones ringing. We are on weatherwatch 12 this morning. The areas that are seeing the heavy rain and the light morning. Im ben wagner. Im melinda davenport. We begin in the weather send herb. Sally . We have a slow moving rain system and impacting parts of iowa and minnesota. Just beginning to get to the metro across southern wisconsin. 74 degrees at the airport. It is dry at Mitchell International<\/a> at this hour. Here is a look at the radar, the rain fond du lac and across much of dodge and washington county. Heavy rains are reported north and south of i94 in Jefferson County<\/a>. We are getting some of that heavy rain across 39 and moving into 94 as well. Some lightning associated with it. We have had reports of heavy rain in the western part of the state. Showers and storms developing in addition to a disturbance moving out of eastern iowa. So the northerning rain arrives. We see steady morning rain for today. And spotty showers this afternoon. We go up to 80 degrees. Tonight a few showers and plenty of dry time with the lows around 67. Matt is on the ground y news chopper 12 is in the hanger. Yes, we are keeping the chopper on the ground this moin to the lake. You are seeing waukesha is getting the action along i94 and 41 up to the northwest. Travel times, seeing a little brake tapping on the bypass northbound. Watch for the brake lights around national avenue. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Breaking overnight, two massive earthquakes strike, one within 6. 8 quake in mymar. And a quake in italy. The one in italy we know 38 people have been killed and that death toll will most likely continue to rise today. It was a 6. 2 quake hitting central italy and First Responders<\/a> and citizens are working to clear the rubble this morning and rescue people that are trapped. They are reporting that dozens of people have been rescued from the rubble in italy. There are several after shocks as well in the area. The biggest 15. 5. It is predicted many casualties in this because the buildings protection. And new from overnight back here at home, Police Investigating<\/a> a shooting at 44th and auer. This is in the citys sherman park neighborhood. Police say a 19yearold man was driving in the area when he was shot inside a vehicle. A friend drove the victim to the hospital. Police are searching for whoever pulled the trigger. This is the same intersection where a Fatal Police Shooting<\/a> happened earlier this month setting off days of violent unrest in milwaukee. Its unclear if any of these incidents are related. Ben, back to you. Tim, thank an 11yearold is in Critical Condition<\/a> after being hit by a vehicle in wisconsin. Mike anderson is live at the Police Headquarters<\/a> this morning. Good morning, mike. Mike good morning, ben. Right now the Milwaukee Police<\/a> helicopter to look for the vehicle that sped away from the scene right after the girl was hit. It happened around 7 30 last night at the intersection of the girl was hit while crossing the street. She was riding a bicycle at the time of the crash. She was rushed to the hospital after being hit and we are told shes in Critical Condition<\/a> this morning. Police are still looking for that vehicle and the driver involved. At this point, they have nod provided us with a description of the vehicle only saying it is a car. If you have any information, you are asked to call the Milwaukee Police<\/a>. Reporting livehi news this morning. Ben thank you, mike. The Class Act School<\/a> supply drive is underway. The volunteers are on stand by to take your calls. Melinda . Melinda ben, we are trying to get the phones to ring. This is what 15 gets you, a backpack, new, full of school remember this . All the things you need for kids to succeed. Not the college ruled paper, the wide ruled stuff. All these things are going into the backpack to help a mps student in need. Give what you can. If you can donate 5 great, 15 even better, a hundred dollars, anything you can give to help. The volunteers are ready. Put down the bagel and call. Help the kids. Take a second and call us right now. That number 4147999476. One of the signs says it is a great investment, that is the truth. Helping the kids succeed and it is going a long way. Lots of mps students are in need. You can text too. Stay in bed if you want to. Call or text classact and give what you can. Put down the food and donate. Good advice. You can help out wisn 12 the and wklh by stuffing the bus. Jeremy nelson is live this morning. Good morning, jeremy. Jeremy good morning. We are located at and north avenue. Theres the bus. They are getting the School Supplies<\/a> out of the s. U. V. That just pulled up and putting those in the bus. We are hoping to fim the bus with new School Supplies<\/a> that benefits the Salvation Army<\/a> and district distributing those to the Milwaukee Public Schools<\/a>. We hope to get things going this morning and if it happens to rain, we have a lot of volunteers here from the Salvation Army<\/a> to come to your and put them in the bus. We are here until 7 00 p. M. And we are talking to someone from gm healthcare and gathering the supplies. So i hope to see you here at mayfair road and north avenue at the walgreens. A fire breaks out and thousands of people lose power. The transformers that went up in flames and how crews fought to get the fire under control. School in australia. The wildlife that the thieves brought in and what they got away with. Take a look at this, right now the Class Act School<\/a> supfully drive is underway. Here is a live look at the volunteers standing by to take your calls. 