3 3 now at 4:30 - winter weather is causing concern across the country ...and right here at home. we're expecting a couple of inches of snow this weekend... while an arcitc blast continues to wreak havoc in other parts of the u-s. 3 plus--- milwaukee police need your help... finding ?this ma r say... he did. good morning! and thanks so much for joining us. today is friday december 9th.we're following a number of stories for you this morning... includingwhat mother nature plans to throw our way this weekend. parts of the country are dealing with a cold blast ... bringing ice snow ... and cold temperatures.the question is...are we getting that too? meteorologist justin thompson gee is in the weather center with jessica tighe to start us offgood morning! 3

5???))today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low to middle 20s but feeling like the low teens due to the wind. wind: nw 5-15 mph.tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph. weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine before clouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late afternoon or early evening. light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrapping up sy sunday will be close to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. too early for a total event snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 3-5" of snow on the ground.

our ?top story? this morning--- winter weather continues to hit ?much of the country? this morning... with ?heavy snow... whiteout conditions... and subzero temperatures.? two ?separate? storm systems ?triggered blinding snowstorms?... that led to ?deadly? pile-ups in several states. hena daniels shows you. -nats-as snow plows got to work in upstate new york... -nats-crews in ohio worked into the night...towing vehicles involved in a major pileup along interstate-90. (sot mos) pretty aggravated about it. i'm trying to get home. it's cold in this weather the chain reaction crash, that injured more than a dozen people, was one of many triggered thursday by a lake-effect snowstorm...that brought whiteout conditions to the midwest.in michigan -- cars and semis were seen

40 vehicles: vehicles:(sot lt eric sanborn/ livingston county sheriff's department) there are three confirmed fatalities with this accident. we have not yet identified those victims. 11 other victims were transported from the scenethe moving storm system dumped more than a foot of snow on buffalo, new york yesterday...and caused more crashes:(sot mos) we want you to get to school, we want you to get to your job safely so please take your time in the snowy cditionsanother system out westte california with snow and roads in oregon with ice.at least one motorist was killed in benton county in a head-on collision:(sot sheriff) there's a lot of people that plan on shopping or going to get stuff for the christmas season but right now it's not worth itforecasters say not even the deep south is out of the woods: woods:(sot eric fisher) by saturday morning we'll see some 20's across north florida//also 20's across north georgia, much of mississippi, alabama and south carolinawinter doesn't officially begin for another

winter weather conditions have also led to the ?cancellation of hundreds of flights? in portland and seattle. 3 new this morning... a man is seriously hurt after an overnight shooting in milwaukee. it happened around 11 last night... near north 26th and west galena streets. police say a 44-year-old man has several gunshot wounds.he was taken to the hospital for treatment.the shooting is under investigation. 30 years in prison for the last of the men convicted in the shooting death of 5-year-old laylah peterson lawyers agree that say arlis gordon was the man who hatched a 20-14 revenge plan... which ended up with 12 to 14 bullets in the wrong house.one of those bullets killed the girl as she sat on her gradfather's lap.gordon apologized in court... but petersen's father didn't believe him. 45-59"i would like to give my condolences to the family and friends of laylah petersen." 1:10-1:16"and they say he has remorse... he doesn't have remorse... he has remorse for being caught... not for what he did." did." 3

gunman, is serving 65 years in prison... and paul far, who drove them, is serving 5 months in prison. 3 now to a ?developing? story--- a violent purse snatcher.... ?caught on camera.?police say... they need ?your? help to get him off the streets. streets.the attack happened on milwaukee's ?south side?... back on november 8-th.take a look at this video here.it gives ?some clues? to the man's identity.he was ?walking along oklahoma avenue?.... near i-43.the attack happens ?just out of camera range?.... at the ?top right hand corner? of your screen.he ?punched the woman?... and k car--- a grey four-door.if you know who the man is... call milwaukee police. 3 police have a suspect in custody for the robbery that prompted an alert at marquette university.police say the 55- year-old man is suspected of a robbery at jimmy john's... near the campus earlier this week.they say he also tried to rob the "real chili" downtown. 3 a 39-year-old west bend man is accused of putting a video camera in a heating vent...and taping his girlfriend's

the 20-year-old woman found the camera in her bedroom. police say the man saved images of the woman undressing. 3 3 3 ((???1:45 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??10???)) ahead??10???)) today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low to middle 20s but feeling like the low teens du mph.tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph.weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine before clouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late afternoon or early evening. light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrapping up sunday

