The western part of the state. The Winter Weather advisory. And a look outside of our weather windy. Clear to partly cloudy skies across much of southeast wisconsin, not snow, but snow canon fest new this morning. Cold enough, and beautiful snowmaking weather for our ski hills. 16 degrees. This is the best part of the weekend through 6 00 p. M. Dive payments. No issues on the weatherwise for today. Cold temperatures out there bundle up. 24 this afternoon, and dry at 4 00. Once we get past 6 00 p. M. And 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Light snow over spreads the area. More coming up. Andy all right. Jeremy, thank you. As you mentioned we are under a winter storm watch. The city of milwaukee is gearing up for tonights snow. On standby, 100 pieces of clear the roads. Crews started prepping on wednesday adding an antiice solution. They are using a different type of salt, with an oatmealtype consistency. Drivers are reminded to remain a safe distance behind plows and soft trucks. They are ready for the snow. If we get the higher limits of the snow predicted we will have a snow emergency in all that is declared by the commissioner of public works. In the snow emergency there are posted snow routes. Look for the signs when you park. On snow emergency routes there are main streets and bus routes. We need to keep them clear. Andy winter parking rules are also in effect in the city of milwaukee. The dpw will let us know if and when the fourinch rule starts. So Pay Attention to the streets. Street, you could be ticketed or towed. One community is declaring a snow emergency starting sunday night. In watertown. This is a great time to download our free wisn 12 news mobile app. You will find updates with churches and businesses that could be forced to close. New this morning Milwaukee Police are investigating a deadly car accident late last night at the intersection of 12th and hadley. Police are saying a cheva suburban crashed into a dodge stratus. A 66yearold man inside scene. The driver of the suburban stayed onthescene and cooperating with investigators. In Walworth County one man died after falling through in the ice on lake cuomo. Crews searched for hours in the cold and found the body of the victim. Police are not releasing the name of the victim at this time. Right now, Milwaukee Police need your help finding a missing woman. Condition has critical. Sabrina alan was seen on december 6th. She suffers from health issues. If you have steen her, please give police a call. Wisconsins president ial recount is just about done, 64 of the states 72 counties concluding the recount process. Milwaukee and waukesha counties wrapping up. Workers in the counties spent nine days of the job. The results will be spent to the wisconsins Election Commission and be posted oli the state will certify the Election Results on tuesday. President barack obama is ordering intelligent officials to review claims that russia hacks the 2016 election. It is expected to be done before Donald Trumps inauguration on january 20th. Prior to the election, the u. S. Blamed the russian government for cybertacks gamed at election outcomes. Donald trump denied a tie to be at the Wisconsin State Fair Expo Center in west allis on tuesday night. And Vice President elect mike pence will be there. Donald trump paid a visit to michigan and expected to attend the army navy game. He has been holding a series of meetings for cabinet members. He has not picked a secretary of state. Rudy Giuliani Obama signed the stop gap spending bill that keeps the government running through the end of april. The Senate Passed the by last night, 6336. The new bill provides Disaster Relief tholos following flooding and 10 billion in emergency war funding for the pentagon. And expedites the process, confirming Donald Trumps nominee for defense secretary, james mattis. A Milwaukee High School girls during the National Anthem, and then Colin Kaepernick retweeted the photo. On wisn 12 news, chirstina palladino spoke with the parents standing behind their daughters. [music plays] chirstina the bayview Girls Varsity Basketball Team drew a standing ovation. Each raised a fist in the air. The demonstrat the team was threatened with disciplinary action for kneeling during the anthem earlier in the week. She felt like she has a right. Chirstina the picture of the team kneeling received a lot of attention, especially after Colin Kaepernick retweeted the photo on twitter. And then backlash. Brown is saying her daughter came home from school upset after administrators warned them the teams action. Gonzales does not want to see her granddaughter get in trouble. Before you do anything like that, find out what the consequences are. Chirstina many in the crowd, including the local black Panther Party came out to support the team. We are putting everyone on notice. They will have to deal with the community and the black panthers. Chirstina it is unclear if the players f disciplinary action for what they did during tonights National Anthem chirstina palladino, wisn 12 news. Andy the two instate schools are hitting the hardwood this afternoon at the bmo Harris Bradley center. Last year they won by two points. They are hoping to win back bragging rights this year. Tipoff is at 1 00 p. M. Later today schools across the the top prize. A College Choir competition in waukesha at 12 30. They need the community to come out and help vote for the winner. The top school takes home 5,000. Wisn 12 news time, 7 08. Andy welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. It is 7 11 on this saturday, the banner reads snow on the way. But it is on the ray. So if you have things to do this saturday, get them done early. Jeremy do not cancel travel plans before 7 00 p. M. Today. After that you can travel around the area, but it may take longer once we get the snow in here. Outside of the Weather Window this is quiet right now. This is discovery world camera. We will wait to see sunrise in milwaukee. 