7999476 and head online or send location. And that is where you will find Jeremy Nelson<\/a> this morning as well. We are watching the rain moving through. A few downpours in place this morning. It is beginning to spread into waukesha and milwaukee county. West bend is getting the drizzle er heavy rains south of 94. These rains are going to move in, not only jefferson and waukesha but also Walworth County<\/a> as well. Slow moving nature brings a good drink to southern wisconsin. Road spray and ponding on the roads this morning when the rain is steadiest through the Morning Hours<\/a>. Showers and spotty and afternoon temperatures near 80 degrees. Sally, thank you. New this morning, thousands of people in florida lost power when a fire broke out at a power facility. Ben yes, the flames sent black smoke billowing into the air. Officials say transformers caught fire and the substation next door got charred along with a van. Theres no word on what started the fire. This morning the power is back on. Also new this morning, a bizarre burglary in australia. Police say vandals ok crocodiles. Surveillance camera captured it all. You can see someone push three crocodiles through a broken window. Then four shirtless men broke in to steal computer equipment. Hmm. Wildlife rangers had to come in to collect the crocodiles. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 42. Right now the Class Act School<\/a> supply drive the underway. Volunteers are standing by to take your calls. We have a few on the phones stop by stuff the bus event in wauwatosa at mayfair and north. All helping the mps kids head back to class with the supplies they need. Stay tuned. You are watching 12 news this feingold thats my grandfather with a brand new truck. It was one of the first to come out of this plant in 1923. But today, too many good manufacturing jobs are shipped away because of a tax code that actually rewards companies for exporting jobs. Lets close the corporate loopholes that will save taxpayer money and help business create jobs here. Im Russ Feingold<\/a> and i approve this message because we dont need an economy that works only for ceos, right now the Class Act School<\/a> supply is underway. Here is a live look at the volunteers standing by to take your calls. Call hes ready to go. Head online or send a text message or stop by stuff the bus in wauwatosa. Also, we are on weatherwatch 12. This is a slow moving rain complex. No thunderstorm warnings associated with it. It is dumping heavy rain in no advisories here. Now the rain is lighter in fond du lac and darlene is saying rain and thunder in fond du lac. Joy says rain in beaver dam. Mike reporting drizzle in west bend. Now it is heavy south of 94 in Jefferson County<\/a>. These showers are just a little are moving into Walworth County<\/a> and waukesha county. So slow moving nature to the complex this morning. Allow a little extra time for the travel. We are looking at road spray, ponding on the roadways. Here is matt. Still a little dry pavement out there if you are headed out soon. 43 and hampton it is quiet. Bypass just past beloit. So be prepared for that. Delays, we have one right now on the northbound bypass. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Melinda matt, thank you. This morning you can help stuff the bus by dropping off supplies at the walgreens in toas. Good morning, jeremy good morning, everyone. We are stuffing the bus with School Supplies<\/a> to help out the area kids and one organization in the area, Ge Healthcare<\/a> and the employees are generous. All the employees contributed funds and supplies to make sure the kids have the right tools for learning this year and delighted to help to donate 70 backpacks to stuff the bus this morning. The volunteers from the Salvation Army<\/a> are loading the bus, this is just one trip, you have more coming, right . We have collected supplies and sharing them with a number of os, including the Salvation Army<\/a> and class act. We are thanking all of the employees at Ge Healthcare<\/a> that helped out. We are at mayfair road and north after in the walgreens parking lot. This is going now until 7 00 look for the yellow bus. We are closing up the windows in a little bit because of the rain in the area. If you are driving through, give the cash donation or the School Supplies<\/a> to the crew and theyll put them in the bus. We hope to see you here this morning. We want to put the smiles on the kids faces on the first day of school next week. We are live at mayfair road and north avenue. Back to you. A massive earthquake hit italy. 