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!

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new overnight - a pedestrian was rushed to a hospital via flight... after getting hit by a car in mequon. this happened just before 6 last night near highland and port washington. police say the pedestrian suffered serious injuries. the driv cause of the crash remains under investigation. a dane county judge decides wisconsin county clerks will not have to do a "hand recount" of the november presidential election instead...clerks can choose to use ballot machines. deandra corinthios is live from the zeidler building with the latest the judge encouraged the clerks to hand count the ballots saying it is the best way to determine whether voting

ultimately it is up to the clerks to decide how they'll proceed ...either by hand...or by machine. the request for a hand recount came from green party candidate jill stein. at last night's hearing in madison...her attorneys...as well as a representative for former democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton... called three witnesses to make their case the through line in their testimony was a hand recount is the only way to ensure voting machines were not tampered with. an elections security expert from m-i-t testified that optical scanners used in wisconsin elections are vulnerable to hacks... but presented no tampered with. he speculated malware could have been added to scanners without anyone knowing. a statistical expert told the court there were some anomalies with state voting results - particularly when looking at results taken from municipalities that process votes with optical scanners. "the fact that they want to do a recount using machines is their discretion, their decision. i may disagree......... but i cant put myself in their position."deandra/live about 20 county clerks have said they would use voting machines

milwaukee county...who said otherwise.... he isn't sure he would be able to complete the recount by the december 12th. reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. from a breakdown of the judge's decision over whether to handcount ballots... to a look at how other candidates are responding to the recount... head to our website... fox6 now dot com and click on the politics tab. happening now -crews are bracing for the threat of more fires in gatlinburg, tennessee... as high winds and thunderstorms roll through the area. kim's in the newsroom with the very latest developments in eastern tennessee. at least three people have died as a result of the wildfires...

been damaged or destroyed. the national park service says the wildfire was likely caused by a human... and is under investigation. in the past two days... 14 thousand people have evacuated the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forge... as flames surround businesses, cabins, hotels, and homes. some had to abandon their pets, because they didn't have enough time to grab them... while others had to drive straight through the flames because it was the only way out. not everyone was happy with the response to the fire... i looked to the right and the whole mountain was on fire. the police finally showed up, told us they wouldn't give us a ride because we have two small chihuahuas, so we had to walk down the middle of gatlinburg on the parkway." thousands are now living at emergency shelters that have been set up... while about a dozen people are getting treatment at local

milwaukee... as demonstrators walk off the job... to "fight for 15." angelica's in studio with a look at three local gatherings. the protest in west milwaukee ended in arrests. last night... protesters and community leaders gathered outside the mcdonalds on miller park way -- to demand a 15-dollar minimum wage. prices are going up every single day and it's time for that to change. if you're working a decent job if you're working forty hours a week you shouldn't have to struggle. you shouldn't have to worry if i'm going to pay the rent or how i'm going to feed my kids arrested. we've reached out to police for an official count. straight ahead - a terror group... now claiming responsibility for the ohio state university stabbing rampage. plus - what investigators think led to a fatal plane crash... that killed 71 people onboard.

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investigators have located the two flight recorders from the airplane that crashed monday night in colombia... with a brazilian soccer team aboard. colombia's civil aviation agency says both of the recorders have been recovered in perfect condition.'' invest damage surrounding the wreckage... could mean the plane ran out of fuel. only six of the 77 people on the plane survived the crash. isis.... now claiming responsibility for inspiring an attack at ohio state university. abdul razak ali artan - was an o-s-u student born in somalia. police say he carried out the car-and-knife rampage that injured 11 people monday morning. he was then shot and killed by a campus police officer. investigators say artan had railed on

with muslim communities. three victims remain hospitalized and are expected to make complete recoveries. straight ahead - the price of healthcare in wisconsin... now expected to rise at dozens of hospitals and clinics across the state. plus - president-elect trump... meeting with the man he once called a "stone cold loser" ... to discuss a future working on the same team. romney's response... coming up. and an update this morning... on more than a thousand jobs at risk of moving to mexico. more on the

