Whether Brendan Dassey will be released from prison, hes serving a life sentence for the mushed of teresa halbach. Earlier in the year the conviction was over turned and ordered a new trial. Yesterday the state attorney general filed an appeal to stop the release. He said that the attorneys are claiming that the o confession was coerced and even if it was, it is not meaning that dassey didnt help his uncle kill halbach and should be considered a Public Safety issue. He asked the court of appeals to decide on the emergency motion by this afternoon. The attorney is hoping hes coming home for thanksgiving. It is the first of its kind program in milwaukee, warrant wednesday. It is a chance to have warrants time. Hillary mintz is live at the court with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Reporter good morning, melinda, this is an offer a lot of people cant refuse, getting rid of their warrant, no cost, no jail, a clean slate. Today is the final day to show up here. At the last two events more than a thousand people showed up, and waited hours, but it iso this is getting rid of the traffic violations, vandalism, shoplifting and erased for showing up to court. The warrant withdrawal days are for those that cant afford the fines and facing being arrested. There are two sessions today. One starting this morning 8 3011 30 and again in the afternoon 1 30 to 5 30 and people in line in the morning session and 130 in the afternoon session. Again, today is the final day. A good chance there will be long lines. I have even had a man come up and ask us if today is warrant wednesday. Clearly they are waiting for the doors to open. Live downtown milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Hillary, thank you. Wisn 12 news time now is 5 03. Possibly changing the School Calendar for your child, that is up for discussion today in milwaukee. Thema is live with a look ahead. Good morning, thema. Reporter good morning, uniforms for the Public School students are up for discussion also. Now you can join in on the discussion at a Community Meeting at Congress School on the northwest side. Mps officials are proposing shifting the school year, starting the second week of august and end in late may. It would give the students to prepare for the advanced placement exams and allow the j term, a session in june offering more courses. Mps officials are looking into a district wide uniform policy. The suspect is saying that the schools would be able to opt out of that uniform policy. Now you can give your opinion on the proposed schedule change a meeting at the Congress School at 4 00 p. M. Live in milwaukee wisn 12 news this morning. Thema, thank you. Later today, the republicans and democrats in the senate are holding the leadership sessions. The house nominated paul ryan to the second term as speaker of the house. Meanwhile, donald trump is continuing to pick his future cabinet members. Trump is defending the team amid we have a live report from washington. Ben, president elect donald trump claiming hes got a very organized process. Breaking protocol, donald trump and the motorkayed going out for incident we are the family. Pence now leading the team after new jersey governor was demoted. O mostly it is uncertainly right now. This is a Transition Team that is in flux. Those that christie brought in like mike rogers also out. I think there is confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. The president elect tried to tramp it down, very place as i decide on the positions. I am the only one knowing who the finalists are. Mike pence is in town for lunch with joe biden. Thank you. 5 06. The Milwaukee Bucks reportedly stopped staying at the trump branded hotels. The bucks are one of the three teams opting for other Hotel Options on the road. The report says that the bucks tried at the trump tower in chicago. We have reached out to the bucks for comment. Bucks are on the road right now to take on the hawks tonight. Next home game saturday against the warriors. Wisconsin badgers are still ranked 7th in the College Playoff rankings. This saturday wisconsin is travelling to purdue. And tune in at 6 30 for dan and drew and breaking down the badgers and the boil makers. That is all saturday only right here on wisn 12. A former packer inducted into the packers hall of fame. The induction banquet saturday july 22nd at lambeau and for information about the tickets is congratulations. I love that. We are in for it. Its coming. Think positive. A couple of nice days will left. Yes, in fact, two nice days and part of friday before the cold front is slamming through. 