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WITI FOX 6 Wake Up News At 430 December 13, 2016

Tonight and tomorrow with lows in the Single Digits and highs in the low teens. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits and teens below zero. Nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s below zero with air temperatures thursday only in the Single Digits. Snow chances return by friday and continue into saturday but temperatures briefly warm in to the 20s. Today mostly sunny and cold. High 17 wind nw 515 mph tonight a few clouds. Low 6 wind wsw 515 mph a developing story from overnight. A fatal crash in Kenosha County shut down several lanes of i94 for a couple of hours. It happened near the highway 142 exit. Were then hit by another car. Three people in the other car were injured. And are expected to be ok. Its unclear what caused the crash. All lanes have since reopened. A teenage girl is shot to death. And police are still searching for the murder suspect. I just want them to find out who did this and give us some peace. Anxious relatives gathered near the scene at 35th and Silver Spring last night. They say the victim is 15yearold melanie inside an apartment when someone fired shots outside that went into the building and hit johnson. Johnsons sister tells us her younger sibling liked to read and enjoyed being a babysitter. Adding she has no idea why this happened. Were hurting behind this, like, a lot. Were hurting a lot behind this. This really is gonna be tough for us to go through. Just pray for us. Relatives say johnson was in the kitchen when she was shot. Mpd says theyre trying to target. In cudahy several people are out of their condo after an electrical fire at this building on creekside and college. It happened just before 7 last night. No word on how it started, but Officials Say it does not appear to be suspicious. No one was hurt. The investigation is ongoing president elect donald trump expected to make more big announcements about his cabinet today. This as the president elect takes his thank you tour to wisconsin today. Angelica joins us from the newsroom with new information. President elect donald trump hes holding a thank you rally at the state Fair Expo Center at 7 tonight. Governor scott walker and House Speaker paul ryan will also be there. The details are on our website fox6 now dot com. The president elect is expected to announce his choice for secretary of state today. Sources close to mister trumps Transition Team say his choice is exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. Mitt romney was in the running for the job, but the president elect reportedly called romney yesterday to give him the news. Tweeting it was an honor to have been considered for secretary of state of our great country. Meanwhlie president elect trump is adding another veteran of Goldman Sachs to his administration. The president elect said yesterday he would elect gary cohn as director of the National Economic council. Cohn is currently the president and c oo at Goldman Sachs. Cohn follows in the footsteps of a number of others with goldman ties. Including the president elects treasury secretary pick steve mnuchin. Wisconsins recount is over and president elect donald trump actually added to his lead gaining 131 votes. The Elections Commission certified the results a day ahead of the federal deadline, guaranteeing that congress will recognize wisconsins 10 electoral votes. Green Party Candidate jill stein requested the recount after concerns were raised that the states Voting Machines may have been hacked. The Commission Says if they hacked our system and they did not hack our system. We dont yet know the actual cost of the recount, but stein must pay the bill. Meanwhile senators from both parties now calling for an investigation into a cia report concluding that russia intervened in the 2016 election. Specifically to help president eect donald trump win. The Us Government announced in october that it was confident russia orchestrated the hacking of the democratic and other Democratic Political organizations. Those hacks resulted in the release of thousands of stolen emails, many of which included damaging revelations about the Democratic Party and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Earlier this month the cia announced to a group of senators that russias hacks were aimed at helping the president elect. There is also evidence that entities connected to the russian government were bankrolling troll farms that spread fake news about clinton. Investigation into possible russian Cyber Attacks against the election. Ryan said in a statement, any intervention by russia is especially problematic because, under president putin, russia has been an aggressor that consistently undermines american interests. but Governor Scott walker said he didnt see any evidence of a hack. He compared russia helping mr trump to the leader of scotland endorsing Hillary Clinton during the campaign. Walker from monday i dont think leaders from other countries, one way or the other, whethers its for