North woods. Think about leaving today to avoid driving in the snow to the north. At the airport 29. Winds are light and north. Today mostly cloudy and highs that reach up to the low 40s. Matt . The eastbound lanes reconfigured overnight and the zipper merge is you have to go south on 894 here. Go up to 84th if you want to go east bound. Things are moving smoothly in the area. If you are leaving soon, it is just ten minutes eastbound into downtown. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. Bars this morning and charged in the crash that killed six students on his bus. Tim . Investigators say that the bus driver was likely driving too fast and lost control, rolled and crashed. This was a mile away from the school and left the road and crashed into the trees and flipped over on the side. 23 students were september to the hospital. They range from kindergarten through 5th grade. The walker is facing a long list of charges this morning, including reckless driving and reckless endangerment. No other cars were involved in this. The schools are open today and grief counsellors are hand for the students that need them. Tim, thank you. Later today, the suspect in a hit and run crash that kill add fiveyearold milwaukee girl will be in court. And driveing with a suspended license and behind the wheel and crashed into the little girl walking to church. Hell find if the case is headed to trial, if convicted he could spend 30 years in prison. A family of a milwaukee man is raising questions about investigation into his death. Jay anderson was killed in june in madison park. The car was just releas parents. It is showing a poorly handled investigation and the family is saying that the dash cam video is proving he did nothing to threat tennessee officer. 6 03. Keeping your Drinking Water safe. That is on the agenda at city hall today in milwaukee. Hillary mintz is live downtown with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Reporter this morning the city leaders are expected to talk about a big problem that is milwaukee, maybe even your home, yes, the lead water lines. They could be under your house right now, in fact, lead laterals lead to tens of thousands of home in Milwaukee County and the city is working on a plan to make sure everyone has clean water. The water mains in milwaukee dont have load in them, but 70,000 homes have lead service lines. The city is considering replacing the pipes and that takes years and a half billion dollars to do it. In the meantime, residents are urged to install water filters. Now the item on the Common Council meeting is calling for a substitute ordinance mandating to replacing the lines and special assessments for the lead lines on the private properties. Hillary, thank you. Travelling for thanksgiving this week. Amtrak is saying this is their busiest week of the year. Thema is live with a look ahead. Good morning, thema. Reporter good morning, this train is getting ready to leave at 6 15. These travellers are catching a ride this week on the trains and amtrak is making changes that could affect your train ride. Now thom trains and seats on several routes here across the midwest, northeast and the west coast, including this line, that runs between milwaukee and chicago. Now another Important Note for you, amtrak is requiring reservations for the customers running on the round trips between today and sunday. However, if you are a monthly or a ten ride ticketholder you donned need a reservation. This new temporary reservation system will allow for a smoother ride this Holiday Season for everyone travelling for thanksgiving. Live in milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thank you. The Molina Healthcare is giving away grocery bags filled with food. They are handed out on a first come first serve basis in milwaukee. That kicks off at 10 00 this morning. Up with the hunger task forfor the food for Families Phone Bank. Ben is hanging out with the volunteers that are standing by to take your call. Good morning, i want to show you this here. We just got a huge donation 250 here this morning. So we have big donations rolling in. The lines have been open for six minutes. Call. They are waiting to take your calls. How are you feeling . Good . Great. Even a little bit can help out here again for the food for Families Phone Bank. We have some of the bins open here and some of the other things that we are collecting here, rise, anything that you can donate will help out the families in need here in southeast wisconsin. We are hernt morning. Thank you, ben. Sal, it is a perfect day to bundle up, call the food for Families Phone Bank and stay in bed. Yes, coffee extra hot when you get up. We get a live look at concordia university. The sky is just beginning to dance with a little Early Morning sun light and that is also true at racine and 24 and finally as we look at Cathedral Square this morning as well. Now, the holiday week, well, shaping up to be a wet wednesday. A couple of flurries and a mix friday morning. The Early Morning temperatures 20s and climbing up to 40s. Now to matt salemme up in news chopper 12. Right now we have a gorgeous looking sky and looking over the 9d merge went bye bye overnight. Right now the cars are travelling on a new traffic pattern. The one thing you have to keep in mind, highway one hundred gives you access to 894 southbound. Use 84th street to go eastbound. No delays. We are rolling. Melinda matt, thank you. Olympic gold medallist is back to milwaukee today. Shes meeting with the fans in glendale. She won gold in the summer games in rio. It is the first gold ever for team usa in that event. Shes signing the autographs at 5 30 tonight. Dont forget, oh, it is a rough couple packers are taking on the Philadelphia Eagles monday night football here on wisn 12. We start at 6 30 followed by the game at 7 30 monday night. Forget what happened on sunday. And the sundays before that. Onward. Onward wisconsin. 