scattered pock erts are picking up one to two inches in southeast wisconsin. saturday morning the rain is clearing out. now, severe weather threat today. it is primarily a effect. there could be lightning contained. low 80s. a lot less humid by sunday. 80s for the better part of next week and warming up by thursday with a high of 86. back to you. >> thank you, jeremy. we have an incident right now on the roadways. this is a crash with injuries, you are seeing multiple emergency vehicles on the scene. use caution in that area this morning. looking at the drive times, everything is looking good. >> two dozen people hurt after a turbulent jetblue flight. 22 passengers and two crew members were taken to the hospitals and another plane was brought in to finish out the flight. >> new information this morning about the massive apartment fire in maryland. at least two people were killed in this fire. several people are still missing. 30 others were hurt. explosion started the fire wednesday night and a hundred firefighters helped to put out the flames. it has been thr

, if you are headed to the bus stop this morning, you may want the umbrella with you in far southeast wisconsin, we have the showers hanging around and it is warm and muggy out there. it is 73 in northwest corner of the state and flowing to the southeast. less humid and cooler air in the forecast once we get to tomorrow. for today, a shower or storm this morning and breaking up the clouds and enjoying the sunshine in the afternoon. going up to 83 degrees. the roads are wet, now to commute with matt. >> take it easy out there. now, on the traffic watch 12 computer, we are not seeing any issues. travel times are looking decent. >> thank you, matt. >> a roadside bomb in afghanistan is identified. this is the second combat death in afghanistan this year. >> it is ied that killed matthew thompson. the blast injured another american service member and six afghan soldiers. working to conducting counter terrorism training. ash carter extended the condolences earlier in the week. >> senator ron johnson is looking at the changes to the milwaukee va facility. he visited the center. a federal investigation

widespread fog has developed across southeast wisconsin. make sure you have your headlights on when venturing out this morning. the fog should lift by 10 am. skies eventually become mostly sunny today and it will still be humid. highs today will be people in italy continue to mourn the loss of those killed in the devastating earthquake that struck parts of the country last week.one central italy town bid farewell to 35 of the 291 people confirmed dead so far.italy observed a day of national mourning yesterday by placing flags at half-staff. two firefighters are dead and crash in minnesota.officials say crew of nine were responding to a fire in box canyon.investigators say the truck left the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a median.the five other firefighters are expected to survive. southwest airlines and the national transportation safety board are investigating after a plane's engine failed mid-flight.the plane was flying from new orleans to orlando.. but had to make an emergency landing in pensacola. the pilot and crew tried to

storms through mid-afternoon as a cold front pushes through southeast wisconsin. highs for the day will top off in the upper 70s for most of us. we'll be left with drier air and lower humidity. overnight lows will be much cooler, in the mid 50s. today: scattered showers and thunderstorms. high: 78 dewpoint: 68 wind: s-w 10-20 mph tonight: mostly cloudy but dry. low: 56 since violence tore apart the sherman park neighborhood. and now three men are in custody... accused of looting one of the several businesses police say criminals targeted during the sherman park unrest. also this morning we are learning more about the cost of that unrest. julie collins joins us live from the courthouse with more -- julie? those three men are accused of breaking into clark's beer and liquor near 47th and burleigh. 45-year-old durrell jones is charged with b 20-year- old devon love are each charged with entry into a locked building. around midnight sunday, august 14th... surveillance video shows several men inside the dark liquor store with flashlights. soon, many more begin to crowd

southeast wisconsin. the storms below the severe levels. downtown milwaukee through the state line area and points in between seeing some rainfall right now. this is lasting one to two hours the areas seeing the wet rain areas in racine. 71 degrees. sticky out there. dew points are 69. not much wind this morning. let's get out the door this morning, muggy and showers early on. peeks of sunshine around middle of the day and the humidity is starting to drop. feeling pretty good this afternoon with a mix of the sun degrees. we have a gorgeous friday in store. now out the door with the morning commute and matt. >> hand full of crashes this morning. there is a wet pavement. take it a little slower out there. bypass heavy. this is 84th street rapping to the construction zone. 94 westbound, one popping up, in the stadium interchange westbound at the ramps. travel times... that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. . tim? >> matt, thank you. we are following breaking news, a string of robberies in milwauk