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president-elect donald trump sits down with a former political rival... to talk about a cabinet position. kim's in studio with the very latest on mr. trump's night out on the town. mr. trump met with mitt romney at the restaurant jean georges in new york city last night. reince priebus... mr. trump's pick for white house chief of staff... also dined with the two. the president-elect and mitt romney are reportedly in talks... over romney possibly serving as secretary of state. romney had high praise for mr. trump's cabinet picks so far. "the last few weeks, he's been carrying out a transition effort, and i have to tell you v the transition effort. the people he's selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective, capable people." this is the second time the two men have met since mr. trump won the election. meanwhile... carrier says it's made a deal with president-elect trump to keep nearly one-thousand jobs in indiana... instead of moving to mexico. mr. trump made saving those jobs a campaign promise... after carrier

he and vice-president elect mike pence - the current indiana governor - will be in the hoosier state tomorrow for the official announcement. check out this timelapse video - crews have been working on the fox6 weather deck for weeks... and we're proud to announce it's finally ready to go... just in time for our winter weather coverage. our chief meteorologist rob haswell is out there right rob... you're tracking chances for rain today? rob's weather you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell 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

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 thursday: early am showers/snow 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: 44

high: 44 wind: s 5-10 mph wisconsin's largest health care system -- say it is increasing prices by 4-and-a- half-percent at its hospitals. aurora health care says the increase will take effect january first -- and is slightly less than aurora's price increases the last two years. aurora executives say the increase is one way to address continuing high levels of bad debt -- charity -- and uncompensated care and medicaid services. coming up - dozens of arrests across the country... as

and patagonia's black friday profits... now being put to good use. where the money is going...

across the country... demonstrators walked off the job... to fight for a 15 dollar minimum wage... with at least 10 arrested right here in milwaukee. the boston globe reports nearly three dozen protesters were arrested just outside of boston yesterday... including a state senator f dozens of workers at logan airport also walked off the job. and at ohare airport... employees also joined in the demonstrations... for the quote "day of disruption." but the department of aviation operations says things have been running smoothly today. they waited until after the thanksgiving holiday to strike... that's because they want the public's support and said they didn't want to interfere with anyone's holiday plans. patagonia's black friday sales hit a record-breaking 10-million dollars...

than what the outdoor clothing and gear company expected to earn-- but patagonia is keeping its promise to give away the sales. the 10-million dollars will go to nearly 8-hundred environmental groups around the world. wisconsin -- preparing for a recount in the presidential election. how county clerks will tally up the votes-- again. severe weather in the south... the latest on the deadly storms that moved through alabama overnight. hit by a car just before thanksgiving. now police are searching for the suspected driver. we have the latest on the investigation. a holiday tradition -- is taken down in menominee. why the city had to remove its nativity scene this year. anchor adlibs sun to start then more clouds and a chance for rain this evening. right now with highs in the low 40s. when we might see snow next. you are watching the fox 6

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the law. thats who i am, despite my personal opinions about whats the best count." now at 6:30 - why a judge says she won't enforce handcounting ballots... even though she thinks it's the best method. south. the deadly winds sweeping across alabama... straight ahead. anchors adlib welcome back rob's weather today: early sun then becoming cloudy. chance of evening showers. high: 44 wind: sw 5-15 mph tonight: showers, possibly mixing with

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we're following breaking news this morning... president-elect donald trump announcing he will be leaving his business to focus on his presidency. jessob/dgx this morning, he tweeted out that he will hold a major news conference in new york city with his children on december 15 to discuss the fact that he will be leaving his .. dgx 2 business to fully focus on running the country in order to make america great again! he adds that while he is not mandated to dgx 3 do this, he fees important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest with his various businesses.. 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 about 20 county clerks who said

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-r she has to follow the law ...and a mandatory hand-recount that petitioners wanted... will not be enforced. attorneys representing former 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

had been field tested and inspected. "i just do not find clear and 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. steins attorneys say... the ruling will not stop their efforts for recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. recount? nicole's breaking it all down... and nicole... there's a possibility of an appeal? fox6 asked about that.... but the stein campaign isn't saying if that's in the cards. an official with the elections commission says staff will hold a teleconference at 10 a-m... where they will get as many of the 72 county clerks on the line as possible. fox6 will of course be there as well.

