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60s. Winds up to 35, 40 Miles Per Hour beginning to kick in friday and the temperatures falling into the 30s on friday. Now to matt in news chopper 12. We are looking at 41 , 45 northbound, southbound. Burleigh under the freeway there. Rolling through wauwatosa no struggles at all. Travel times. I will keep an eye on it. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. 6 01. Later today, we could learn whether Brendan Dassey will be released from prison. Dassey is currently serving a life sentence at the Columbia Correctional Institution in portage for the murder of teresa halbach. Earlier this year, his conviction was overturned and a judge ordered a new trial. On monday, a federal judge ordered dassey be released while he awaits that new trial. Then yesterday, state attorney emergency appeal to stop dasseys release. Schimel said dasseys attorneys claim his original confession was coerced. But he says even if it was, that does not mean dassey did not help his uncle steven avery kill halbach. Schimel says dassey should still be considered a serious Public Safety issue. Schimel asked the court of appeals to decide on the emergency motion by this afternoon. Dasseys Attorney Says his family still hopes dassey will be home by thanksgiving. A firstofitskind program in milwaukee continues today. Warrant wednesday. Its a chance for you to have warrants thrown out and at no cost and no jail time. Hillary mintz is live at the court with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda, we have seen how popular this event with the last two times it was held. The lines poured out to the streets. The cars and made their ways to the doors two and a half hours early before this starts. You would think they are giving away something for free, oh, wait, they are. The last two events more than a thousand people showed up and waited hours and they say it is worth it. This is for the people getting rid of the municipal warrants, shoplifting and traffic warrants and all erased just for court. It is created for the people that cant afford to pay fines. Now here could be why a lot of people already in line. There are two sessions. We have a morning session 8 3011 30 and one from 1 30 to 5 30, but it is limited. The morning session is for the First One Hundred people n. The afternoon the first 130 people. If this is something you need to get in on you may want to come down here now. This is the final day to do it. It is happening today beginning at 8 30. Hillary, thank you. 6 04. Possibly changing the school calendar. Thats what is up for discussion today in milwaukee. Thema ponton is live with a look ahead. Good morning, thema. In addition to the calendar change t uniforms are up for discussion at a meeting today for the mps. You can join in on the discussion, it is happening at Community Meeting at Congress School on the northwest side. Mps officials are proposing consisting the school year, School Starting the second week of august and ending in late may. I spoke with the superintendent about this proposal and she says School Advanced placement exams and a lou the district for a j term, a five week session in june that would offer additional courses. Mps officials are looking into a district wide uniform policy. The schools would be able to opt out of that uniform policy. Now you can give your opinion on the schedule change and the uniforms later today at the Public Meeting at 4 00 at the Congress School. Live many milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thanks. Later today, the republicans and democrats in the senate are holding leadership elections after House Republicans nominated paul ryan to the second term as speaker of the house. Drum assist continuing to pick the future cabinet members. Trump is defending the team amid the reports of infighting. We have a report from washington trump taking to twitter saying it is an organized process. Breaking protocol, trump slipped past the media for dinner with his family. Following the comings and goings from the trump tower. Pence now leading the Transition Team after new Jersey Governor Chris Christie demoted. It is this is a Transition Team that is influx. Those that christie brought in, like former michigan congressman mike rogers also out. There is confusion going on about a chain of command out of new york. He tried to tramp it down, it is very organized. I am the only one that knows who as part of the transition, mike pence is in town for lunch with Vice President joe biden. Thank you. Milwaukee bucks reportedly stop taed at the trump hotels. The bucks are one of the three nba teams opting for other Hotel Options like in new york and chicago. The bucks tried to cancel the reservations at the trump tower in chicago before playing the bulls in the we have reached out to the bucks for comments. The bucks are on the road and taking on the Atlanta Hawks tonight. The Wisconsin Badgers are ranked 7th. The teams march to the championship is taking a step forward on saturday and travelling to pursue. See it only here on wisn 12, saturday at 6 30, dan and drew break down the badgers and looking ahead to the regular season against minnesota. That is on saturday. It may be a good day to stay inside and pretend like we are not in wisconsin. Today . No, saturday. Yes a great day to stay inside. Yes, windy and raw on saturday. But today and tomorrow, nothing to complain temperatures 40s along the lake. A few 30s inland. Party sunny this afternoon and talking about the temperatures into the mid 50s. Now the nice november is helicoptering today and tomorrow. Every day this month the temperatures have been above normal. Three days in the 70s. Five in the 60s. That moves to six days, 60s again tomorrow. 