6 09. Powerful tremor hits japan. Earthquake from five years ago may be to blame. First, the lines are open for the food for family phone bank. Hey, guys, they are taking your calls. This is your chance to help out wisn 12 and the Hunger Task Force feed local families. Give what you can. Call now. Look at the illustrations. Welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. Time now 6 13. I am in the food for Families Phone Bank. We have a facelift here too. More importantly, donate what you can. That number is 4147999476. Take your call. If you are in bed, brushing your teeth, washing your face, getting the sleep out of your eye, call in to give to families in need that need this thanksgiving and they are hungry and they need your help. Give what you can. We have the phones ringing now. Look at the folks, they are here and ready. They have the turkeys and so again, we are ready for your calls. Some on, lets talk. Why is this so important. You are here every year and dedicated to the cause. It is helping lots of local families. We are looking for turkeys aptdz donations. If you can call in and help out a local family in need we are appreciative. Give what you can. Ben . Thank you. Now to the morning commute and a check on the roads with matt, high above in news chopper 12. Good morning, matt. Good morning, ben and everyone, it is a beautiful sunrise underway. We are looking pretty good. We are over the bypass, looking good between the mitchell interchange and the hale interchange. Zipper merge is gone. Driving there. Right now, no delays on the system. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. New information about the 7. 4 earthquake that hit japans region yesterday. All sue nammy warnings are lifted and the fishing operations have restarted. They saw five foot waves of the quake. They have announced the the earthquake was an after shock of area in 2011 and killed more than ten thousand people. Happening now, iraqi forces are working to retake another neighborhood in mosul. Here with tim now and learning more about the challenges that the troops are facing. Yes t offensive started this morning but the Islamic State fighters are targeting with rockets and mortars. The troops are cautiously advancing into a densely populated neighborhood, mosul is the second largest city and the last major stit held by isis in that country. The operation to retake mosul started a month ago as a joint operation between the iraqi and kurtedish fighters there and the u. S. Is providing air strikes and other support. Most of the gains in the city so far are on the east side. Back to you. Thank you. President elect donald trump cancelled a meeting set for he announced that in the last hour with twitter, saying that the terms have been changed and saying there is a possibility that hell reschedule and be at the trump tower today. The paper says that the president elect was expected to speak on and off the record to discuss coverage. The times is not commenting about the cancellation of the meeting. The president elect outlined the plan for the first hundred days in office and trade deal and take on action on immigration. The release follows meetings on monday from the former governor rick perry to scott brown and Network Anchors and executives. Today ellen is being honored at the white house and receiving the medal of freedom. You can watch ellen here at 4 00. Lauren graham is giving the reboot. Sting is performing a song prosecute the upcoming album. It is ellens 12 days of giveaways. She gave away a thousand dollar travel voucher yesterday. You have a chance to win all of the prizes, go to wisn. Com and skol to bottom and be sure to register and watch at 4 00 today to see what well, right now t lines are open for wisn 12s food for Families Phone Bank. Volunteers are standing by to take the calls. This is your chance to help the Hunger Task Force to buy the food ahead of the Holiday Season. The volunteers are waiting to take your calls. Call in and give what you can. Already. And if you have already called in, we thank you very much. This is such an Important Mission this time of the year and putting the food on the tables. Thank you if you have called in. Here in the north, we are looking at snow across northern wisconsin. That is where the heads up is. In the south, we are warm enough for the rain as we get a live look at the weatherwatch 12 camera network. This morning the are showing up, we have a slight chance for a few sprinkles across southeast wisconsin, especially mid to late morning. Now, western counties would stand a chance of the moisture. Here is a look at what is happening in the north woods t snow is spreading across minnesota and northern wisconsin. This is throughout the day tomorrow. This is tomorrow night at 5 00. One to three, two to three woods. That is where the Winter Weather advisories are kicking in tonight. Here in the south we are talking rain. Here is the moisture. It is snow this morning by the time it is getting here it is warm enough to be a sprinkle. A little wet in the western counties this morning, main area of rain holding off until tonight. 6 00 you are seeing the wet across southern and northwest illinois. This is spreading into your area. Light rain showers overnight and for tomorrow during the day before we settle in with dryer weather for wednesday night and for thanksgiving day. Rain holds off until later tonight. 43 today. 35 tonight. 