18 degrees. It is cold o wind chill factor and what it feels like in the Single Digits to low to midteens in the area. Zero in beaver dam and sheboygan. Thats it in racine and kenosha. Heading out to do holiday and Christmas Shopping today. Roads are dry through early evening. And after that in the forecast, light snow is over spreading the area after 7 00 p. M. The temperatures in the 20s. The first snow flake will stick so slippery this evening and talk about snow for tonight and sunday coming up. Andy thank you, jeremy. With all of the snow on the way, people in milwaukee may have more snow plowing options. The Common Council and mayor tom barrett are reducing the fee for a plowing license, starting on tuesday it will drop from 50 to ten dollars. The city will compile a list of licensed contractors online. The roads could get missy this messy this weekend. High driving a challenge. New this morning one Wisconsin College is getting interactive it show the dangers of slick roads. We have the report. Reporter so many may brush Winter Driving tips off as common sense, serious accidents hamon avenue winner. A driving simulator at ntc is showing how different roads are when they are dry. So here we stop 100 feet, reporter verses when they are wet. And you can see on the icy road how much further i have traveled down. Reporter not just stopping in the snow thats a problem. If i accelerate too suddenly or do any sudden movement i will start to lose control of the vehicle as you saw right there. Reporter d trickier. Navigate around him. Oh, my reaction is a little different now because it is slippery. Oh. Reporter when roads are slick things happen fast. Making the difficult to react in time. You know, once it started snowing it was slippery. I tried to avoid it. Im not going towards where im steering. Are saying no matter how much driving experience you have, stick to the basics. Do your reactions and reactions as slow as possible. Steering. Andy in a matter of hours the d. O. T. Asking drivers to Pay Attention, leave room for stopping and time to get to your destination. Wisconsin is not the only part of the country facing serious weather. Snow and ice hitting the great and parts of new york is experiencing lightning and thunder snow. 100 wrecked vehicles in i90. One part of the highway has been knocked down for hours. This morning were learning john glenn will be honored in two special ways. Yesterday president barack obama ordered that all u. S. Flags fly at half staff until the evening of glenns barrier. This is from the white house. And he will lie in state at the house. Funeral arrangements are being worked out. Glenn died on thursday at 95. New this morning the holidays came a little bit earlier for one school in pennsylvania. A secret santa paying off all of the students lunch balances. A person showed up add the school with a check covering lunches for all 300 students. He just wanted to be able to give back to the district. It is just an amazing feeling to know that somebody would helps a many students as they have. Andy that person who paid off the school lunch balances wish to stay anonymous. The Milwaukee County zoo is spreading christmas cheer this weekend. Kids are able to have breakfast or lunch with santa. Breakfast is at 9 00. Love at noon today and tomorrow. Twenty dollars a child, that includes zoo admission and a meal. This holiday weekend. Light display across southeastern wisconsin. This display is at 74th. A halfdozen santa, ainativety seen and lights. And, of course, we have the snow as well. Jeremy yeah. Festive this evening. Lets talk about our together weather for today. All is from sunrise to sunset which is at 4 17. And past 6 00 p. M. Into the evening and tonight, the red on the stop light, it will get very slippery across the area. The temperatures in the tweens and 20s today. Sidewalks, driveways and secondary roads that will be a on sunday, we will continue to see snowfall. Before we talk about the winter storm, lets get you set for saturday. If you have plans outside expect cold temperatures. We are looking at franklin, they continue their snowmaking operations with temperatures this morning into the teens. It will be a very slow temperature climb. And partial sunshine around and then clouds really start to fill in throughout the afternoon and then snow will likely start after 7 00 p. M. Outside in waukesha right now, you notice a lot of clear skies there. Enjoy sunshine this morning. 12 degrees. Thats it. Thats not a wind chill, their wind chill is at two degrees above zero. And cold start in southern wisconsin. Passing clouds and seized out a couple of flurries overnight. A lot of you are wonder where the snow is at. Can i travel around. Yeah. You can, you can go anywhere across the badger state. To show up through the dakotas to missouri, that will transition slowly to the east today. It arrives here, hourbyhour through the forecast. We got in a lot of new data when you were sleeping last night. Lets break it down. 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. Still dry across much of the state. Clouds filling in here across southeastern wisconsin. By 7 00 p. M. Starting to see light snow through voc, jefferson and walworth there is janesville and lake geneva. Between 7 00 and 9 00, light snow in milwaukee, patchy at first and then steady snow if not a moderate snowfall will move across the area saturday night into sunday morning. And then a period of snow continues as we go through sunday afternoon. Again this will just keep piling up our snow totals. By sunday evening, the snow will transition off to the east. And traveling home from the packer game, some roads will be we are expecting on the route three to five inches of snow in green bay and down here across much of southeastern wisconsin. Total snowfall, five to eight inches, that includes this evening right through sunday evening. We have a winter storm watch that goes into affect at 6 00 p. M. Today and continue until 12 00 p. M. On monday, the impacts, our snow five to eight inches. Not a lot of wind, the wind will pickup by sunday afternoon near the lakefront. Slippery conditions number one thing. We want our Winter Driving skills. And light powdy snow, i dont except power issues. Thats good news. If you love snow, this falls on a weekend, hopefully, you dont have to travel and can just watch it out the window and play it only on sunday. The temperatures will not be too bad, 32 degrees by the afternoon. And then the polar plunge. 