12. We are over the bypass, hale interchange. No trouble at all through the stretch. In fact, it is 5 minutes from the hale up to the zoo. And looking at 10 minutes 43 southbound from brown deer into downtown. No crashes getting in your way right now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. A threat against the thanksgiving day parade, there is a bulletin emphasizing that the Holiday Season could be a target for the terrorists. A magazine published by isis called the parade an excellent target and millions attend the parade every year and the magazine is pushing for loan wolves to use trucks as weapons to attack major gathers, similar to the deadly attacks in france over the summer. Police in new york insist no but the security will be tight. Greendales high school is performing in the parade next week. There are lots of conversations among the leaders and students and parents about the security concerns in new york. The band leaves this sunday, greendale won the state marching band championship for the past 12 years. 6 10. Changes on your social media feed. What twitter is doing to cut down on the hate speech. It is how the help out hundreds of families. A race against the clock, what it took to cap off a project at the nations capitol as we look at fair skies this morning sunrise 6 46. It is 6 13. Today. The weather buzz is including november weather is continuing today and tomorrow with highs today mid 50s. 60s tomorrow. Think about hanging up the Christmas Lights before the wind and chill settling in on friday. Matt . Sally, we are over the bypass, along the south side here. We turn the camera down here from the sunrise that is coming up soon. The bypass. Head no trouble in either direction along the bypass. Easy ride from the hale up to the zoo, only 5 minutes. 10 minutes eastbound from moreland road into downtown. Back to you. Matt, thank you. New, president obama is getting ready to deliver a speech to the people of greece. Residents of the country say they need to United States help creditors and hoping that the president will pressure other countries to share the burden in the refugee crisis. Wide fires are scorching tennessee and north carolina. Some people are forced to use inhalers or wear masks because of the smoke. 200 people are hospitalized in tennessee alone. A number of states have the burn bans in place. Reopened this morning aftera shooting yesterday. The police say a man shot and killed a Southwest Airlines employee as the victim walked from the terminal to the parking lot. Officers put the airport on lock down as they searched for the suspect who was found dead after a selfinflicted gunshot wound. The person that shot the man was they are not releasing a motive the victim is 52yearold Michael Winchester whose son plays for the kansas city chiefs. 52 miles of scaffolding, the restoring of the Capitol Rotunda is completed. It is back on display before the inauguration of president elect donald trump. They are helping to protect the capitol dome over the years. It is gorgeous too. It has been closed for a while too. 6 16. It is time to celebrate. Melinda the milwaukee holiday parade is happening on saturday and a chance to wave to santa and watch the bands and see a hundred floats. While there, consider donating food items to help out the local families throughout the Holiday Season. O now the Jeremy Nelson this we are at the hunger task force. Good morning. Good morning. Jeremy holiday parade is coming, it is a tradition for a lot of families and a great way to start a tradition to help out families in the area. Yes, encourage the families to bring children and nonperishable food items and donate them. Jeremy you are getting something back, you will get what you are holding here. We for boston store and go downtown and shop as soon after the parade. If you make a food donation, you are getting 25 off at boston store. How important it is for not only giving at the parade and helping out throughout the Holiday Season to help out the families in the area. 35,000 people depend on the pantry every month. The holidays are important because we want a traditional donate holiday the food items and health food items. Jeremy it is a busy time here and a way to give back is coming up on saturday, maybe a little chilly out there, but dress warm and embrace the season. Hope to see you there at the milwaukee holiday parade. Back to you. Thats the spirit, jeremy, embrace the season. Hmmm. Another sign of the season, the Holiday Light festival is starting tomorrow. Check out the decorations. Wisn 12 is a proud sponsor of the event and melinda and i will be there for the kickoff. Watch it live on wisn 12 at 6 30 tomorrow night. Cant wait. A nice little fleece tomorrow night temperatures in the night. Puffy coat weather for the weekend. Wear the layers on saturdays, windy and much colder. This is our headsup friday situation. Friday morning temperatures will likely be 60 or better for a time on friday before the cold front is coming through. A blustery wind on friday afternoon and friday night and much colder air. That is a headsup for friday the. This morning temperatures 30s and 40s. At this hour 43 at the airport. 42 lake geneva. 37 degrees waukesha. High pressure slips to the east and that allows for the south wind tomorrow and arrival of the warm front. The storm is being organized and for us it means the wind and for us. Enjoy the sunshine this afternoon. Mid 50s. Tonight the lows in the 40s. Thursday south breezes and going up to 65. Colder air and cold front is still to the north and west on thursday. It konls through for us on friday. This is the big change up day. 55 today. 65 tomorrow. 