"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

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 evening. showers persist overnight, possibly mixing in withn 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. anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no

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: "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! dgx 3 he adds while he is this, he feels it is visually important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest with his various businesses.. we'll have more on mister trump's cabinet picks coming up at 7:30 a dane county judge decides wisconsin county clerks will not be forced to do a hand recount of the november presidential election instead...clerks will be able to use ballot machines. deandra corinthios is live from the zeidler building with the latest

saying it is the best way to determine whether voting machines were tampered with. but said 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 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 evidence that votes were 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

to recount at least some ballots...including the clerk in milwaukee county...who said otherwise.... he isn't sure voting machines to recount at least some ballots...including the clerk in milwaukee county...who said otherwise.... he isn't sure he would be able to complete the recount by the december 12th. reporting we're keeping a close eye on developments related to this presidential recount... click the "politics" tab when you visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app -- for the latest information. new this morning --- a pedestrian in serious condition after being hit by a car in mequon. the crash happened just before six last night on port washington just north of highland road. the

investigation. the pedestrian was taken to the hospital by flight for life. the cause remains under investigation. happening now --- clean up getting underway after a deadly storms hit the south overnight. and it has been a devastating 48 hours across parts of eastern tennessee --- after raging wildfires sweep through the area. nicole is in the newsroom with details. the flames have killed at least three people and left many more homeless. the deadly wildfires may have settled down for now in the smokey mountains of tennessee... but officials are warning heavy winds could back up... more than a hundred homes and buildings were lost in the raging fires... after evacuation orders forced thousands out of the resort town of gatlinburg. werner says: "when you've got wind up to 87 miles an hour pushing fire, i mean people were basically running for their lives." thousands are now living at emergency shelters that have been set up...while about a dozen people are getting treatment at local hospitals. and three people are dead after a line of strong storms and possible tornadoes

this is video of damage out of colbert county. emergency officials say the three killed were all in a mobile home in rosalie. another person in the 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. milwaukee police make arrest a protesters demand a higher minimum wage. it's all part of the "fight for fifteen" movement angelica is here with more details. demonstrators walk off the job yesterday. locally -- we had three gatherings in the milwaukee area. this is one in west milwaukee. it ended in arrests. this evening -- 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

there that were passionate about what we were doing. it was just a lot of emotion. it was real." at least ten people were arrested yesterday. we've reached out to police for an official count --- we'll update you when we get new information. taco bell rolling out a new menu item --- how you can even make it at home. want to buy one of these. ahead on wake up -- details on this new kitchen gadget. and later --- go home or face the consequences. ahead the warning officials have for the dakota access pipeline protesters . and carl is live at the marcus

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 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 friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays a special holiday performance is back at the marcus center for a 2nd year.

the traditional christmas nativity story with an all-black cast. the show opens tomorrow

the fox six weather deck is back! check out this cool timelapse we've put together to showing the construction over we've posted the complete video on our website fox 6now dot com. kim toss to jessob and rob forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a low and the trough that trails

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 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. 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

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 wind: s 5-10 mph forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell a low and the trough that trails it will move ov 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 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

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 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 time to find out who's turning six....

six.... here's a big birthday smile from solicia.she likes watching tv, going to the movies, and playing on her tablet. it's time for alan in kenosha to celebrate. he likes school, playing outside with his friends and sister, and eating pizza. a big happy br unicorns, coloring and playing with her sister. there's six candles on riley's birthday cake today. he likes dressing up, legos, and matchbox cars. ni'cyra is happy to be turning the big oh- six today. she likes braiding her barbie dolls, playing with her little brothers and the color purple. wake up makayla-- it's your birthday! she likes doing art projects, gymnastics and spending time with her friends and family. to find out how to wish your child a happy sixth birthday on

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welcome back to wakeup! time now 7:xx sun to start then more clouds and a chance for rain this evening. right now

taco bell is cooking up another interesting food combo. check this out --- it's the new cheetos quesadilla. the item is being offered only in the philippines for a limited time. but who's stopping us from making our own in america. all you need is to sandwiched cheetos betwe most customer reviews have been giving it the thumbs up. maybe it will catch on like the doritos taco and be available here in the u-s soon. here in wisconsin we love our cheese! now a new gadget is promising to make

and it's essentially like a hot glue gun -- for cheese. you load it with string cheese .. block cheese or even sheet cheese and watch it melt. then you can push it through using the trigger just like a glue gun and put it on any food you'd like! the gadget is being sold by buzzfeed product labs -- and goes for 25 bucks. still to come on wake up --- the bucks beat the n-b-a world champions. ahead hear from the team about last

deadly plane crash in colombia have been found. why investigators say there is a good chance they will be able to get info about why the jet went down. luzader says "..i'm doug luzader on capitol hill where nancy pelosi's fate hangs in the balance today. we'll have more on that, just

now at 7-30 --- we are learning more details about the recount process happening in wisconsin. ahead the decision county clerks must make before tomorrow morning. thanks for staying with wakeup..

