now at 5:30. a ruling from a dane county judge --determines how ballots will be hand recount will not be enforced rob joins us now on our brand new weather deck a low and the trough that trails it will move over our area today. as a result, we start sunny but end cloudy with a chance for showers by this evening. showers persist overnight, possibly mixing in with snow. no significant accumulation is expected. after a few morning flurries or showers, we dry up but stay

30s friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. today: early sun then becoming cloudy. chance of evening showers. high: 44 wind: sw 5-15 mph traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays flight for life is called after

mequon. this happened just before 6 last night near highland and port washington. police say the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the driver is cooperating with police. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. a dane county judge says it is up to each wisconsin county to decide the best way to re-count election day ballots. that means some clerks will proceed with the recount by hand...others...with the help of ballot machines. deandra corinthios is live from the zeidler building with the latest they would use voting machines to recount at least some ballots will be allowed to proceed that includes the milwaukee county clerk..who said he wasn't sure he would be able to complete the recount by the december 12th deadline by hand. at last night's hearing in madison...the dane county judge agreed that the best way to determine if voting machines were tampered with... is to do a hand-recount. but she says she has to follow the law ...and a mandatory hand-recount that petitioners wanted... will not be

green party presidential candidate jill stein, as well as a representative for former democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton, called three witnesses to make their case for a hand-recount of all votes. an expert testified the optical scanners used are vulnerable to hacks. and malware... but presented no evidence that votes were tampered with. the department of justice called only one witness - a representative from the wisconsin election commission...who testified all equipment used in novembers election had been field tested and inspected. convincing evidence and that is my decision. i'm going to allow the 19 counties to do the recall the way that they intended. again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. and that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i don't have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. so that's my

ruling will not stop their efforts for recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. demonstrators across the country walked off the job yesterday. it was all a part of the fight for 15 movement. and some of those protests ended in arrests protesters and community leaders gathered outside the mcdonalds on miller park way -- to demand a 15-dollar minimum wage. we spoke to one woman who was arrested for blocking traffic. she says people are hurting -- and it's time for a change. it was emotional to me. i just felt like a lot of people wanted their point to get across. it was a lot of people there that were passionate about what we were doing. it was just a lot of emotion. it was real."

we've reached out to police for an official count. it was the neighborly thing to do. that's what workers at a brady street restaurant are saying after helping put out a fire on the porch of a nearby home. employees at the casablanca restaurant were putting up christmas decorations when they noticed flames outside of their window. it turned out the porch of a neighbor's home caught on fire because of a grilling mishap. the owner of casablanca, along with the chef and another employee ran to help.. they used fire extinguishers from the restaurant to put out the flames. just grabbed a bunch of fire extinguishers and everybody just ran outside. 09:44 the neighborhood for us, is like family. no one was injured. the fire department says the flames were out by the time they arrived. it's crunch time. coming up -- how the packers plan to make it to the post season..and will clay matthews be ready to play? the answer coming up in sports. and how long with former packer darren sharper spend in jail for raping two women and drugging two others. and after the break - - president-elect donald trump strikes a deal with a carrier.

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brand new weather deck... crews have been working hard over the past two months to redesign it.... president-elect donald trump makes more key nominations for his cabinet. this as the mr. trump and air conditioning company - carrier - have reached a deal that will keep nearly 1-thousand factory jobs in indiana.

let's start with the president-elect's picks for his cabinet. he announced two nominations yesterday...and we could learn of two other major appointments today. georgia representative tom price was picked to oversee the nation's health care system...and come up with an obamacare replacement. meanwhile - elaine chao has been selected to lead the department of transportation. she was a former labor secretary...and is also the wife of senate majority leader mitch mcconnel. and then expected to be made official today -- former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin h trump's secretary of the treasury.other reports suggest that the president- elect will also announce billionaire investor wilbur ross to be commerce secretary. meanwhile - carrier says a deal has been struck with president-elect donald trump that would keep nearly one-thousand jobs in indiana. mr. trump made keeping american jobs from fleeing to mexico, a campaign promise back in february. carrier had said it planned to close two indiana plants. a union representing the workers says moving the jobs would save the company 65-million dollars in labor

future uncertain for a few hundred workers at two plants. the president-elect and vice president- elect mike pence --the current indiana governor --will be in that state tomorrow for the official announcement. they are also kicking off their "thank you" tour that day in cincinnati, ohio. coming up at 6 : we'll have the details of the president-elect's sit down dinner with former political rival mitt romney. what he had to say about the transition efforts - just ahead. and after the break -- california authorities find an escaped inmate. but one remains next. and the bucks beat the world champs! hear what team had to say after going up against one of the best players

a low and the trough that trails it will move over our area today. as a result, we start sunny but end cloudy with a chance for showers by this

overnight, possibly mixing in with snow. no significant accumulation is expected. after a few morning flurries or showers, we dry up but stay mostly cloudy on thursday. well dip to the upper 30s friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. today: early sun then becoming cloudy. chance of evening showers. high: 44 wind: sw 5-15 mph tonight: showers, possibly mixing with snow. low: 36 wind: w-nw 5-10 mph traffic check red on traffic map = major delays delays green on traffic map = no delays authorities say one of two inmates who sawed their way out of a california jail and vanished last week has been recaptured. the santa clara county sheriff's office says laron campbell was taken back into custody late last night. deputies continue to search for rogelio chavez. chavez and campbell