69 is the record for tomorrow. We are going to get close to the record. We hold morning and fall into the 30s friday morn. Saturday windy, raw, highs near 40. Sal, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 20. From germantown to germany. Meet the local couple that is getting attention for part in a popular tv show. This is mrs. Grundls class from hawley environmental and we want to say good morning milwaukee melinda good morning milwaukee ben wisn 12 news is stopping by classes across southeast wisconsin. If youre interested in getting a visit, head to wisn. Com and click on the school shout out logo. Then well try to schedule a time to have meteorologist Jeremy Nelson stop by to say hello. Ben wisn 12 news time is 6 24. A local couple in the international spotlight sunny and alex hpe theyre being featured on house hunters international. The hempels applied to be on the popular show when they learned they were moving to cologne, germany for work and needed to find an apartment. Wisn 12 news talked to the couple, via skype, ahead of tonights big episode filming the show is definitely interesting with the interviews and different apartment options that we had looked at throughout the city. They are saying that the location and sticking to a budget were the key parts of the happy with the apartment. We saw a little bit of it. One of the three options. This morning tinder is making changes. More gender options are rolled out in the u. S. , uk and canada. The previously offering were two options man or woman. Tinder is now 40 autofilled gender options. If they dont fit, type label. Twitter is trying to cut down on harassment and abuse, they are expanding the mute function. You can already mute the users that you dont want to see the tweets for and now mute phrases or key words. Twitter is trying to get a handle on the wild west reputation. Matt, breaking news . Yeah, s. U. V. Slams into a 31st jogs to the west there at the intersection and the s. U. V. Managed to miss a light pole, a tree, a telephone pole and a fire hydrant but couldnt avoid the building. The tow truck and the police are on the scene. That is a look at the breaking news live. Thank you, matt. 6 26. 16 weeks of physical and mental training. Hitting the ground running after the ceremony today. A show of support, the big name that is siding with the ben this morning, investigators are asking for your help to solve a Million Dollar crime. It could end up paying off. The big reward thats up for grabs. Melinda a big announcement from the Milwaukee County transit system. The role that social media is playing in a giveaway just hours from now. Ben but first, were on weather watch. Pretty sunrise. November weather is creeping in. Enjoy it while we have it here. When well see a drop in temperatures. Good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. Im ben wagner. Melinda and im melinda davenport. Its 6 30 this wednesday, november 16th. Lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist Sally Severson is in the weather center. Sal. Sally we are keeping an eye on the Early Morning sunrise up today at 6 47. Lake michigan, temperatures in sheboygan 37 as this hour. We are looking for the patchy fog, thereld today. No advisories to worry about. The High Pressure is looking at sunshine for us. The highs in the mid 50s. Tomorrow the winds up from the south and bringing a nice warm up. The glow. 43 at the airport. The winds are becoming southeast as they swing about the dial for us today. We look at the highs up to 55 degrees. Dry for all. Party sunny. Partly cloudy tonight 45. Look at tomorrow, party sunny. 65 degrees. A sharp cold frond coming in on friday. Now the matt with breaking news. The west side, 31st and garfield. S. U. V. Slams into the back of a building. The Milwaukee Police and tow truck are on the scene. 31st street jogs to the west. Slammed into the building. The building it has damage to it but the s. U. V. Serious damage on the front end. Matt, thank you. 6 31. Ben right now, Milwaukee Police are looking for the people responsible for torching a bank and other businesses during the unrest in sherman park. It happened over the summer. This morning theres a big reward being offered to people who have information, 10,000. And were getting a look at the suspects who broke into the bmo bank on fond du lac. Surveillance cameras recorded building and lighting a fire. It spread and caused a Million Dollars in damage. Once investigators track down the suspects, they could face federal charges. Melinda a fiveyearold milwaukee girl killed in a hit and run crash. A suspect is in custody this morning and facing charges. Rickyia langham was killed earlier this month near fond du lac and hampton. She was laid to rest yesterday, the same day that a suspect appeared in court. This is sherman liddell. Police say he was driving the suv that hit and killed rickyia. Charges. Police say he was driving with a suspended license. Liddells girlfriend is facing charges too for obstructing the investigation. She told police her suv had been stolen before the crash happened. Ben looking ahead now, an announcement is expected today for any of you who ride the bus in Milwaukee County. Thema ponton is live on the west side with details on that announcement. Reporter good morning, ben, the announcement has to do with a giveaway of some kind. It is around this. This is the mcard. Its an alternative to using cash on the bus system. It has been around for two years. The announcement will be made at noon on the Mcts Facebook page. Well bring you details of that announcement later today. Heres with you, they are saying this is the most exciting giveaway ever. So there is that to look forward to. Live in milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thank you. Melinda later today, milwaukee will welcome 24 new firefighters. Hillary mintz is live from the Fire Department headquarters downtown. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda, preparing for this day and this is it, the big day. 24 recruits are set to graduate from the Miles Per Hour<\/a> beginning to kick in friday and the temperatures falling into the 30s on friday. Now to matt in news chopper 12. We are looking at 41 , 45 northbound, southbound. Burleigh under the freeway there. Rolling through wauwatosa no struggles at all. Travel times. I will keep an eye on it. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. 