kim, nicole and angelica adlib toss to wx 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 evening. showes 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. anchor adlibs traffic red on

delays green on traffic map = no delays 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

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 equipment used in novembers election had been field tested and insp "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

president-elect donald trump is preparing to head out on a victory tour as his incoming cabinet continues to take shape. doug luzader has more this morning from capitol hill, where democrats are preparing for yet another election. house democrats here on the hill will have to decide today whether nancy pelosi stays or goes.. whether e opposition against president-elect trump, who had a very high profile dinner last night in new york. this may not look like the most comfortable dinner in the world... but there was president-elect trump and his incoming chief of staff breaking bread with mitt romney last night. romney: 21:32:30 we had another discussion about affairs throughout the world romney wouldn't say much afterward... but this is the second time he met with trump, amid speculation that he's being considered for

trump supporters. at trump tower in new york, meantime, the parade of job candidates continues... georgia congressman tom price selected to head health and human services... former goldman sachs exec steve mnuchin picked for treasury secretary... elaine chao, former labor secretary, chosen for transportation. all will need senate approval... which may be a lay-up for chao, who's husband is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mcconnell 14:28:14 someone actually asked stu?? if i was gonna recuse will not be recusing myself trump now preparing to head out on a victory tour this week, with a rally planned tomorrow in ohio, with another stop in indiana, where carrier air conidtioning just annoucned a deal with trump to keep one thousand jobs in the united states. and then there is nancy pelosi. she is up for reelection today as house minority leader, facing real skepticism from some of her fellow democrats, including one -- tim

ryan: "what i've been telling them is look, in one vote you're going to rebrand our party. you're going to have a new messenger, you're going to have a new message, and you're going to have a guy like me who will run all over the country and campaign for us." revolution square to pay tribute to former cuban president fidel castro. and the black box from a deadly plane crash in colombia has been found. angelica is here with details. authorities are hoping the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will help them figure out why the jet crashed. fans gather to mourn the loss of the brazilian soccer players who were killed in a plane crash in colombia. only six of the 77 people on the plane survived the crash. colombia's

recovered in perfect condition.'' investigators believe the lack of fire damage surrounding the wreckage... could mean the plane ran out of fuel. and tens of thousands of cubans filled havana's plaza of the revolution last night for a service honoring late leader fidel castro. it's the same plaza where the cuban leader delivered fiery speeches after he seized power. meanwhile, more than half-a-dozen world leaders are flying to havana to pay tribute to castro. the revolutionary leader and former president died last friday night at the age of 90. we are learning more information about the attack at ohio state university. a cirque du soleil employee is dead in what police are calling an "industrial accident." jessob is in the newsroom with a look across america. the cirque du soleil show was canceled in san francisco. officers responded to the area near a- t-and-t park after

cirque du soleil tent. the employee died at a hospital. police say the department's traffic collision investigation unit is helping with the investigation, but they haven't released any other details. an update now on the attack at ohio state university. isis is now claiming responsibility for inspiring it. abdul razak ali artan - was an osu student born in somalia. police say he carried out the car-and-knife rampage that left 11 people hurt monday morning. he was then shot and campus police officer. three victims remain hospitalized and are expected to make complete recoveries. 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 the harsh winter conditions. first responders would no longer be responsible for providing emergency services to those who remained. the u-s army corps of engineers

deadline of december 5th to leave. demonstrators are vowing to stay. still to come on wake up --- harley davidson is here with some holiday deals. and a blow out for the bucks --- after milwaukee defeat the cleveland cavilers. ahead what the team has to say about beating the n-b-a world champions. and carl is singing some christmas carols. he's live at the black nativity.

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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 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 friday and saturday but then warm into the low to possibly mid 40s by early next week. traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays black nativity is a gospel song play created by langston hughes more than 50

this holiday season for the second year in a row, and carl has more on the modern twists of this performance.

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 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 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

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 wind: s 5-10 mph 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 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 30 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 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

low: 32 high: 44 wind: s 5-10 mph 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: 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 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

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now at 8:00 wisconsin county clerks have a choice on how they want to proceed with a recount