38 people are confirmed dead. That number is expected to rise. The 6. 2 quake hit last night and followed by the after shocks and the people are searching for survivors. Severe flooding taking a toll on millions of people in india. Tim is live in the news room with the details. Tim . Tim 53 people in because of the flooding. Look at the video here, 1. 2 Million People<\/a> were displaced in a nearby province. The river is continuing to rise. More rainfall is expected to fall in the coming days. Melinda thank you, tim. Supply drive is underway and the volunteers are standing by to take your calls to help buy the School Supplies<\/a> for the local kids. Ben . Ben we are having a good time here at the phone bank. The volunteers are here to take your phone calls. 7999476. Seriously, five bucks, bro. Anything helps to send the to school with the supplies nay need. 15 fills a backpack. Mark, tell us about the confidence that the students have with the supplies they need. The feeling on the first day having the supplies, they know they can engage in the education process right off the bat. Sometimes students are looking at other students and seeing they dont have the supplies they feel sad. To have the supplies, it means the world to them. Ben we are sending them with the supplies they need. What is it like entering School Without<\/a> the supplies . Sometimes the teachers do a great job as well and recognize the need and they purchase the supplies from their own funds and when the kids door they are equipped. The child without the items, there is a sense of that they have missed something, you know, we want them to come in and ready and ready to hit the ground running, it is important to have the supplies and be ready to go. Ben thank you so much, mark. Ben hes sending out messages to them. Call the phone bank this morning. Melinda all right. So much effort is going into this and so needed too. Sally yes, no better way to start the school year than with new things to work with. A little rain is moving into southern wisconsin. It is a slow moving rain complex. The light anyoning was turned on. Right now, what we are looking at is a steady light to moderate and at times heavy rain, especially in Jefferson County<\/a> and rock county this morning. Overall, slow moving, but it is continuing to coffer the metro in the next hour or so. The heavy rains are south of 94 and jefferson and moving into rock and Walworth County<\/a> this the road spray and ponding on the roads as well. Flash flood warnings in place over the western portions of the state until 8 30. So between now and 11 00, steady rain, a few downpours. Temperatures hold nearly steady in the 70s. After noon the steady rain is tapering off to scattered showers and dry times in the afternoon as well. 68 at this hour in waukesha. 74 at the airport. The temperatures will climb in the afternoon. At 9 00 we have the rain. By lunchtime it is scattered and lighter. The scattered showers continuing tonight. For today, this morning, steady rain and a few downpours. This is tapering off in the 80 this afternoon. 89 tomorrow. 74 friday. A couple of showers over the weekend but not a washout. I94 and waukesha is seeing the good rain right now and delays along the bypass from beloit road up to the construction area and 94 eastbound and westbound slowing approaching the zoo. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Melinda matt, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 55. Right now the Class Act School<\/a> supply drive is underway. Ben here is a live look at the phone bank. We want the people busy. Why not donate . Stop by stuff the bus too in wauwatosa. 7 9d 99476. A final check on the rainy good morning. Thank you for joining us. The chopper is parked because of the weather. We have dry weather along 43. The rain is moving in. We see the rain along the bypass and interchange. 9 minutes 894 northbound from sally it is a slow moving system overall. This is a steady rain in place for us over the next several hours. So between now and 11 00, rain and a few downpours. This afternoon, it becomes a lot more scattered. We touch up to 80. As we look at the 7day, sunshine returns. Tomorrow afternoon we see the clearing. Sunny on friday. A few showers ov it is not a washout. Thank you, sal. Well, wisn 12 Class Act School<\/a> supply drive is underway. We see the volunteers on the phones. Keep it coming. The volunteers are 7999476. Donations are used to buy the backpacks and the School Supplies<\/a>. Donate at wisn. Com. Someone donated here at stuff the bus. Help jeremy out. G. M. A. Start good morning, america. Breaking news. A deadly earthquake rocks italy. Victims pulled from the destruction. A desperate search for survivors right now. After the 6. 2 magnitude quake turns homes and buildings to rubble. In a spot popular with tourists. Quite severe ak the first thing i did was panic. The tremors even shake rome. One mayor says his town is not here anymore. The pope speaking out this morning. And gma live on the scene with the latest. Cyberattack on the New York Times<\/a>. 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