in the lower 30s. too early for a totalnt snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 3-5" of snow on the ground.today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low to middle 20s but feeling like the low teens due to the wind. wind: nw 5-15 mph. tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph.weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine before clouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrapping up sunday morning. highs on sunday will be close to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. too early for a total event snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 3-5" of

american hero john glenn, a former u-s senator and the first american to orbit the earth, died yesterday. :04-:06 ((nat: god's speed john glenn) glenn)glenn made history in 19-62 when he completed a three-orbit flight ...in a cramped space capsule called

for nearly a quarter-century as a u-s senator.in 19-98, he returned to space at age 77, becoming the oldest person to ever do so.glenn had been hospitalized at ohio state university's cancer hospital. but the reason and the cause of death weren't disclosed. john glenn was 95. public tours start this weekend... at a new craft brewery in milwaukee. milwaukee."third space brewing" opened on st. paul avenue in september... and starting ?tomorrow? you can take tours of it.the brewery founders will talk about the history of brewing in the menomonee valley.. and beer.one of the founders says... it all started by brewing beer at ?home.? 3 started in my appartment i was living on farwell and started home brewing about 12 years ago started to fall in love with the process, got my first job in southern california running a brewery there for almost seven years.... then decided to move back home and start something up here for my community 3

one pm and ?three.?it's 10 dollars for the tour... and that price includes a branded pint glass and two beers. the evolution of milwaukee's downtown skyline continues. continues.b-mo harris bank unveiled these renderings of the 25-story officetower. they plan to break ground next summer. the 137-million dollar structure will be located at water and wells... just south of city hall. a parking structure is at that location right now. the new building should be ready by late 20-19. coming up ...frosty the snowman gets attacked ...and caught on a surveillance

the manhunt for a suspected cop killer is over in georgia. georgia.police found suspect ?minguell lembrick? dead inside a home -- after a long search.they say it appears he shot himself. 25-year-old georgia police officer nicholas smarr was killed while answering a call about a domestic dispute at an apartment complex on wednesday. the other officer- jody smith- who works for southwestern state universitywa a judge ?denies? the defense's motion for a mistrial... during the second day of the ?charleston church shooter? cas. case.lawyers for dylann roof ?unsuccessfully argued?... that a witness's remarks saying the 22-year-old was "evil" and belonged in a "pit of hell" suggested a sentence. the judge told jurors... any decision on guilt or a sentence... is up to ?them?--- not the attorneys or witnesses in the case.roof admitted to killing ?nine black parishioners? at a bible study last year. he faces 33 federal counts--- including hate crime

charged after flipping his truck over a wall and plunging more than 50 feet off a bridge.. bridge....the 20-year-old driver, who is a sailor with the u-s navy ...is currently in the hospital with two broken ribs and a bruised lung. emergency crews were able to reach and rescue the man. authorities say his injuries are non-life threatening.he was ticketed for reckless driving. a "jeopardy!" contestant who achieved her dream of appearing on the show has died...just a week before the episode was set to air. air. cindy stowell passed away monday morning after a long battle with cancer. according to her longtime partner. she was 41. the episode featuring stowell is scheduled to air next tuesday. stowell was fighting "stage 4" cancer when she competed on the show on august 31st...and only a handful of staffers.. including longtime host alex trebek.. knew she was sick. according to a statement from the show... stowell's opponents were unaware she was ill. 3 the world's ?tallest? animals.... are in the process of a "silent extinction." that's according to an international conservation group.the group says... the wild giraffe population has

the last 30 years.we're talking about a drop of about 40-percent.the report found... there were 163-thousand giraffes in 19-85... and about 97-thousand last year.giraffes are now rated as "vulnerable" on the official watch list of threatened and endangered species worldwide. 3 the longest road in the country is more than three thousand miles long ...and it starts in boston.route 20 in kenmore square, is getting a brand significance.but instead of giving you the mileage to places like brookline or cambridge, the sign instead tells you that newport, oregon is three-thousand-three hundred and 65 miles away.the closest it comes to us is across northern illinois from chicago to east dubuque. just in case you were wondering what a pokemon might taste like....starbucks has created a pokemon go frappuccin. frappuccino.the coffee giant says the drink is a frozen raspberry and blackberry- flavored take on its vanilla

the pokemon go ?frappuccino?... is available for a limited time. time.you can find it at some 78-hundred stores across the u-s... that are listed as pokestops or gyms.those are ?physical areas?... that let pokemon go players catch the characters or battle other players. the reality app became a huge hit this summer--- breaking apple ?app store? records.while the game's popularity has since declined--- pokemon go remains a top

