Transported from the Milwaukee County courthouse to the Election Commission warehouse. The recount effort in Milwaukee County involves more than 440thousand ballots all together. The final decision will be made this morning by the board of canvassers, the county Election Commission recommends the recount be done by machine. 14 counties will use optical scanners for the recount. Including waukesha and sheboygan counties 48 counties will recount the vote by hand. Including ozaukee, jefferson and kenosha counties. 10 will use both like walworth county. In our area, costs range from 36 thousand in sheboygan county. To more than a half million in Milwaukee County. For milwaukee co there will be a wide variance in the vote totals. I dont think were going to see a change in the outcome of the winner of the election in wisconsin. The recount results will have to be certified and completed by december 12th. The bill. Reporting in milwaukee dc fox6 news. Meanwhile, a wisconsin conservative group claims the recount is illegal. The president of the Wisconsin Institute for law and liberty says the Stein Campaign must claim there is a reason a mistake did occur. And, he says its not about whether a mistake could have occurred. if there is any real world consequence of it is it might put at risk our ability to have our votes counted in the Electoral College because the recount it doesnt happen. Rick Esenburg says if this recount interferes with the casting of wisconsins electoral votes the group plans to get involved. But he would not get into details. Adlib to weather areas of drizzle possible this in the upper 30s to low 40s. Mostly cloudy tonight with lows around freezing. Sunshine breaks through tomorrow into saturday but itll be cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Another storm system will move in by sunday bringing the chance for rain and snow showers. There is the chance for rain again on tuesday which will likely transition to snow by nighttime. Today overcast with areas of drizzle. High 42 wind w 515 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Low 32 wind wnw 510 mph friday partly sunny. New at eleven. 65 years thats how long one of the men responsible for the Fatal Shooting of 5 yearold Laylah Petersen will spend behind bars. Thats in addition to 35 years of extended supervision. A judge handing down the sentence this morning in court. Carl barrett junior was found guilty on all four charges he faced. Laylah petersen was sitting on her grandfathers lap in 2014, when bullets her. Investigators say, barrett and two other men were looking to kill a man acquitted of murdering one the mens family members. They fired into the wrong house. The other two men arlis gordon and paul farr have already pleaded guilty for their roles. Four people were arrested in connection to the death of a 7yearold boy. Were now learning one of the suspects a woman was convicted in the death of a one year old child 13 years ago. Fox6s ashley sears has the 58 53 its just terrible. It really is. Neighbors are left heartbroken and confused. After learning what police say happened inside this south side apartment nats . . . A 7yearold child killed police say he was abused. Four people were arrested in connection to the death. Nats a source says he suffered malnutrition and bruising at the hands of two women. Were told one of the women was locked up for her role in a separate child abuse case. In 2003, the suspect was convicted of child neglect resulting in death. According to a criminal complaint, 1yearold bryan alston was found dead from Blunt Force Trauma about the entire body the child had bruising to the face his left arm. Broken with gangreen. The suspect spent a year and a half behind bars. Nats . . Now thirteen years later another horrific accusation. A source tells fox the deceased 7yearold. A 9yearold was also abused and is being treated at the hospital. We are told neither of the women accusedare the mothers to the abused boys. Investigators are trying to figure out what happened neighbors try to understand whether the heartbreaking crime couldve been prevented, 58 36 this is all going on right underneath our nose and we dont even know it. The two women were arrested for homicide. The two men accused in this case were arrested for failing to act to prevent bodily harm. Ashley sears fox 6 news. A shots fired call leads to a crash and one mans arrest. Officers were called to shots fired near 89th and mill about 3 this morning. Witnesses told police the shooting came from a white suv. While officers were investigating, they saw a white suv speed off. The driver lost control and crashed into a tree near 95th and allyn. The suspect is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries a wanted felon and recovered a gun from the vehicle. Starting today milwaukee is launching a program where people can mail unused Prescription Drugs in an envelope for free. Those envelopes are available at local c vs stores. This comes after new numbers show Milwaukee County is on pace for its deadliest year ever for opioid deaths. The Milwaukee County medical died from opioid deaths so far this year with 55 additional deaths pending toxicology. That likely means last years record of 231 deaths will be shattered. Alderman Michael Murphy says efforts to slow the epidemic have failed. Today, he will introduce legislation to create a citycounty heroin and opioid task force. The task force is going to bring together law enforcement, medical professionals, treatment providers and addicts themselves to give us a better perspective the task force is expected to go up for a vote today. A 19yearold faces federal charges for robbing a mailman delivering two boxes on milwaukees east side. Daryl walter also faces charges for assaulting a government employee. A criminal complaint states he was one of two robbers who grabbed packages from a mailman, and ran off. Sources tell us there were States Postal Service declined to comment, stating this is still an active investigation. Milwaukee police are searching for the second suspect. Its that time again. Winter parking regulations begin today. According to the department of public works, from december 1st through march 1st most residential streets will require alternate side night parking. But, there are exceptions to the rule. The department of public message alert system for when you cant park on both sides of the street. If you would like to sign up or check your streets parking rules we have a links on our website, fox 6 now dot com. An officer is shot and killed in washington. What led up to the shooting. The death toll rises. After wildfires break out in tennessee. What the state is facing next. As cleanup begins. Plus. President elect donald trump and his viceprs you tour. Putting cabinet picks on hold, at least for today. Im Lauren Blanchard in washington, with the latest, straight ahead. Im tom hooper, im katrina cravy, im jenna sachs. Contact 6. 