6 01. Later today, we could learn whether Brendan Dassey<\/a> will be released from prison. Dassey is currently serving a life sentence at the Columbia Correctional Institution<\/a> in portage for the murder of teresa halbach. Earlier this year, his conviction was overturned and a judge ordered a new trial. On monday, a federal judge ordered dassey be released while he awaits that new trial. Then yesterday, state attorney emergency appeal to stop dasseys release. Schimel said dasseys attorneys claim his original confession was coerced. But he says even if it was, that does not mean dassey did not help his uncle steven avery kill halbach. Schimel says dassey should still be considered a serious Public Safety<\/a> issue. Schimel asked the court of appeals to decide on the emergency motion by this afternoon. Dasseys Attorney Says<\/a> his family still hopes dassey will be home by thanksgiving. A firstofitskind program in milwaukee continues today. Warrant wednesday. Its a chance for you to have warrants thrown out and at no cost and no jail time. Hillary mintz is live at the court with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda, we have seen how popular this event with the last two times it was held. The lines poured out to the streets. The cars and made their ways to the doors two and a half hours early before this starts. You would think they are giving away something for free, oh, wait, they are. The last two events more than a thousand people showed up and waited hours and they say it is worth it. This is for the people getting rid of the municipal warrants, shoplifting and traffic warrants and all erased just for court. It is created for the people that cant afford to pay fines. Now here could be why a lot of people already in line. There are two sessions. We have a morning session 8 3011 30 and one from 1 30 to 5 30, but it is limited. The morning session is for the First One Hundred<\/a> people n. The afternoon the first 130 people. If this is something you need to get in on you may want to come down here now. This is the final day to do it. It is happening today beginning at 8 30. Hillary, thank you. 6 04. Possibly changing the school calendar. Thats what is up for discussion today in milwaukee. Thema ponton is live with a look ahead. Good morning, thema. In addition to the calendar change t uniforms are up for discussion at a meeting today for the mps. You can join in on the discussion, it is happening at Community Meeting<\/a> at Congress School<\/a> on the northwest side. Mps officials are proposing consisting the school year, School Starting<\/a> the second week of august and ending in late may. I spoke with the superintendent about this proposal and she says School Advanced<\/a> placement exams and a lou the district for a j term, a five week session in june that would offer additional courses. Mps officials are looking into a district wide uniform policy. The schools would be able to opt out of that uniform policy. Now you can give your opinion on the schedule change and the uniforms later today at the Public Meeting<\/a> at 4 00 at the Congress School<\/a>. Live many milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thanks. Later today, the republicans and democrats in the senate are holding leadership elections after House Republicans<\/a> nominated paul ryan to the second term as speaker of the house. Drum assist continuing to pick the future cabinet members. Trump is defending the team amid the reports of infighting. We have a report from washington trump taking to twitter saying it is an organized process. Breaking protocol, trump slipped past the media for dinner with his family. Following the comings and goings from the trump tower. Pence now leading the Transition Team<\/a> after new Jersey Governor Chris Christie<\/a> demoted. It is this is a Transition Team<\/a> that is influx. Those that christie brought in, like former michigan congressman mike rogers also out. There is confusion going on about a chain of command out of new york. He tried to tramp it down, it is very organized. I am the only one that knows who as part of the transition, mike pence is in town for lunch with Vice President<\/a> joe biden. Thank you. Milwaukee bucks reportedly stop taed at the trump hotels. The bucks are one of the three nba teams opting for other Hotel Options<\/a> like in new york and chicago. The bucks tried to cancel the reservations at the trump tower in chicago before playing the bulls in the we have reached out to the bucks for comments. The bucks are on the road and taking on the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> tonight. The Wisconsin Badgers<\/a> are ranked 7th. The teams march to the championship is taking a step forward on saturday and travelling to pursue. See it only here on wisn 12, saturday at 6 30, dan and drew break down the badgers and looking ahead to the regular season against minnesota. That is on saturday. It may be a good day to stay inside and pretend like we are not in wisconsin. Today . No, saturday. Yes a great day to stay inside. Yes, windy and raw on saturday. But today and tomorrow, nothing to complain temperatures 40s along the lake. A few 30s inland. Party sunny this afternoon and talking about the temperatures into the mid 50s. Now the nice november is helicoptering today and tomorrow. Every day this month the temperatures have been above normal. Three days in the 70s. Five in the 60s. That moves to six days, 60s again tomorrow. 12. We are over the bypass, hale interchange. No trouble at all through the stretch. In fact, it is 5 minutes from the hale up to the zoo. And looking at 10 minutes 43 southbound from brown deer into downtown. No crashes getting in your way right now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thank you, matt. A threat against the thanksgiving day parade, there is a bulletin emphasizing that the Holiday Season<\/a> could be a target for the terrorists. A magazine published by isis called the parade an excellent target and millions attend the parade every year and the magazine is pushing for loan wolves to use trucks as weapons to attack major gathers, similar to the deadly attacks in france over the summer. Police in new york insist no but the security will be tight. Greendales high school is performing in the parade next week. There are lots of conversations among the leaders and students and parents about the security concerns in new york. The band leaves this sunday, greendale won the state marching band championship for the past 12 years. 