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two weeks to tally up more than 440 thousand ballots from the presidential 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 presidential recount in wisconsin... and county clerks... election officials and volunteers... say they're prepared. we have team coverage - with angelica duria tracking allegations that the recount is illegal. but first... let's start with deandra corinthios... who's live on milwaukee's south side...from the city's election commission warehouse. all of the ballots for milwaukee county have been moved to this location... they're 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 440-thousand 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 stein's campaign will foot the bill. reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. a wisconsin conservative group claims the recount is illegal. angelica's following this in the newsroom... and angelica... the dispute's 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 wisconsin's 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 17-year veteran of the tacoma police force.. crash and one man's 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 didn't chase after the car, but the driver lost control and crashed into a tree near 95-th and allyn around 3-30. the suspect is being treated for non-life 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 7-year-old in milwaukee. this isn't the first time one of them has been accused of child abuse that led to death. four people were arrested in connection to the boy's 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, 1-year-old bryan alston was found dead inside the suspect's 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 9-year-old 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 t-m-z for todays

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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 86-year 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 5-15 mph tonight: cloudy. low: 30 wind: nw 3-9 mph friday: mostly cloudy. high: 38 wind: nw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy. am low: 27 high: 38 wind: w 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain/snow. am low: 26 high: 40 wind: w 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. am low: 29 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 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. a new low moves in for sunday wh temperatures slowly return to the low 40s early next week. today: overcast with early rain/snow showers then drizzle. high: 42 wind: w 5-15 mph tonigty. o 30 wind: nw 3-9 mph friday: most hig:8nnw 5-muostyo0 wind: w 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. am low: 29 high: h esdayoyo htccoase w2g 42 wind: se 5-10 mph drizzle could linger into the afternoon. as high pressure builds into our region, we ntinue to dry but stay mostly oudy 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 the low 40s early next week. today: overcast with early rain/snow showers then drizzle. high: 42 wind: w 5-15 mph tonight: cloudy. low: 30 wind: nw 3-9 mph friday: mostly cloudy. high:

wind: w 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain/snow. am low: 26 high: 40 wind: w 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. am low: 29 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. am low: 32

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concerns, we're excited about this and i know that our staff is ready for it." now at 8-30 -- for the first the presidential election votes will be counted again. and it all begins in less than an hour. good morning everyone and welcome back to wakeup. time now x:xx 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

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 the low 40s early next week. 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 17-year veteran of the tacoma police force... his name has not yet in just a half an hour --- the first presidential 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 duria's following the stein campaign's responding to a judge's decision. but first... let's 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 presidential 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 labor-intensive, much more time-consuming for us to do a hand count. in our area, costs for the recount range from 36-thousand in sheboygan county... to more than a half million in milwaukee county. the total...around 4 million for wisconsin will be paid for by stein's 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 judge's ruling allowing county clerks to use voting machines. but former green party presidential 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 i've 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 11-thousand votes in michigan. stein had to pay 973-thousand dollars in order to file for the recount... but taxpayers will pay for whatever that doesn't cover. that recount could start as early as friday-- though a challenge from the president-elect could delay it. as you can see... officials in madison and milwaukee had a lot

teleconferences in both cities by heading to fox6 now dot com or checking our app - the links are on our home pages. audio recordings of a colombian flight that went down this week shedding new light on the moments before the crash. the audio was played on colombian media -- and the civil aviation authority could not confirm the authenticity of the recording. one of the crew members told air traffic controllers that there was a total electrical and fuel failure. several minutes later the plane 77 people -- including members of a brazilian soccer team. three players, two crew members, and one journalist survived. it's the holiday season ...and if you're looking to buy a gift for a sports fan ...you'll want to pay attention to this story. contact 6's jenna sachs investigates one business ... that keeps dropping the ball. every year ... americans spend tens of billions of dollars ... on merchandise for their

but that love of team ... is also creating opportunity ... for foul play ... by questionable businesses. i was impressed, i didn't see any red flags. it seemed like they were, they were legit. in september ...a facebook ad led steven jackson of west bend... to a website for fan authentics ... where he bought his wife a pair of packers leggings for 29.95. they were black leggings with green bay written down the side. the money was deducted from steven's account ... but weeks later ... the leggings hadn't arrived i called the nume and 'leave a message; and they'll 'contact you as soon as possible,' well, i tried once, twice, three, maybe four times and i never got an answer. no one answered when contact six called either. and no one responded to our email ... or message sent to the fan authentics' facebook page. that facebook page is filled with complaints. some call fan authentics ... a "scam." we wanted to see for

i think we're gonna buy some leggings. the website advertises expedited delivery within seven to ten days. go to secure check out now. i paid 34.95 ... then waited. the money was taken from my account. but more than a month later ... i'm still waiting. when i check the status of my order ... it says "unfulfilled." contact 6 has spoken with a half dozen disgruntled former customers ... including one woman ... who took this picture of her package ... when it arrived two months after she placed her order. the return address ... is michigan. we just want the money we dont even want the leggings anymore. despite exhaustive online searching ...the operator of fan authentics remains elusive. there's no address on the website ... and the address listed by the better business bureau ... is an apartment complex in michigan. the bbb of michigan has more than 100 complaints against fan authentics ... and can't seem to track down its operator either.