44 years, millions of dollars returned, hundreds of thousands of people helped. What does that add up to . Contact 6. The milwaukee institution led by jenna sachs. Shes here to help you and your family because you the president elect taking a break from filling the next administration to make his first public appearance since winning the election. Foxs Lauren Blanchard has all president elect donald trump and his Vice President elect mike pence heading out on a postelection thank you tour first to speak at a carrier facility in indianapolis. Where mr. Trump says hes been able to stop about one thousand jobs from being sent to mexico analysts say while not much, its about sending a message stirewalt says 1000 job aint a lot of jobs in country of 325 Million People but 1000 jobs can be used to narrative and that is obviously what trump is about. Although the details of the deal are still vague. Some republicans in congress are warming up to the president elects style collins says they thought the world was going to end with this election, they are seeing signs that is not the case, im not going to call them cheerleaders for donald trump but they are being a little bit more thoughtful later tonight mr trump will hold a thank you rally in cincinnati his vicepresident elect promising last night theyll be back to work soon enough mike pence were going to be continuing to work through dec. And all the way to Inauguration Day to ensure we are ready on day one. Blanchard oncam tag says meanwhile, ballots being counted once again in wisconsin. After the Green Party Candidate forced a recount of the president ial election in a state mr. Trump won by less than a percentage point. In washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox news. Suspected gunman is dead that gunman is accused in the Fatal Shooting of a Police Officer in tacoma, washington. Emotional video shows a procession for the fallen officer from the hospital to the medical examiners office. The 45yearold officer was shot multiple times while responding to a Domestic Violence call yesterday. The officer was rushed to the hospital for surgery but didnt survive. Our officer was pronounced dead at the hospital. We all will take our time and to share our thoughts and feelings about our friend. The last time an officer was killed in tacoma was in 1997. Areas in eastern tennessee are getting some much needed rain helping put out a series of devastating wildfires. The death toll has risen. Its now at 7. Officials are looking at massive cleanup and recovery efforts. Lost quite a bit. We lost our home. We lost our business of 31 years. You know, i really cant dwell on it that much. I think of others that have lost theirs keeps my mind off of our problems. The wildfires scorched roughly 15thousand acres. More than 700 buildings were either damaged or destroyed in the resortheavy area. Tennessees governor says these are the worst fires the state adlib to weather areas of drizzle possible this afternoon otherwise expect an overcast sky with temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. Mostly cloudy tonight with lows around freezing. Sunshine breaks through tomorrow into saturday but itll be cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Another storm system will showers. There is the chance for rain again on tuesday which will likely transition to snow by nighttime. Today overcast with areas of drizzle. High 42 wind w 515 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Low 32 wind wnw 510 mph friday partly sunny. 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Am low 29 high 42 wind se 510 mph tuesday cloudy with rain showers. Am low 33 high 43 wind se 812 some changes and caterpillar is considering moving out of South Milwaukee. Sean ryan joins us live from the Milwaukee Business Journal headquarters. Lets start with South Milwaukees plans for the future of the caterpillar campus. 1. How many South Milwaukee buildings could the company accomplish . Lets talk about the reorganization of wisconsins dnr 1. Why is the agency considering changes . 2. What are some of the proposals . An old milwaukee tradition is back. And brian kramp is theres a new medicare plan in town called Network Health. And member events like this, are just one way we make medicare person to person. Weve been serving northeast wisconsin with a personal touch for more than 30 years and now were here for milwaukee. Call now and learn about plans that let you see any doctor who accepts medicare, either in or out of network. 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Plus a mailman is robbed in catch the criminal. Cooler temperatures in store for the end of the week. Your forecast is next now at 1130. The election recount is underway in wisconsin. County cl theyre prepared. Ozaukee county has already begun to recount ballots by hand. Here in milwaukee, theyre tallying up ballots using a machine. Our Deandra Corinthios has more from the Election Commission warehouse. Milwaukee county is preparing for a recount of more than 440 thousand ballots. This can be done by hand but will likely be done with the use of optical will speed up the process. The recount results for the whole state will have to be certified and completed by december 12th. A judge denied former green Party President ial candidate jill steins request to force a state hand recount earlier this week. 48 counties, however, will opt to process the recount by hand . Including ozaukee, jefferson and kenosha counties. 14 will use optical scanners. Like milwaukee, waukesha and sheboygan. 10 will use both county. The ballots for Milwaukee County were transported from the county courthouse yesterday. And were under lock and key overnight. While the final decision will be made early this morning by the board of canvassers, the county Election Commission recommends the recount be done by machine. It wouldve been much more difficult and much more laborintensive, much more timeconsuming for us to do a hand count. In our area, costs for the recount range from 36thousand in county. The total. Around 4 million for wisconsin will be paid for by steins campaign coming up at six what role volunteers are playing in the election recount. Reporting in milwaukee dc fox6 news. The Stein Campaign will not be appealing the dane county judges ruling allowing county clerks to use voting machines. But former green Party President ial candidate jill stein is still urging clerks the Wisconsin Elections commission is reiterating. Clerks should not feel pressure to count by hand. The lead elections administrator called it good news that stein had dropped her legal challenge, because it will give clerks certainty. Elections administrators say that some clerks are miffed that the recount comes at the request of Green Party Candidate jill stein who got just one percent of the vote. The communication weve had from clerks has not been frantic or panicky, as ive said theres they feel that this is necessary while stein is dropping her legal challenge here. She has formally requested a full hand recount of the president ial vote in michigan as well. As it stands, president elect donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by a little less than 11thousand votes in michigan. Stein had to pay 973thousand dollars in order recount. But taxpayers will pay for whatever that doesnt cover. That recount could start as early as friday though a challenge from the president elect could delay it. Adlib to weather areas of drizzle possible this afternoon otherwise expect an overcast sky with temperatures around freezing. Sunshine breaks through tomorrow into saturday but itll be cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Another storm system will move