6 10. Changes on your social media feed. What twitter is doing to cut down on the hate speech. It is how the help out hundreds of families. A race against the clock, what it took to cap off a project at the nations capitol as we look at fair skies this morning sunrise 6 46. It is 6 13. Today. The weather buzz is including november weather is continuing today and tomorrow with highs today mid 50s. 60s tomorrow. Think about hanging up the Christmas Lights<\/a> before the wind and chill settling in on friday. Matt . Sally, we are over the bypass, along the south side here. We turn the camera down here from the sunrise that is coming up soon. The bypass. Head no trouble in either direction along the bypass. Easy ride from the hale up to the zoo, only 5 minutes. 10 minutes eastbound from moreland road into downtown. Back to you. Matt, thank you. New, president obama is getting ready to deliver a speech to the people of greece. Residents of the country say they need to United States<\/a> help creditors and hoping that the president will pressure other countries to share the burden in the refugee crisis. Wide fires are scorching tennessee and north carolina. Some people are forced to use inhalers or wear masks because of the smoke. 200 people are hospitalized in tennessee alone. A number of states have the burn bans in place. Reopened this morning aftera shooting yesterday. The police say a man shot and killed a Southwest Airlines<\/a> employee as the victim walked from the terminal to the parking lot. Officers put the airport on lock down as they searched for the suspect who was found dead after a selfinflicted gunshot wound. The person that shot the man was they are not releasing a motive the victim is 52yearold Michael Winchester<\/a> whose son plays for the kansas city chiefs. 52 miles of scaffolding, the restoring of the Capitol Rotunda<\/a> is completed. It is back on display before the inauguration of president elect donald trump. They are helping to protect the capitol dome over the years. It is gorgeous too. It has been closed for a while too. 6 16. It is time to celebrate. Melinda the milwaukee holiday parade is happening on saturday and a chance to wave to santa and watch the bands and see a hundred floats. While there, consider donating food items to help out the local families throughout the Holiday Season<\/a>. O now the Jeremy Nelson<\/a> this we are at the hunger task force. Good morning. Good morning. Jeremy holiday parade is coming, it is a tradition for a lot of families and a great way to start a tradition to help out families in the area. Yes, encourage the families to bring children and nonperishable food items and donate them. Jeremy you are getting something back, you will get what you are holding here. We for boston store and go downtown and shop as soon after the parade. If you make a food donation, you are getting 25 off at boston store. How important it is for not only giving at the parade and helping out throughout the Holiday Season<\/a> to help out the families in the area. 35,000 people depend on the pantry every month. The holidays are important because we want a traditional donate holiday the food items and health food items. Jeremy it is a busy time here and a way to give back is coming up on saturday, maybe a little chilly out there, but dress warm and embrace the season. Hope to see you there at the milwaukee holiday parade. Back to you. Thats the spirit, jeremy, embrace the season. Hmmm. Another sign of the season, the Holiday Light<\/a> festival is starting tomorrow. Check out the decorations. Wisn 12 is a proud sponsor of the event and melinda and i will be there for the kickoff. Watch it live on wisn 12 at 6 30 tomorrow night. Cant wait. A nice little fleece tomorrow night temperatures in the night. Puffy coat weather for the weekend. Wear the layers on saturdays, windy and much colder. This is our headsup friday situation. Friday morning temperatures will likely be 60 or better for a time on friday before the cold front is coming through. A blustery wind on friday afternoon and friday night and much colder air. That is a headsup for friday the. This morning temperatures 30s and 40s. At this hour 43 at the airport. 42 lake geneva. 37 degrees waukesha. High pressure slips to the east and that allows for the south wind tomorrow and arrival of the warm front. The storm is being organized and for us it means the wind and for us. Enjoy the sunshine this afternoon. Mid 50s. Tonight the lows in the 40s. Thursday south breezes and going up to 65. Colder air and cold front is still to the north and west on thursday. It konls through for us on friday. This is the big change up day. 55 today. 65 tomorrow. 69 is the record for tomorrow. We are going to get close to the record. We hold morning and fall into the 30s friday morn. Saturday windy, raw, highs near 40. Sal, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 20. From germantown to germany. Meet the local couple that is getting attention for part in a popular tv show. This is mrs. Grundls class from hawley environmental and we want to say good morning milwaukee melinda good morning milwaukee ben wisn 12 news is stopping by classes across southeast wisconsin. If youre interested in getting a visit, head to wisn. Com and click on the school shout out logo. Then well try to schedule a time to have meteorologist Jeremy Nelson<\/a> stop by to say hello. Ben wisn 12 news time is 6 24. A local couple in the international spotlight sunny and alex hpe theyre being featured on house hunters international. The hempels applied to be on the popular show when they learned they were moving to cologne, germany for work and needed to find an apartment. Wisn 12 news talked to the couple, via skype, ahead of tonights big episode filming the show is definitely interesting with the interviews and different apartment options that we had looked at throughout the city. They are saying that the location and sticking to a budget were the key parts of the happy with the apartment. We saw a little bit of it. One of the three options. This morning tinder is making changes. More gender options are rolled out in the u. S. , uk and canada. The previously offering were two options man or woman. Tinder is now 40 autofilled gender options. If they dont fit, type label. Twitter is trying to cut down on harassment and abuse, they are expanding the mute function. You can already mute the users that you dont want to see the tweets for and now mute phrases or key words. Twitter is trying to get a handle on the wild west reputation. Matt, breaking news . Yeah, s. U. V. Slams into a 31st jogs to the west there at the intersection and the s. U. V. Managed to miss a light pole, a tree, a telephone pole and a fire hydrant but couldnt avoid the building. The tow truck and the police are on the scene. That is a look at the breaking news live. Thank you, matt. 6 26. 