until something goes wrong gary anders of the green and gold zone ... says shoppers should stick to online businesses they know ... that are either local ... or a major chain, and be cautious of businesses that advertise on facebook. these internet providers that take these ads apparently dont even attempt to vet the people placing these ads at all. more than two months after placing their order ... are now wondering if they'll get their package ... before the end of the season. disappointed and angry. when it comes to buying sports merchandise online. be cautious of prices that are too good to be true. ... buy from companies you know ... or do your research. fan authentics has a lot of negative reviews out there if you look for them. my feeling is people who order from fan authentics now ... won't get their packages by the holidays ... if at all. still to come on wake up --- how a musical is hoping to spark

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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 the low 40s early next week. today: overcast with early

mph tonight: cloudy. low: 30 wind: nw 3-9 mph friday: mostly cloudy. high: 38 wind: nw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy. am low: 27 high: 38 wind: w 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain/snow. am low: 26 high: 40 wind: w 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. am low: 29 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell 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 the low 40s early next week. today: overcast with early rain/snow showers then drizzle. high: 42 wind: w 5-15 mph tonight: cloudy. low:

high: 38 wind: nw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy. am low: 27 high: 38 wind: w 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain/snow. am low: 26 high: 40 wind: w 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. am low: 29 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 mph am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10 am low: 32 high: 42 wind: se 5-10

join fox six for a special coats for kids collection next week. our tom wachs will be at the steinhafels in waukesha -- collecting coats of all sizes -- new or gently used. the first 200 people to donate at least four coats will get a pair of ticket vouchers to see the harlem globetrotters on new years eve at the bmo harris bradley center find more details on our website fox6now.com. night in philadelphia, the packers change things up this week. they're getting an extra day off. tim van vooren explains why in the blitz. "nfl football is a very routine business, play a game come down off that game, get set for the next game. it's a laid out schedule most weeks. but not this week for the packers, coming off a 3-game road trip as they prepare to play the houston texans on sunday, there first home game since november 6. no practice on

night game on the road on the east coast before it was a sunday night game on the road, so stress it adds up." "take care of our bodies, long season, coming off a monday night game, a bunch of road games, two night games, making sure we get recovered. we'll still get everything we need in from an installation standpoint and that's the difference from playing in the nfl and college and other things it becomes a lot more of a mental game tha "it's been a couple of long weeks of night games prime time games we got back at 3 in the morning on monday, tuesday i guess it was, yesterday, short week, hello. so i think it's appreciated." week, hello. so i think it's appreciated." "mike mccarthy's known what he's doing this time of year as the packers coach he's 29 and 13 in games in december, 18 and 3 here at lambeau field in december. at lambeau

remember that packers fan who swore to wear shorts until they won? well you'd think he'd put on some pants now they they broke their losing streak... but... he's getting superstitious. "i decided, i think my shorts are good luck. so i'm gonna wear shorts as long as they keep winning now." he says wearing shorts started as his choice but his son-in-law also put 100-dollars on the line. again the packers take on the texans at lambeau field on sunday. you ever dreamed of having your own flying star wars battle.. well now you can.. laser beams and all.. we have details on new toy out just in time for the holidays. and hollywood helping capture a side of the city you seldom see. after the break --- details on

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grim news from milwaukee's central city. the 5-3-2-0-6 zip code has seen a high rate of murders, violent crime, drugs. so what would there be to sing about? fox6's myra sanchick tells you how a hollywood feature film shot in the city's poorest neighborhood . the reality of milwaukee violence this past year. nat the toll of a high murder nat conflict nat gun violence nat lights flashing lights camera action. nat and reaction nat camera set. action the harsh reality of the streets surrounding them makes a backdrop for a group of filmmakers head to milwaukee's poorest neighborhood to produce a movie. a musical no less. i'm from l.a. i produce and direct out there. and we wanted to use as much local milwaukee

what's going on is that we're filming a full feature movie called 53206 milwaukee and it highlights the crime and tragedy. it also highlights talent kim zulkowski known as mz kim, is producing this hollywood movie. it's not her first. lived in poverty. grew up in foster care , had that single mother . mom was young when she had me, a teenaged parent. 11 siblings . so i grew up on the streets that we call went out through facebook. it was spearheaded by milwaukee activist tory lowe. the talent is amazing. from milwaukee. born

there were call backs. and milwaukee talent discovered. imani brown got the lead role of robbie. singing ...pave the way for my community...out a 17 year old girl named robbie, her and her friends have dreams and aspirations of making it out of 53206 and becoming something great. okay pause . no cut in. pause blood i'm robbie. i'm my character all the way. compeltely around her all she sees are drugs violence, her friends being murdered. classmates dropping out has lots of experience . lots of deaths in regards to gun violence and i have as well. i just lost my friend last december . yesterday made ten months she's been gone http: showing that someone with the right motivation can make change in the community and can inspire

do singing ...pave the way for my community...outin milwaukee myra sanchick fox6 news the movie is currently being edited and post produced in los angeles. it could debut as early as this sprin trending now --- just in time for christmas... toy maker propel unveils new "star wars" battle drones. the remote controlled mini- fighters allow users to engage in laser battles. the drones go on sale tomorrow and cost two hundred forty dollars

real milwaukee starts now intro show: welcome to real milwaukee! nicole is off so jessob is taking her seat today. cass toss to kramp: first stage brian is live at first stage to preview their performance of rudolph the red- nosed reindeer. the show runs until december 31. the play is adapted from the animated television special. tickets range from about twelve