3 the force made its presence felt in hollywood on wednesday. your eyes are not deceiving you.that's an x-wing starfighter replica.it landed on hollywood boulevard ...as preparations begin for the premiere of the next "star wars" movie."rogue one: a star wars story" has its premiere at hollywood's pantages theater tomorrow.the film will be released nationwide on december 16th. 3 if this doesn't get you into the holiday spirit -- we don't know what will.penguins -- waddling down a dressed as santa.how cute! a japanese park dresses the bright birds and takes them on daily walks. driving around to look at home holiday displays... is a blast this time of year.. year..but one christmas grinch was caught on camera... vandalizing one. one.jeanne moos reports.. some christmas grinch attacked frosty the snowman. it's kind of chilling to hear

just mean-spirited. it's silly vandalism."st. louis resident jeff diggs discovered the diabolical attack on his inflatable snowman when he came home from work... work...jeff diggs/ homeowner: "that's when i saw the big hole that had been gashed in his side."he immediately checked his surveillance camera video. at 11:22 pm a masked passenger jumps out of a pickup and makes a beeline for frosty, viscously stabbing him, then trying to cut the rope, and finally escaping in the getaway vehicle. frosty slowly, slowly ever so slowly deflate. the good news...natsbut he did require extensive surgery...jeff diggs/ homeowner:"put 9 stitches in him. he's doing well."to pay frosty's "medical bills", diggs jokingly set up a go fund me page...the modest proceeds will actually go to charity. and he used "how the grinch stole christmas" to

the surveillance video with a soundtrack...nats natsjeanne moos/ reporter: "diggs didn't bother to call police, figuring they have more important things to investigate. so the frosty slasher remains at large."and you can't blame frosty for being nervous...after experiencing this.nats"you're a monster mr. grinch."jeanne 3 3 3

3 paris will auction thousands of "love locks" to help refugees.attaching padlocks to city bridges as a symbol of love.... was a long standing tradition in paris.but the city council ?stopped? the romantic ritual... after city bridges started to crumble from the weight.city leaders didn't want to destroy the souvenirs--- so they've decided to sell them.they hope ai thousand dollars for refugees. 3 coming up ...delta could be bringing back a major

parts of northern wisconsin are seeing heavy snowfall.... the snow started yesterday morning in the northwoods. vilas ty excited about the snow... saying they're ready for winter tourist season. 3 ((???1:15 seconds??))

today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low to middle 20s but feeling like the low teens due to the wind. wind: nw 5-15 mph.tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph.weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine before clouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late rn light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrapping up sunday morning. highs on sunday will be close to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. too early for a total event snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 3-5" of snow on the ground.today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low to middle 20s but feeling like the low teens due to the wind. wind: nw 5-15 mph. tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph.weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine before clouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late afternoon or early evening. light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday

be close to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. too early for a total event snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 3-5" of

3 in your moneywatch report... delta could be bringing back a tasty perk -- free meals in coach. the airline is giving it to passengers flying between new york and los angeles or san francisco.the menu changes by time of day. morning travelers could be offered a honey maple breakfast sandwich.for

smoked turkey sandwich or whole grain veggie wrap.the testing period ends december 15. delta has not yet determined if the free meals will become standard. 3 these ice castle builders.... don't mind the snow and cold weather. crews arena able to start making ice for an ?ice castle? along the st croix river in stillwater, minnesota.they "grow icicles"... and place them like bricks to create the castles.crews hope to have the castles open by new year's day. 3 coming up next at 5 -- summerfest is making improvements. we detail whats happening for the big gig... and when!plus a major music announcement! 3 and ...a very tough decision

good morning! it's friday, december 9-th.thanks so for joining us! us!here's what we're working on this morning--- the salvation army is in need of some ?help? this holiday season.we'll detail what the organization needs... and what you can do to lend a hand. hand. but first... there's a lot going on with the weekend forecast... inlcuding even

mike curkov joins meteorologist justin thompson gee in the weather center to break it all down. good morning, guys! 3 3 3chat... chat... (((30 second tz))) tz)))today: some sunshine under a partly cloudy sky. chilly with highs in the low the loene 20s but feeling like wind: nw 5-15 mph.tonight: some clouds while staying partly cloudy. lows in the low teens with wind chills from 00 to 100. wind: w 5-10 mph. weekend: saturday starts out with a little bit of sunshine beforeclouds increase. stays chill saturday with highs in the low 20s but feeling closer to 100. snow arrives by saturday late afternoon or early evening. light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrapping up sunday morning. highs on sunday will be close to the freezing mk in e lower 30s. too early for a total event snow prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have