16 weeks of physical and mental training. Hitting the ground running after the ceremony today. A show of support, the big name that is siding with the ben this morning, investigators are asking for your help to solve a Million Dollar<\/a> crime. It could end up paying off. The big reward thats up for grabs. Melinda a big announcement from the Milwaukee County<\/a> transit system. The role that social media is playing in a giveaway just hours from now. Ben but first, were on weather watch. Pretty sunrise. November weather is creeping in. Enjoy it while we have it here. When well see a drop in temperatures. Good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. Im ben wagner. Melinda and im melinda davenport. Its 6 30 this wednesday, november 16th. Lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist Sally Severson<\/a> is in the weather center. Sal. Sally we are keeping an eye on the Early Morning<\/a> sunrise up today at 6 47. Lake michigan, temperatures in sheboygan 37 as this hour. We are looking for the patchy fog, thereld today. No advisories to worry about. The High Pressure<\/a> is looking at sunshine for us. The highs in the mid 50s. Tomorrow the winds up from the south and bringing a nice warm up. The glow. 43 at the airport. The winds are becoming southeast as they swing about the dial for us today. We look at the highs up to 55 degrees. Dry for all. Party sunny. Partly cloudy tonight 45. Look at tomorrow, party sunny. 65 degrees. A sharp cold frond coming in on friday. Now the matt with breaking news. The west side, 31st and garfield. S. U. V. Slams into the back of a building. The Milwaukee Police<\/a> and tow truck are on the scene. 31st street jogs to the west. Slammed into the building. The building it has damage to it but the s. U. V. Serious damage on the front end. Matt, thank you. 6 31. Ben right now, Milwaukee Police<\/a> are looking for the people responsible for torching a bank and other businesses during the unrest in sherman park. It happened over the summer. This morning theres a big reward being offered to people who have information, 10,000. And were getting a look at the suspects who broke into the bmo bank on fond du lac. Surveillance cameras recorded building and lighting a fire. It spread and caused a Million Dollar<\/a>s in damage. Once investigators track down the suspects, they could face federal charges. Melinda a fiveyearold milwaukee girl killed in a hit and run crash. A suspect is in custody this morning and facing charges. Rickyia langham was killed earlier this month near fond du lac and hampton. She was laid to rest yesterday, the same day that a suspect appeared in court. This is sherman liddell. Police say he was driving the suv that hit and killed rickyia. Charges. Police say he was driving with a suspended license. Liddells girlfriend is facing charges too for obstructing the investigation. She told police her suv had been stolen before the crash happened. Ben looking ahead now, an announcement is expected today for any of you who ride the bus in Milwaukee County<\/a>. Thema ponton is live on the west side with details on that announcement. Reporter good morning, ben, the announcement has to do with a giveaway of some kind. It is around this. This is the mcard. Its an alternative to using cash on the bus system. It has been around for two years. The announcement will be made at noon on the Mcts Facebook<\/a> page. Well bring you details of that announcement later today. Heres with you, they are saying this is the most exciting giveaway ever. So there is that to look forward to. Live in milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thank you. Melinda later today, milwaukee will welcome 24 new firefighters. Hillary mintz is live from the Fire Department<\/a> headquarters downtown. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda, preparing for this day and this is it, the big day. 24 recruits are set to graduate from the Training Academy<\/a>. The ceremony is 7 00 tonight. After graduation, they are officially be part of the milwaukee Fire Department<\/a>. Very exciting day for these recruits. The ceremony is held tonight at the Training Academy<\/a> near good hope and ben its not too late to get a flu shot. Thats the message that officials in Waukesha County<\/a> want to spread. City and county leaders will get flu shots today. The cdc recommends getting the shot by the end of october but people who missed that deadline can get the vaccine anytime during flu season which runs through january. Melinda imagine running into a store or restaurant only to come out and find your car gone. Its a growing trend happening all across the city. Ben, youve been investigating parking lots waiting to take your car. I mean, we had two last night, five this past saturday, probably 50 in the last two weeks, three weeks. Ben the reason behind the towing trend and how much it will cost you to get your car back. Melinda ben, this is not the city doing the towing . Ben no, these are private Tow Companies<\/a> hauling cars away. They are able the private company is saying it is legal to do this. See what happens when we confront them about their practice and the action the city is trying to take. Watch our investigation tonight on wisn 12 news at ten. Now to matt with the morning commute. Matt . Looking good here on the north side. 43 northbound, southbound. Tail lights headed to the south into downtown. Volume increased. 10 minutes from brown deer into downtown. 10 minutes eastbound from moreland road to the marquette interchange. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Melinda new this morning, a dangerously close call for a baby in florida. Ben the 11monthold fell off a changing table but his nineyearold brother caught him just in time. Take a look at this. The boy dove to catch his baby brother. The mother says she had turned ba was home alone with her five children. Shes calling it a miracle and warning other families that this could happen to anyone. Here it is one more time. Wow. Ben also new this morning, a burglar breaks into a pizza joint only to lose his pants. Melinda security cameras caught him Walking Around<\/a> the maryland restaurant naked. Police say the man climbed in through a roof vent and lost his pants in the process, apparently he then took off the rest of his why not. Take it all off. Then the suspect went after the cash registers but wasnt able to get any money out. Although he did cause thousands of dollars in damage. And psychological damage to those watching the video before blurring it. And a scary situation on a highway in florida. Ben a womans windshield suddenly smashed because of a crowbar that went flying. Angela smith says she heard a loud bang and something hit her in the head. She managed to pull over then real t through her windshield. The glass had slowed it down so the crowbar didnt hurt her badly. Smith says she feels lucky to have survived. Wisn 12 news time is 6 37. From the white house to the unemployment line. Help being brought in for hundreds of president ial staffers. Plus, a little piece of wisconsin heading to the white house. The local tree that was chosen to decorate our nations capital. The mixup thats causing a big headache for a 90yearold man lighter west and northwest winds as we look at the rockwell thermometer and clock and the temperatures showing up the mid 40s. 43 at mitchell. We look at the camera mounted at wixom industries. We are enjoying the sunshine today. A few clouds streaming into the north woods. Today and tomorrow. A warm up tomorrow. Think about hanging the christmas and Holiday Light<\/a>s. 50s today. 60s tomorrow. We have the details for the weekend coming up. Matt . Sally, right now we are looking at 94 eastbound, westbound. 92nd over the top of the freeway. West bound are the brake lights. Tapping the brakes from 70th downtown. Heavy approaching the county line. Otherwise the rest of the system checking in quiet at this point. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Ben a lockdown at oklahoma citys airport after a southwest employee was shot and killed. It happened yesterday in the parking lot. Police say the suspect is dead too from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Investigators say this was not a random shooting but they havent found a motive yet. This morning the airport is back to normal. 25 flights had to be canceled during yesterdays lockdown. Ben a scary situation for students at a high school in utah. A student is accused of stabbing five other students and himself using a threeinch knife. All of the victims are expected to survive. Police credit teachers for acting fast. Staff members had already placed themselves in harms way, had already boxed the suspect into a concern of the locker officer and other responding officers were able to tase him and take him into custody. Ben School Officials<\/a> say the suspect is a new student at the school. Hed been homeschooled before this year. The district says he has not had discipline issues before. The parents of the suspect have written a letter to the victims apologizing. Wisn 12 news time now is protests over a pipeline in north dakota. The movement is spreading across the country and protesting in washington dcs against the pipeline and bringing the oil from north dakota to illinois. The pipeline could poison the water supply. President ial candidate bernie sanders. We are not going to allow a pipeline to endanger the clean water that millions of people depend upon. Melinda there were more protests yesterday in north carolina, oregon, minnesota and even here in milwaukee. Right now, construction is on hold while the Us Army Corps<\/a> of engineers discusses the tribes concerns. Ben right now, hate crimes rising in the u. S. Stories of attacks, harassment and other hate crimes have been spreading on social media, especially since the election. According to the southern poverty law center, there have been 400 cases in the last week, but hate crimes have been rising since before the election. Fbi data shows that hate crimes rose nearly seven percent from 2014 to 2015. Attacks against muslims rose 67 percent. People on all sides of the election say theyve faced harassment, but some Democratic Leaders<\/a> are asking donald trump to speak out. Stop hiding behind your that racism, bullying and bigotry have no place in the white house or in america. In an interview on 60 minutes, trump asked people to stop the violence. Melinda when you filled in a circle last week voting for a president ial candidate, you were actually voting for an elector. Theyre local representatives who then cast a vote for the candidate who won the states popular vote. You may have seen posts online encouraging those electors to choose clinton instead of trump. But its not stopping people from contacting electors. One elector says hes gotten dozens of emails asking him to switch his vote. Anytime you have someone who bothers to understand the electoral college, look up an electors email address and then send them a private personal message or even a group message. Think that thats thats somebody thats worth paying attention to. Melinda westrate says hes going to follow the will of the new, a lot of government workers are looking for a new job, 500 white house staffers are out of a job come january 20th. Social Media Companies<\/a> are sending representatives to the white house to help the team find work. Ben right now, a wisconsin fir tree is on its way to washington, dc. The tree from Whispering Pines<\/a> tree farm was chosen to the White House Christmas<\/a> tree. It will be on display in the blue room. Its a balsam fir mix 20 by 12 feet. The tree was cut down yesterday. The owner of the tree farm says this is the biggest honor for his farm. We get to present to tree to Michele Obama<\/a> and meet her in the white house. This is the super bowl of trees. What an honor. The white house chose the tree after it won best