night from santa clara county's main jail by cutting through the bars of a second- story window and then rappelling to the ground on a bedsheet rope. the others were quickly apprehended. the pair is facing possible life sentences if convicted of burglary, extortion, false imprisonment and other charges on which they were being held. a los angeles judge sentences ex-n-f-l star darren sharper to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women and drugging of two others. however-- he'll only spend about half that time in cus pleaded no contest in a deal with prosecutors in four states-- california, louisiana, nevada, and arizona. the numbers are in from this year's gun deer season! over the nine-day hunt-- nearly 197- thousand deer were killed. that's down six percent from last year. however-- more than 5-thousand more antlered deer were killed across the state. the department of natural resources also reports that about

deer licenses were sold this season. toss to rob rob joins us now on our brand new weather deck a low and the trough that trails it will move over our area today. as a result, we start sunny but end cloudy with a chance for showers by this overnight, possibly mixing in with snow. no significant accumulation is expected. after a few morning flurries or showers, we dry up but stay mostly cloudy on thursday. well dip to the upper 30s friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. today: early sun then becoming cloudy. chance of evening showers. high: 44 wind: sw 5-15

mixing with snow. low: 36 wind: w-nw 5-10 mph thursday: early am showers/snow showers then mostly cloudy. high: 42 wind: wnw 5-10 mph friday: mostly cloudy. am low: 32 high: 38 wind: wnw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy. am low: 27 high: 38 wind: wnw 5-10 mph chance of rain and/or snow. am low: 26 high: 42 wind: sw 5-15 mph monday: partly cloudy. am low: 32 high: 44 wind: s 5-10 mpha low and the trough that trails it will move over our area today. as a result, we start sunny but end cloudy with a chance for showers by this evening. showers persist overnight, possibly mixing in with snow. no significant accumulation is

showers, we dry up but stay mostly cloudy on thursday. well dip to the upper 30s friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. today: early sun then becoming cloudy. chance of evening showers. high: 44 wind: sw 5-15 mph tonight: showers, possibly mixing with snow. low: 36 wind: w-nw 5-10 mph showers then mostly cloudy. high: 42 wind: wnw 5-10 mph friday: mostly cloudy. am low: 32 high: 38 wind: wnw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy. am low: 27 high: 38 wind: wnw 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and/or snow. am low: 26 high: 42 wind: sw 5-15 mph monday: partly cloudy. am low: 32 high:

aaron rodgers said he thought the packers could run the table. they may have to. under mike mccarthy, green bay has more than twice as many wins as losses-when it comes to the last month of the calendar year. it's "crunch time"-starting with sunday's game at lambeau against the houston texans. "they're playing really well,. houston has a heck of a defense. they've lost 2 in a row. it's december football; so everything goes up a notch. everybody talks about playoff football and everything goes to goes to a different level in december; so that's where we're at and that's what we're getting ready for". question is, will clay matthews be ready after taking a wicked hit from eagles offensive lineman allen barbre-the former packer? 52 suffered a shoulder injury..if he has to sit out again..that defense'll really be hurting.

poll-- versus number 7 penn state-on fox--with the big ten championship at stake! coverage from indianapolis kicks off saturday evening a 6. brandon cruz'll be with the team; his reports start thursday night here on fox 6. ps--paul chryst named big ten coach of the year. the media gave that honor to the nittany lions james franklin. the cream city is celebrating the bucks blowing out lebron and the rest of the defending champion cleveland cavaliers! probably their best game of the season! lebron is prett points, and the visitors took a 14 point lead. michael beasley--17 points off the bench. and the giannis show. tied his career high with 34 points! look out below! bucks win 118-101! brandon cruz..courtside. thank you

everybody. see you this evening. coming up next - it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ...at the white house. just how many gingerbread houses are on display. plus - this story is winning over hearts all over the internet. we'll meet polly -- the goat with anxiety who loves to wear this fuzzy duck costume - after the break. and there's no longer just peppermint or candy flavored candy canes to choose from. the new crazy concoctions you can

and a chance for rain this evening. right now with highs in the low 40s.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas at the white house. first lady michelle obama has orchestrated quite the display. this year, the theme is "the gift of the holidays". there are many christmas trees each uniquely decorated throughout the building. there's also fifty-six lego gingerbread houses -- one for each state and territory -- made from more than two-hundred-thousand legos! the white house gingerbread house in the state dining room is an annual a-hundred-fifty pounds of gingerbread and a- hundred pounds of bread dough on the outside. and how about this for cuteness overload. some penguins and other animal ambassadors from seaworld san diego paid a visit to rady children's hospital yesterday. rudolph was also there helping spread some christmas cheer. and an unusual situation for officers in north highlands,

lam. the animals were supposed to be on a trailer bound for la grange, california. the truck driver had pulled off the road for the night to take a nap...and during that time -- someone let the cows loose! some ended up near an apartment complex...others were reported near an r-v park. they were eventually round up by animal control. a baby goat with anxiety has found a cute and cuddly way to ease her fears. goat sanctuary called "goats of anarchy" - used to swaddle polly to try and calm her down. one day she spotted a duck costume and put it on her. polly's anxiety melted and she fell asleep. leanne posted a picture of it online..and polly went viral. leanne has plans to expand her special needs goat sanctuary so she

wakeup news. developing this morning - a judge says she agrees that votes should be handcounted - but she won't be enforcing that. why she's de count by hand. "when you've got wind up to 87 miles an hour pushing fire, i mean people were basically running for their lives." three dead... and thousands forced out of their homes... as heavy winds fan raging wildfires... in gatlinburg, tennessee. good morning and welcome to wakeup!