43 right now at the airport. Cooler inland in the 30s. System, it is coming in with the wind and cool. The moisture chances are central northern wisconsin and parts of wisconsin. The winds gusting 3040 miles per hour. That cold air is rushing in. We are talking about the first long term deep freeze. High pressure for today. Warm front for tomorrow. Mid 50s today. 60s tomorrow. Matt . No complaints out we are looking good 41, 45 southbound. We jump to the bypass at greenfield moving smoothly. The pavement is dry. No crashes out there. The bypass 5 minutes from the hale up to the zoo. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Thanks, matt. A threat against the macys thanksgiving day parade. And the Holiday Season could be a target for terrorists. A magazine published by isis called the parade an excellent target. The magazine is pushing for socalled loan wolves to use the trucks as weapons to attack the outdoor gathering like in france over the summer. Police in new york insist no credible threat against the parade, but security will be tight as always. Band is performing in the parade next week. How exciting. Conversations among the leaders and parents and students about the security concerns in new york and the band is leaving on sunday and they have won the state marching band championship the past 12 years. A little more than a week from thanksgiving, triple a is predicting the biggest travel rush in years. By car. Improving economy and growing Consumer Confidence are making pushing the travel plans. Wisn 12 news time now is 5 10. It is a season for giving. Helping out hundreds of local families with headed to downtown milwaukee and the freebie you may get. The race against the clock, what it took to cap off a massive project the nations janet, im giving you an extra weeks vacation oh, ah. Nooo. What . No way. Who says no to more . Time warner cables all about giving you more. Like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, ge all day. And dont forget the free tv app. Switch to get ultrafast internet with secure home wifi to connect all your devices. Call now. For 89. 99 a month youll get free hd channels, 30 meg internet and unlimited calling. Wisn 12 news time now is 5 13, wednesday morning. We have light west breezes overall and fair skies across most of the area. The temperatures showing up 30s inland and 40s along the lake. The weather buzz, really dandy weather for a couple of days. Mid 50s today. 60s tomorrow. Think about hanging up the because the storm system on friday night bringing in the wind and a cold. The temperatures have been above normal. Three days in the 70s. We end up six days in the 60s including tomorrow and potentially friday. So matt, i told steve, we are hanging a big wreath over the garage. It is a good time to do it. 83, 94 no problems. No fog issues i things are looking good. The travel times are looking great, no reason to rush. No crashes on the system. Air quality alerts across the southeast. A dozen wild fires are scorching tennessee and north carolina. Some people forced to use inhalers and wear masks because hospitalized in tennessee alone. A number of the states have burn bans in place. Oklahoma citys airport is reopened after a shooting yesterday forced it to close for a number of hours. A man shot and kill add Southwest Airlines employee. Officers put the airport on lock down and searched for the suspect that was found dead of a selfinflicted a parking garage. The attack was premeditated. They have identified the victim as 52yearold michael winchester, whose son plays for the kansas city chiefs. Three years and 75,000 pieces of equipment and 52 miles of scaffolding, the restoration of the capitol ro tun da is in protect the dome over the next 50 years. A 40 foot tree delivered in glendale. This is video from Bay Shore Town Center last year. It arrives at 7 00 this morning and so in about two hours, put into the town square using a crane and at 10 00 decorated with lights and snowflakes. The Tree Lighting is o saturday. Wisn 12 news time now is 5 16. It is time to start celebrating. The milwaukee holiday parade happening saturday downtown and watch the bands and see the floats. While there, consider donating food items to help out local families throughout the Holiday Season. Now to jeremy nelson. To believe that the Holiday Season is upon us. The holiday parade is this weekend. You will want to dress warm and bring something with, and for more on that, we have shari with us. People are lining up the streets of milwaukee and what should they bring with . A food item. Looking for a giant truck and the volunteers are collecting hungry families. Jeremy they are getting something in return too . A coupon for boston store for 25 off and they can shop when they are done. Jeremy when giving the food it is staying locally . Yes, going to area food pantries, soup kitchening and shelters. This is the time of the year it is really needed and