donald trump or Hillary Clinton or any other candidate and i think make those decisions 00 Clintons Campaign also supports the efforts by members of the Electoral College to request an intelligence briefing on foreign interference in the president ial election. Her campaign is also calling on the Obama Administration to declassify information around russias role in the election. The Milwaukee County board is expected to vote thursday on establishing policy for external investigations of incustody deaths at the Milwaukee County jail and house of correction. Its in county jail this year. An audit of the private medical Services Contract for the jail and house of correction is already underway. A milwaukee woman has a warning for others after she says a man tried to sexually assault her in a locker room. The alleged incident occurred at the ym ca branch at 14th and north back in october. The 27yearold victim says a man came into the womens locker room, forced her into a shower and tried to sexually assault her. Fortunately another woman and a child walked in and spooked the man. He ran away. Milwaukee police nf but no arrests have been made. Thats why the victim says she wanted to share her story. So other members of the y can be on alert. That is the ultimate reason why i wanted to come forward. Because there are a lot of children who attend this ymca. The ymcas Operations Executive tells fox 6 the y has fully cooperated with police and turned over the names of people who checked in on october 15th. Last night the interim ceo of the Jack Takerian tells fox6, the video the ymca turned over to the Milwaukee Police department on the day of the alleged incident, we are not seeing any such incident occur or a male enter a female locker room. in the day ahead. The Common Council set to vote on a proposal today to replace lead pipes with copper. The city. Looking to cover two thirds of the cost. While offering Financial Assistance to Property Owners for the rest of the bill. The payments would be incremental. 70 thousand households in milwaukee are affected by lead laterals. The Common Council and mayor tom barrett are lowering the cost of a snow plow equipment license to only 10 dollars starting today. The goal is to provide more options for residents that need alley plowing services as the city does not plow alleys within the city. Six Police Officers are shot in less than a week in georgia. As Police Continue to search for one of the suspected shooters. The latest on the investigations. Thieves targeting mail this holiday season. How theyre stealing packages from mail carriers. Bill cosby facing a key assalt case. What we can expect mostly sunny and cold today with high temperatures in the low teens. Daytime wind chills will stay near or below zero. A few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the Single Digits and highs in the low teens. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits and teens below zero. Nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s the Single Digits. Snow chances return by friday and continue into saturday but temperatures briefly warm in to the 20s. Today mostly sunny and cold. High 17 wind nw 515 mph tonight a few clouds. Low 6 wind wsw 515 mph Milwaukee Police are looking for the person who held up a post office. It happened a little after 3 yesterday afternoon at the location near 35th and capitol. Were told the suspect showed a gun and got away with cash. And that isnt the only mailrelated crime. Someone stole a trucks worth of mail. And in another case an entire amazon delivery truck disappeared fox 6s Brittany Shannon with the rash of bold holiday just a block away from where a grinch swiped holiday mail out of a mail truck. 49 36 its just terrible its just terrible 39 saturday, Milwaukee Police say a witness saw someone steal items from a postal vehicle here near griffin and euclid. The suspect took off and the mailman came back to an empty truck. 57 14 somebody had wiped out the whole back of his truck 16 patti maddens mother lives next to where ith 56 59 the postman came to her door and asked if she had seen anything because somebody had robbed his mail truck 57 06 the day before on north milwaukee street, Milwaukee Police say an amazon Delivery Driver was robbed of her keys. Three suspects then hopped in her amazon delivery van and took off. Insidewere told75 packages. 52 43 anybody whos so emboldened to go into a vehicle like that, i dont know what they would stop at 52 50 guerrero still spreading holiday caught. Milwaukee police say the amazon delivery truck was recovered. They are still searching for the suspects. In milwaukee, Brittany Shannon fox 6 news. An elderly man killed by police why the officer says he opened fire when he arrived at the mans home. Danger on the slopes. What Officials Say could have saved a mans life before a deadly avalanche in nevada. You are watching the fox 6 you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. Mostly sunny and cold today with high temperatures in the low teens. Near or below zero. A few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the Single Digits and highs in the low teens. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits and teens below zero. Nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s below zero with air temperatures thursday only in the Single Digits. Snow chances return by friday and continue into saturday but temperatures briefly warm in to the 20s. Today mostly sunny and cold. High 17 wind nw 515 mph wind nw 515 mph in syria, the battle for the key city of aleppo may soon be over, as Syrian Forces regain more control of the city from rebels. Syrian forces say they now have 99 percent of the city under their control. This comes after days of intense fighting between both sides. The United Nations however is worried about new reports coming out of syria. And is asking the syrian respect for life. Across america. Six Police Officers in georgia shot in just six days. Two officers died after they were shot while responding to a domestic dispute in americus last wednesday. The suspect took his own life. Then yesterday two more Police Officers from byron were shot during a drug operation. They were part of a task force serving a search warrant. They were shot as they entered the home. But were able to fire back and killed the suspect. Both officers expected to recover. Georgia two more officers were shot while conducting a traffic stop. Police say the officers discovered the vehicle was stolen and tried to arrest the suspect. Thats when the suspect opened fire. The two officers are being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. Police are still searching for the suspect in this case. An officerinvolved shooting in california has left an elderly man dead police say 73yearold Francisco Serna pulled out a gun when officers killing him. Investigators later said no gun was found at the scene. The family says serna had dementia, and police were called to his home before without incident. The officer who killed serna is on administrative leave. A plane is forced to to make an Emergency Landing in new york after a bomb threat. The flight was en route from houston, texas to germany when the threat was made to the airliners corporate office. After learning of the threat, the pilot opted to land the plane at new yorks john f. Kennedy airport. More than 5hundred passengers were evacuated and shuttled to the terminal. Police say the plane was searched by a k9 team. All luggage and cargo was checked as well. Bill cosby is due in a Pennsylvania Court today for a pretrial hearing. Angelica joins us from the newsroom with new information. Bill cosby is facing aggravated indecent assault charges, for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand. The former Temple University employee says cosby assaulted her at his home in 2004. Todays hearing will focus on 13other a judge needs to decide whether their testimonies should be allowed as evidence in the trial. The hearing is expected to last for two days. Cosby, who has pleaded not guilty, is set to go on trial in june. Kim and jessob. Back to you. Officials are warning skiers of the dangers of avalanche warnings. This as the search for one skier, caught in an avalanche, comes to an end. The 64yearold was killed while he and a friend were on a closed ski run in reno. His friend survived. Ski patrol Officials Say the death skiers had paid attention to warnings and closures. Theres a reason that those areas are closed and until we deem them acceptable for skiing they keep the chains up. Officials say around 30 people die each year in avalanches in the u. S. They recommend carrying avalanche safety equipment, including mostly sunny and cold today with high temperatures in the low teens. Daytime wind chills will stay near or below zero. A few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the Single Digits and highs in the low teens. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits and teens below zero. Nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s below zero with air temperatures thursday only in the Single Digits. 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Am low 5 gh 0 wind nw 510 high 10 wind nw 510 mph slice of ice will open for the season today its ready to go all the Red Arrow Park ice rink needs now bring your own skates. Or you can rent a pair there for 8 dollars. The fun starts at 3 oclock this afternoon. Milwaukee police are partnering with shielded hearts to help kids in need this holiday season. Shielded hearts is a Nonprofit Organization for Police Officers wives and girlfriends. Yesterday, chief ed flynn joined them for a special news conference. Theyre rounding up new toys, books and stuffed animals for the Child Advocacy center which helps abused and neglected kids in Milwaukee County. Up in green bay Aaron Rodgers is raising money for the salvation army. Yesterday he signed autographs in the Lambeau Field atrium in exchange for a 100 dollar donation which he then matched. Only the first 2hundred people got to meet him so people started lining up hours in adv

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