45 tomorrow and rain. Dry on thanksgiving day. A light mix early friday. A disturbance is coming in late that could bring in light rain or a mix. People are looking forward to a little snow. Just a little. Just a taste for the holiday. Bite sized snow. Thank you, sal. 6 21. Turning milwaukee landmark into a winter wonderland. What it took to transform the streets of old milwaukee. The bucks giving back to and beyond for the fans. The lines are now open for the food for Families Phone Bank. The volunteers are standing by. They are taking your calls right now. The number is up on the screen. This is your chance to help out Hunger Task Force to feed the local families. Lets put those volunteers to work. Yes, get those phones good morning, class. Thank you for the shout out. If you are interested in a visit, head to wisn. Com and click on the logo and while there, submit nominations for the top teacher award. New this morning, a twist on a local favorite. The streets of old milwaukee are transformed for the decorated how it looked in the victorian era. The popular granny exhibit, of course granny is there. The head of the Design Department is saying that the decorations are historically accurate. The christmas cards that are sitting on the tables and the deorations and the materials through the streets, that learning, that educational component will be a lot of fun. It is not Just Christmas that is celebrated, there are also menoras. The lines are open for the food for families phone ban. Take a look, the volunteers are standing by to take your calls. We have the number here 4147999476. This is your chance to help out wisn 12 and the Hunger Task Force feed the local families in the area. This is a great chance to give back. Stick with us, a live look again ben a tragic situation in tennessee. At least five students killed when a school bus crashes. Now the driver is facing charges. Why police say hes at fault. Melinda have you packed up the car yet . Families across the country are getting ready to hit the road for thanksgiving. Your bags. The lines are open for the food far for families food bank. 4147999476. The volunteers are standing by to take your calls. We have more coming up. Good morning. It is great to have you with us. Good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. Im ben wagner. Melinda and im melinda its 6 30 on this tuesday, november 22nd. Lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist Sally Severson is in the weather center. The clouds are filling in and a little light snow in the Southwest Corner of the state. There is a whisper chance of a stray sprinkle in the western counties related to the light snow moving through. The low pressure is strengthening in the southern plains, it is a wet one for us Winter Weather advisories in northern wisconsin 9 00 tonight until 9 00 wednesday night. So we look at a mix to wet snow to the north. Here in the south, we are looking at rain and even that is holding off until tonight. Look at the Early Morning sunrise. We become cloudy today and reach up to the low 40s. Matt . We are over the marquette interchange. No problems in downtown. The tral times are in the green. The closure overnight had the zipper merge removed, so sunny slope no longer down to two lanes. That is a look at the morning commute. Back to you. Matt, thank you. El melinda new this morning, the driver in a Fatal School Bus crash is now under arrest and facing charges. At least five children were killed in the crash yesterday in chattanooga, tennessee. Wisn 12 news tim elliott has the details. Tim. We are learning that 35 students were on the bus in chattanooga on their way home yesterday. The driver was going to fast and facing charges. Officials say the bus rolled and crashed into a tree. The bus here with the roof smashed in. Six children were killed. Around 20 were taken to hospitals. Police say the 24yearold driver was going too fast. Hes facing five charges of vehicular homicide and could face more charges. Now police are working to get the buss black box so they can learn more about what happened. Tim, thank you. Millions of americans are traveling this week for thanksgiving and that has safety officials on alert. Thema is live for us at the reporter good morning, been, a lot of extra traffic throughout the week and taking trains and buses and flying from places across the country. And you are being reminded to allow extra time to get through the security. Now, amtrak here is asking passengers to be on the look out and report any unattended bags or anything else that is suspicious. There is a similar message if you are headed to the airport. Air travellersav layer of security, the tsa lines. Arrive up to two hours before a flight. The tsa Precheck Program is a way to help the process go faster. Here live, the people are coming and going on the way this morning, authorities have not announced specific threats to thanksgiving travellers, but the department of Homeland Security says that the Holiday Season could be a target so they shall asking everyone as you are travelling this week keep your and if you see something, say something. Live in milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Triplea projects that 48 million americans will travel more than 50 miles from home this week. The vast majority of people will drive, but there will still be a spike in other Transportation Options like airplanes, trains, buses, and even cruises. Wisn 12 news time now is 6 34. Melinda later today, a spanish train maker will be recognized for bringing jobs back to milwaukee. Hillary in milwaukee with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda. Tom barrett is a big supporter of talgo and returning to build the train cars and a local group is celebrating today. The return is because of a new contract that they have landed with the city of los angeles and repairing and refurbishing the cars for los angeles. Between milwaukee and madison, that didnt happen because the governor didnt support the line saying it was too expensive to maintain. Now they are back and the new contract is expected to create 30 new jobs. Milwaukee alder mon will be recognized and appreciated for the work hes doing for the return. There is a ceremony at the afternoon. Hillary, thank you. Later today, a Franklin Police officer receiving a big honor for rescuing a bus driver. The driver had a