Two weeks to tally up more than 440 thousand ballots from the president ial election again and it all begins in just an hour. We have Team Coverage this morning on the election recount for wisconsin. Jim barrett Tacoma Police department the attacks on Law Enforcement and the killing of officers must stop. Plus a Tacoma Police officer killed in the line of duty. How a standoff finally ended and what happened to the suspected gunman. Good morning and welcome back to wakeup. Time n adlib Weather Forecast forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a large low moves slowly off to the east and weaken today allowing us to slowly dry up but we will still see a few morning showers and snow showers. Drizzle could linger into the afternoon. As High Pressure builds into our region, we continue to dry but stay mostly cloudy for friday. A bit more sun is likely on saturday with the high over us. A new low moves in for sunday with a chance for rain and snow. Temperatures slowly return to traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays the start of the president ial recount in wisconsin. And county clerks. Election officials and volunteers. Say theyre prepared. We have Team Coverage with Angelica Duria tracking allegations that the recount is illegal. But first. Lets start with deandra corinthios. Whos live on milwaukees south side. From the citys Election Commission warehouse. All of the ballots for Milwaukee County have been moved to this location. Theyre under lock and key. And wednesday. Ballots were 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, 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 County. Were not anticipating 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. Be certified and completed by december 12th. Former Green Party Candidate jill steins campaign will foot the bill. Reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. A wisconsin conservative group claims the recount is illegal. Angelicas following this in the newsroom. And angelica. The disputes over whether something could have occured . The president of the Wisconsin Institute for law and liberty says the Stein Campaign must claim there is a reason a mistake did occur. 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 wont get done on time. I hope it doesnt happen. Rick Esenburg says if this recount interferes with the casting of wisconsins electoral votes the group plans to get involved. Breaking news the suspected gunman who fatally shot a Police Officer has been shot and killed by police in tacoma, washington. This after a nearly 12 hour standoff overnight. Two children were then rescued from the home unharmed. Investigators say multiple weapons have been found inside the house. The officer was responding to a Domestic Violence call when he was shot multiple times. The fallen officer has not been identified but was a 17year veteran of the Tacoma Police force. Crash and one mans arrest overnight. Officers were called to shots fired near 89th and mill around 3 this morning. Witnesses told police the shooting came from a white suv. While officers were investigating, they saw a white suv speed off. Police didnt chase after the car, but the driver lost control and crashed into a tree near 95th and allyn around 330. The suspect is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries and is in custody. Investigators say the driver was a we are learning more details about the suspects arrested in connection to the death of a 7yearold in milwaukee. This isnt the first time one of them has been accused of child abuse that led to death. Four people were arrested in connection to the boys death two men and two women. We are told the two women arrested met in prison. Where one of them was locked up for her role in a 2003 child neglect case that resulted in death. According to that criminal complaint, 1yearold bryan alston was found dead inside the suspects home. Now, thirteen years later. By what happened to the 7 year old child. 58 53 its just terrible. It really is. 58 36 this is all going on right underneath our nose and we dont even know it. A source tells fox6 the 7 year old who recently died. Suffered from malnutrition and abuse. And that there were other children in the home. A 9yearold was also abused and is being treated at the hospital. We are told neither of the women accused are the mothers of the abused boys. Still to come on wake up we check in with tmz for todays plane that crashed in colombia have leaked. What they reveal about the doomed flight. And brian kramp is going inside milwaukees legendary kooky you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. Forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a large low moves slowly off to the east and weaken today allowing us to slowly dry up but we will still see a few morning showers and snow showers. Drizzle could linger into the afternoon. As High Pressure builds into our region, we continue to dry but stay mostly cloudy for friday. A a new low moves in for sunday with a chance for rain and snow. Temperatures slowly return to the low 40s early next week. Dick adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays breaking news now former astronaut buzz aldrin is in stable condition after an emergency evacuation from the south pole. The 86year old was visiting antartica with a Tourist Group zealand for treatment. Aldrin was the second man on the moon during the apollo 11 mission in 1969. The kooky cooky house is back at discovery world brian kramp is in for carl this morning he joins us live forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a large low moves slowly off to the east and weaken today allowing us to slowly dry up but we will still see a few morning showers and snow showers. Drizzle could linger into the afternoon. As High Pressure builds into our region, we continue to dry but stay mostly cloudy for friday. A bit more sun is likely on saturday with the high over us. A new low moves in for sunday with a chance for rain and snow. Temperatures slowly return to high 42 wind w 515 mph tonight cloudy. Low 30 wind nw 39 mph friday mostly cloudy. High 38 wind nw 510 mph saturday mostly cloudy. Am low 27 high 38 wind w 510 mph sunday mostly cloudy with the chance for rain snow. Am low 26 high 40 wind w 510 mph monday mostly cloudy. Am low 29 high 42 wind se 510 mph tuesday mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. Am low 32 high 42 wind se 510 mph forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a large low moves slowly off to the east and weaken today allowing us to slowly dry up but we will still see a few morning showers and snow showers. Drizzle could linger into the afternoon. As High Pressure builds into our region, we continue to dry but stay mostly cloudy for friday. A bit more sun is likely on saturday with the high over us. 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Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays we begin with an update on is over after a police shot and killed a suspect. Accused of gunning down a tacoma officer overnight. The officer was responding to a Domestic Violence call when he was shot multiple times. He died at the hospital. Police had been in a standoff with the suspect for nearly 12 hours. Two children were then rescued from the home unharmed. Investigators say multiple weapons have been found inside the house. The officer who died was a 17year veteran of the Tacoma Police force. His name has not yet in just a half an hour the first president ial election recount in 16 years will get underway here in wisconsin. County clerks. Election officials and volunteers. Have been getting ready for this moment all week. Team coverage this morning. Angelica durias following the Stein Campaigns responding to a judges decision. But first. Lets start with deandra corinthios. Live from the Election Commission warehouse where ballots will be recounted today. Milwaukee county is preparing for a recount of more than 440 hand but will likely be done with the use of optical scanners. Which the clerk says 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 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 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 sheboygan county. To more than a half million in Milwaukee 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 live 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 to do a hand count. Angelica has more details in the newsroom. 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 clerks are miffed that the recount comes at the request of Green Party Candidate jill stein, who got just one percent of the vote. One percent of the vote. The communication weve had from clerks has not been frantic or panicky, as ive said theres been some frustration over whether or not they feel that this is necessary while stein is dropping her legal challenge here. She has formally requested a full hand recount of 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 to file for the 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. As you can see. 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