questions... about what the judge's ruling means for them. there were about 20 clerks who wanted to use voting machines to recount at least some of their ballots. that includes milwaukee county, where the clerk cast doubt monday... on his ability to finish by the december 12th deadline if he had to hand-count everything. as you heard from deandra... they will get to use machines if they wish. after this morning's webinar, the recount is scheduled to start across the state at 9 tomorrow morning. from a breakdown handcount ballots... to a look at how other candidates are responding to the recount... head to our website... fox6 now dot com and click on the politics tab. this morning... police say a tornado has killed multiple people in alabama... as severe weather continues to pound the south. angelica's in studio with the very latest. three people are dead after a line of strong storms and possible tornadoes move across northern alabama. this is video of damage out of colbert county. emergency officials say the three people killed were all in

home was critically injured. we're told there have been a number of other injuries and many buildings have been destroyed. the national weather service will be in the area today to survey the storm damage. and in tennessee -- a wildfire that has scorched roughly 15-thousand acres turns deadly. three people have now died. the wildfires, which started monday, damaged or destroyed more than 250 buildings throughout eastern tennessee -- including some iconic resorts. other buildings and attractions remained largely amusement park in nearby pigeon forge. the cause of fire remains under investigation. flight for life is called after a pedestrian is hit by a car in 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 mother of three is brain dead after she was struck by a hit

the night before thanksgiving near the intersection of beloit and mitchell. officials say peggy cetranowski was in the crosswalk when she was hit.a caring bridge website says she suffered broken bones, ribs and a fractured skull. the driver sped off and a passing motorist called for help... "we have somebody out there that knows something about it that has fled the scene" the family has offered a 25- hundred dollar reward for information leading to an arrest. police do not have a suspect or vehicle description. west milwaukee police. a longstanding christmas tradition in menominee is coming to an end... thanks to a legal dispute. a nativity scene was taken down this year... shortly after being put up. the removal... capping off a decade of arguments between the city of menominee and the madison-based "freedom from religion" foundation. that foundation... sending numerous complaints to the city... questioning if the scene violated city policy. " the government must remain

establishment clause of the first amendment is." "the nativity scene is something of christmas and we all personally understand that, but when it's the government we have to take a little separation." the city is looking for a new home for its nativity scene. a cirque du soleil performance - canceled at the last minute. the deadly accident leading to that decision... next on wakeup. plus - winter protesters in north dakota. what the governor is now ordering... and president elect donald trump... announcing more cabinet nominations this week. a familiar name... taking the helm in transportation. sun to start then more clouds and a chance for rain this evening. right now with highs in the low 40s. when we might see snow next. ....our weather expert rob

you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. rob's weather 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 = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on

new this morning - an equipment operator for a cirque du soleil show has been killed in an accident. it happened last night in san francisco - angelica's following that story and mr america." police say the accident happened before the show, "luzia: a waking dream of mexico." that performance was then canceled. the employee was rushed to a hospital for treatment... but died from his or her injuries. no word yet on what exactly led to the industrial accident. north dakota's governor... now ordering dakota access pipeline protesters to clear out... for safety reasons. he says the temporary campsites they've made haven't been inspected... and could prove inadequate during

be responsible for providing emergency services to those who remained. the u-s army corps of engineers has also given protesters a deadline of december 5th to leave. demonstrators are vowing to stay. the oklahoma police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in september... will be tried for manslaughter. betty shelby encountered terence crutcher after his car stopped in the middle of the road. she said he disobeyed her commands and she thought he was trying to get a weapon from his car. but police videos air before the shooting. investigators never found any weapons in his car, but they said crutcher was high on the drug known as p-c-p. meanwhile... the former north charleston officer charged with killing an unarmed black man took the stand yesterday. cellphone video captured officer michael slager shooting walker scott in the back... after pulling scott over for a tail-light violation in april 2015. in emotional testimony yesterday, slager said he used his taser

approached scott to handcuff him... scott fought back... so slager shot him. he said he was in "total" fear at the time. if convicted, slager could get 30 years in prison. new developments as the transition of power continues. president elect donald trump met with former nominee mitt romney over dinner last night... to talk about a possible job as mr. trump's secretary of state. this was the second time the two have met to discuss the position... after the two men eviscerated each other during reporters after dinner that he's been impressed with mr. trump's transition so far... and has "increasing hope" in the president-elect's plans for america's future. "i've had a wonderful evening with president- elect trump. we had another discussion about affairs throughout the world. these discussions i've had with him have been enlightening, interesting and engaging." meanwhile... president-elect trump is expected to announce a