10 for a high on wednesday. Andy. Andy getting cold looking at that sevenday forecast. Thank you, jeremy. To shine for area teenagers. Bethesda is helping teams and adults with disabilities to have an unforgettable prom night experience. And here to talk about a fundraiser is kristin with the organization. Thank you so much for joining us. Youre welcome, thanks for having me. Something on monday to raise money for a great cause, tell us about it. Ok, we want you to come out to click fillet on monday evening, 124th and capital, sandwich, 20 will be donated to the big night to shine event in february. What an easy way to give back. You like chicken and come to click fillet. How does it work. It is about forgettable prom night experience. It is unique. Put on by the tim tebow foundation. They sponsor it. So the lutheran communities will present this. We have official hosts and that will be some churches Good Shepherd luthern and faith ruthern church in watertown. And st. Peters in lebanon helping out as well. So yeah. A great way for people in the community with intellectual disabilities to have the experience. Prom is special for so maybe of our students. But for this particular community, a chanceor crown. Everyone get as crown. A crowning ceremony, that is part of the whole deal. We roll out the red carpet, paparazzi and shoe shining. And you can go to the chickfila. 124th and capital in brookfield. That will be monday december 12th. This up coming week. 5 00 to 8 00 p. M. Have your chicken sandwich. More information on the night to shine fundraiser go to www. Wisn. Com. Wisn 12 news time 7 25. Andy right now on wisn 12 news this morning, preparing for snow. This is a live look outside. It is clear right as we head into saturday night. We say good morning to you. Welcome to wisn 12 news. Im andy choi. Seventh 30 00 just ability on this saturday, december 10th. We want to get to the forecast. And meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the weather center. We are under a winter storm watch this morning. Here we go. Jeremy yes. You and i with the snowblower out here in 24 to 36 hours. The biggest snow in the season in the forecast. Through sunday and a winter storm watch for southeastern wisconsin will start this evening and go through 12 00 a. M. On monday. Most of the snow should be wrapping up sunday evening. Where is the snow at . It is off to the west. Moving into western iowa, moving off to the eastsoutheast and move in our direction for today. If you have travel plans anticipate dry roads. Cold conditions. 18 degrees in milwaukee. 13 in madison. Single digits in no woods. And the forecast today, traveling across the area, dry through the afternoon. Past 6 00 or 7 00. Light snow will overspread our area from west to east. We will talk about how much snow, when it ends and the big drop in temperatures for next week. Andy. Andy all right. This morning the city of milwaukee is gearing up for the snow. Adrienne pedersen spoke with people at the public works adrienne garden trucks are now dressed up as snowplows ready for a weekend of work. I say bring it on. Adrienne director of operations at the city of Milwaukee Department public of working promises us they are ready for the snow. Our main goal in mind is that we have safe and passible streets. Adrienne crews started preps on wednesday, adding an antiicing solution to more roads than last year. The salt itself is different, an more of an oatmeal consistency. If you have driven behind a salt truck in the past. The salt hit the street and bounce. And sometimes the onces under the park cars and not where we want it, or the wind takes it. So the wetting will help the stick. Andy that was Adrienne Pedersen reporting. And winter parking is in effect in the city of milwaukee. If youre parked on a mark street you could get a ticket our be towed. One community is declaring a snow emergency. It starts sunday night in watertown. Well update that list along with any church and event cancellations that come in on the free wisn 12 news app. You will see our live interabtival radar there. Were following breaking news this morning. Officials are investigating the death of an infant near 33rd and west garfield. Police baby died. No word on if arrests were made. We will continue to keep you updated throughout the morning. A warning from officials this morning after a man falls through ice and dies. It happened on lake como yesterday afternoon. 20 rescue agencies were called in to search for the 40yearold man. But it was impossible. Had, no ice is safe. Ice is incredible unstable. But it is extremely dangerous when it is forming and when it is thawing. Andy officials are saying it is unclear why the man was out there in the first place. His name is not released. A group of moms is asking Milwaukee County sheriff david clarke to step down. This comes after four deaths at the jail that his department ru yesterday the group progressive moms of milwaukee held a demonstration with dape canners to make their point. Now, sheriff the jail that his clarke respond on facebook saying the media and progressive moms seem more interested in generating fake news because if involves david clarke. Right now, an audit is underway looking into the medical care at the county jail and the house of corrections. Wisconsins president ial vote recoun