how are you helping the families here . With turkeying and the trimmings, and in december we do it with hams and so people can donate foods that make it a festive holiday for the local families. Jeremy well talk about the need in southwest wisconsin and how to help out, look for the Hunger Task Force truck in the holiday parade starting at 9 30 on saturday. Hope to see you there. Back to you. Thank you, jeremy. Now to a sign of the the milwaukee lights festival is starting tomorrow. Check out the decorations at the park. Wisn 12 a proud sponsor. Melinda and i will be there for the kickoff. You can watch the ceremony live on wisn 12 at 6 30 tomorrow night. A lot of great bands, music out there. Sally i forecast a big turnout, tomorrow. It is easier to take the kids out when not putting them in the snow suits. And you dont have to tomorrow. You will have to over the weekend. Maybe a record going for tomorrow 69 degrees is the record high for tomorrow. Im going 65. It could be warmer than that. This morning 30s and 40s. Keeping an eye on the storm coming. It is a snow maker for parts of minnesota. The biggest threat for us not only the instrugs of the cold air but the gusty winds. The trend with the storm system is bringing for us a chance for not only those very gusty winds and looking at overall some of the snow across minnesota. Some snow is possible over the northern portions of wisconsin. I really dont think well see much in the way of snow here, just chilly showers. The moisture is limited in the southern part of the state for this storm system. The storm organizing to the west. Timing is looking good for friday night. 43 at the airport. The winds northwest at 7. Quiet today. The highs in the mid 50s. Lighter west winds overall. Quiet tonight. The lows in the 40s for tonight. Then on thursday, some increase in the clouds, especially later in the day on thursday. Tomorrow the highs into the mid 60s before the bottom falls out on 45 tonight. Friday windy and colder. Morning highs friday in the low 60s. Temperatures in the low 40s by afternoon. Windy, raw on saturday with the highs near 41. Thank you, sal. Model Kendall Jenners instagram is popular. She deleted the account and i needed a break. I was always on it. I wanted to take a minute to detox. I will be back. How long has it been . Two days. [laughter] she be back. Probably tomorrow. Catch the interview on ellen at 4 00 followed by wisn 12 news at 5 00 with toya and patrick. From germantown to germany. Meet a couple that is Getting International attention for the a breakin, it ended with the suspect losing his pants on good morning, thank you for if wednesday Morning School shout out. Ben wisn 12 is stopping by the classes across southeast wisconsin. If you are interested in a visit, head to wisn. Com and click on the school shout outlogo on the home page and 5 24. A local couple in the International Spot light. They are from germantown. They are featured on the house hunters intesh international. They are moving to germany and needed to find an aportment. Filming the show is interesting with the different interviews and the divent apartment options that we looked at. Location and sticking to the budget were key parts of the decision. They couldnt give us it is europe, so going to be european. Obviously. They couldnt give us the spoilers but happy with the apartment they have choose. Look at germantown. I love it. Big week for the harry potter fans. Yes, it is premiering on friday. People are speculating about the details about a sequel scheduled for november 2018. A post on snitch sneaker says that the story line and the sequel beginning shortly after releas that is not true according to rowling. Okay. So rowling announced in october that there is five films in the fantastic beast series. Five. Wow. More harry potter stuff. That is a lot. 16 weeks of training. Coming up, the recruits suiting up and hitting the ground running after a special big name who is sideing with 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 social media is playing in a giveaway that is just hours from now. Ben but first, were on weather watch. November weather is creeping in. Not yet though, when we see a drop in the temperatures. Good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news thisni melinda and im melinda davenport. Its 5 30 this wednesday, november 16th. Lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist Sally Severson is in the weather center. Sal. Sally and really a nice couple of days in store for us. Early this morning the temperatures we have 30s inland and low to mid 40s along the lake. Most are fair. We are watching for the patch wi fog, so far so good. This afternoon sunny and mild and highs up to 55 degrees this afternoon. Now at this hour 44 as we look