mr. trump selected elaine chao for his transportation secretary yesterday. chao served as secretary of labor under president george w. bush from 2001 through 2009... becoming the first asian american woman to serve in a cabinet position. she also served as the deputy secretary of transportation under president george h-w bush from 1989 to 1991. chao is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. sources say president elect trump will nominate former goldman mnuchin for treasury secretary.mnuchin worked for the wall street bank for 17 years... before leaving in 2002. mnuchin served as mr. trump's campaign finance chair this spring... working closely with mr. trump's son-in-law... jared kushner. an announcement for commerce secretary is also expected today. mr. trump is expected to nominate wilbur ross... a new jersey native who has amassed a fortune that forbes estimates to be roughly 3-billion dollars. ross would play a key role... in trade and jobs - two of mr. trump's signature

anchors toss to rob rob gives weather deck tour rob's weather forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a low and the trough that trails it will move over our are 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 mostly cloudy on thursday. well dip to the upper 30s

wa 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 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 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: 44 wind: s 5-10 mph

= major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays championship matchup between the badgers and penn state... the latest college football playoff ranking is out. the badgers are holding steady in 6th place... after going 10-to-2 in the regular season... capping it all off with a win over minnesota this past weekend. alabama and ohio state are still number one and two... clemson

number one and two... clemson has moved up to three... and washington is now ranked fourth. michigan and wisconsin are the first two out... and penn state is ranked 7th. the final rankings will be revealed on first two out... and penn state is ranked 7th. the final rankings will be revealed on sunday... after the conference championship games. will be right here on fox this saturday... with coverage kicking off at 6. we'll be following the badgers starting thursday night on fox6.... with brandon cruz live in indianapolis. meanwhile... packers fans who are heading up to lambeau field for

treat. a massive holiday tree is being decorated for the season. that tree was harvested from waterford drive in ashwaubenon... and donated by margaret buckmann and her daughter suzanne. they hope the tree will bring good luck to the packers... and are calling it the "rally tree." throughout the week... more than 10-thousand lights and decorations... will be placed upon the branches. the festival of lights will be held this saturday... from 5 to 7... with the tree lighting scheduled for 6:30. police set up cameras to search for mountain lions... u different kind of "wildlife" ... plus - candy canes... should they be sweet or savory? the unusual new flavors... that put the question to the test. time now... we start sunny but end under the clouds with a chance for rain. highs in the low 40s. right now

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be synchronized with holiday music. this is the largest display of its kind in the midwest. another fun feature -- a beer keg tree made of 150 barrels. the holiday lites show takes place each friday and saturday during december -- beginning this friday. shows run every 20 minutes. we all wish our thanksgiving leftovers could last forever... but one holiday shop is taking that idea a little too far. a novelty shop is combining sweet and savory flavors... by sellin mcphee is selling a box of six... for 6-dollars-and-50 cents on amazon. and if you're really feeling ambitious... why not try a pickle-flavored candy cane? those are also being sold this holiday season... with a product description that says: "christmas can be a difficult time for someone who isn't that into sweets." other bizarre flavors: bacon candy canes... sriracha candy canes... and wasabi. they're all

trending now - a bird's call has trending now - a bird's call has trending now - a bird's call has people doing a double-take... it has a nearly human sounding laugh. take a listen: nats of laughing ber'-ah this is an albino cook-ah ber'-ah . they laugh like that to establish their territory... and they get louder at dawn and dusk. a wildlife park in australia posted this video on facebook. it's now been viewed more than 45

"i'm going to allow the 19 counties to do the recall the way that they intended." now at seven --- a judge makes a decision on county clerks will recount election. ahead --- what's next in the recount process. "this is the largest fire in the last 100 years in the state of tennessee." wildfires force thousands to of families to evacuate some have to drive through the flames to get to safety. ahead why firefighters are not out of the clear yet. good morning everyone and welcome back to wakeup. time now