tree in the country. State leaders say this ben looking ahead, today the wisconsin capitols Christmas Tree<\/a> will arrive. This is video of last years tree. Also gorgeous. This years was harvested up north in eagle river. Once the tree is set up in the capitol building, it will be decorated with ornaments made by kids across the state. Melinda new this morning, families across the u. S. Are getting in the Christmas Spirit<\/a> by competing in a house decorating contest. They are vying to win 50,000. Returning for its Fourth Season<\/a> fight. Celebrity judges visit Homes Across America<\/a> to see their extreme decorations. The judges told me the show might even help you deck your halls. Can viewers that see the show get inspiration from their own homes . Absolutely. Most definitely. Theres just so many different styles and unique touches and of course, as i said before, the technology is unbelievable now what you can do course, melding the two. Melinda the great christmas light fight premieres on monday night, december 5th right here on wisn 12. Cant wait. Ben melinda and i are hosting milwaukees Holiday Light<\/a>s festival kickoff live from Pere Marquette<\/a> park at 6 30 tomorrow night. There will be music, fireworks and of course a visit from santa. Sounds like the holidays. Ben if you cant make it downtown, you wa the weather will be no excuse. No, not at all. It will be a nice night. Highs tomorrow in the 60s. At 6 30, that is after the sunset, so the temperatures in the 50s, but still light layers. You said nothing compared to last year. Last year so cold. Bitter. Not this year. Beautiful. If you are headed to the Christmas Parade<\/a> saturday up for that, it is going to be windy and raw on saturday. Here is what is happening, big changes on friday. That is the big mixup day. 50s and 60s for today and thursday. But much colder air friday afternoon and friday night. The weekend windchills in the teens and 20s. Main threat will be the wind and the cold. The snow is setting up across minnesota. But a little snow in the for today, it is High Pressure<\/a>, that means sunshine for us. We look at the stoerm system continue to organize over the west. The High Pressure<\/a> is slipping to the east. The warm front approaching tomorrow and setting up the stage for a warm up. 37 waukesha. 43 at the airport. A little more sunshine and then clouds. Mid 50s. Lows tonight in the 40s. Temperatures up to 65 degrees. Well flirt with a record for tomorrow. The record for tomorrow is 69 degrees that was set in 1953. Im going 65. Big changes on friday. Morning highs in the low 60s. Falling into the 30s in the amp and evening. Gusty winds up to 35, 40 Miles Per Hour<\/a> friday night and saturday. Now to matt in news chopper 12. Sally, 94 east bound, westbound tight through brookfield. 13 minutes. Just 5 minutes on the bypass from the hale up to the zoo. Thats a look at the morning melinda new this morning, a 90yearold man in tennessee is on a mission to prove hes still alive. Robert carter used to work for a utility company, but now theyre convinced hes dead. Hes gotten letters warning that theyre about to turn off his electricity. Carter has tried to take care of it multiple times. The company said it had been straightened out but then his power went off. So he once again had to prove that hes still alive and still living in his home of 40 years. If they treat an exemployee like this, how do they treat the general public . There was an error, this should not have happened. It should have been corrected in january. Melinda its not clear how this mistake happened. Ben also new this morning, a tenyearold girl is being called a hero for saving her family from a fire in new york. Diana loveras woke up in the morning and had trouble breathing. She noticed smoke and woke up her mother. Diana, her mother and two younger siblings rushed out of the house. Their father was at work at the time. Diana called 911 because her she explained what had happened. My mom was glad that i woke her up because if i didnt she says well be in the hospital right now. Ben First Responders<\/a> said theyre proud of diana for her quick thinking and for staying calm. Now fire officials are investigating how the fire started and dianas family is working to rebuild. Wisn 12 news time is 6 52. G. M. A. Is up next with the top headlines. First, a live look, oh, look at this. This is beautiful. We are on traffic watch and a check on the forecast and top wisn 12 news time now is 6 55. We could learn today whether Brendan Dassey<\/a> will be released for prison. The conviction was overturned and the states attorney filed an appeal to keep him behind bars. Today a chance to start over with a clean slate. Warrant wednesday is a chance to throw out the old warrants without fines or jail time and applying to the municipal warrants. The courthouse during designated times. A vehicle slams into a building in milwaukee. Crews towed the vehicle away. No word on injuries in the crash. Some changes coming to mps schools. They have proposed changes to the calendar and a district wide now to matt live above us in news chopper 12 above a crash, matt. Northwest side, burleigh and 76th street. You can see one vehicle with a bumper and hood torn off. The other vehicle spun around. Right now they have burleigh westbound shutdown at 75th. Dont go north, that is a dead end. Go south a block. That is it. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. You can see the sunshine on matts face this morning. 50s and 60s for today. 50s today. 60s tomorrow. Colder air friday amp and friday night. Weekend highs near 40s. Windchills in the 20s. We could be close to a record . Yes, tomorrow. Thank you, sal. Good morning, america. Donald trump leaves the press behind for a private dinner with his family amid new reports of a Transition Team<\/a> in turmoil. I think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command. Two staffers pushed out. Trump fires back overnight. New fire danger. Massive clouds of smoke, large enough to be seen from space send hundreds to the hospital as schools close across the southeast. 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