we had some storms overnight here in southeast wisconsin. when does some strong sunshine returns, scott steele? another round of morning showers earlier today gave way to a rather ugly saturday with plenty of clouds and some a warm front will lift through the area this evening providing a chance for more pop up showers and storms. any cells which do occur will be limited in time and coverage area. still, once these features depart southeast wisconsin there will be an abundance of lingering moisture providing for the risk of fog redeveloping overnight into sunday morning. while we're starting to lose some of the strongest sun angles, there should still be level blanket producing brighter skies by midmorning. then weak high pressure takes over providing quiet conditions with a return to more sunshine on monday with slightly above average temperatures near 80 degrees. humidity levels will remain quite high however with dew here's a look at what's on t-v tonight... "america's got talent" is at 7.new episodes of "aquarius" are at 8 and 9. then jo

a dense fog advisory for much of southeast wisconsin. that does not include walworth, racine, or kenosha counties. 10:00 a.m. west of mitchell international airport, visibility is near zero or a half-mile. locally dense fog is fairly widespread in the inland locations across southeast wisconsin. a hint of fog from the discovery world camera at 66 degrees. a muggy field to this morning, but the good news in the forecast for this afternoon, we break out in the sunshine at high stop out right around 80, we forecast, coming up. thema: thank you, jeremy. right now, a man is recovering in the hospital after a shooting on milwaukee's northwest side. milwaukee police aren't releasing many details about what led up to the shooting. we do know it happened just after 1:00 this morning near 34th and silver spring. we are told the victim is an adult male and he is recovering at froetdert this morning. also right now, milwaukee police are investigating a crash near the marquette campus. the crash near 27th and wells was reported around 3:30 this morni

across southeast wisconsin. all is quiet this morning. looking good. here's your forecast. 10 or 11:00, 76. increase in cloud cover this afternoon. topping out around 80 degrees but a fair amount of sunshine. 82 by 5:00. looks like humidity will stick with us and a couple of different rain chances down the road. we'll tell you when in a few minutes. >> though you do feel the lower dew points when you walk out the door. thank you. >> back to our breaking news. unrest police officer shoots an armed suspect. >> angry crowd looted and set fire on to a number of buildings. where you find rebekah where communities are coming together to help with the cleanup. rebekah? >> steve and julia, i'm here at 35th and burleigh street. where some of the businesses were looted. i want you to take a looks here. look at what the destruction has left behind. you see the windows here totally pushed out. keep following me down here, jeremy. take a look at the doors here. people thru stuff through all the doors. cages to block out people from going in. this wasn't even a main

sterling shows you, the two organizations are also working together to bring more doctors to southeast wisconsin. it doesn't look like much now here on the corner of north sixth street and west juneau this will turn into this.a new practice and training facility for the milwaukee bucks. as a coach it can only help. you keep the guys on the floor. you keep them healthy. you have the best in the world help us win ball games. as a coach, your judged on winning and hopefully that will help us win a championship. 38the state of the art facility will be the hub for player care but also medicine and injury prevention research.right next door to it, a new health center for people who live in the neighborhood. how do we contribute to the community . how do we transform a plot of land that's the entrance to the city and how to we redevelop healthcare for the team and the community which desperately needs it.the froedtert and m-c-w sports science center is the second phase of a partnership between the bucks, froedtert and the medical college of wisconsin. train and prepare high school students interested i

a flash flood watch in effect across southeast wisconsin. chief meteorologist john malan in the weather center with the forecast. showers and storms with heavy downpours will continue on and off this evening. locally heavy rain is possible if a downpour stalls over any given location. most of the area will see a very beneficially flooding threat remains. muggy conditions also continue tonight with low temperatures around 70 and a dewpoint of southeast wisconsin is thirsty. more than somewhat.so some of us were relieved when the warm rain began rolling down our faces in thin layers today.sudden rain can also cause problems after a prolonged drought.jonah kaplan is on the milwaukee waterfront and the weather beat this evening. jonah? the sun hopefully will come out this weekend, leaving us another coupleays to sit by the beach. but check out this sign at mckinley - a caution for safety concerns in the there's nothing like a lake breeze - or a dip in the fresh water. but with air temperatures rising, the water temperature is up too - which is g

. >> rain has been moving through southeast wisconsin. a flash flood watch is in effect and we are tracking the conditions. matt is on deck. first to jeremy in the weather >> good morning, let's talk about the flash flood watch, it is including all of southeast wisconsin and continuing until mid night and the threat for localized heavy rain comes throughout the midday and into the evening. if you have plans this afternoon or this evening, certainly have a plan b. a couple of showers this morning, they are light, but giving us wet roads as you step out the door and bring the 77 degrees. warm and muggy. 75 madison. a little cooler to the north. for today in the upper 70s. downpours are a possibility this afternoon and this evening. now to the morning commute with matt. >> right now we have a crash on the system. it is northbound around the plain field curve. lo there was an injury involved and the paramedics have moved out. if you are using the howard hope off ramp pay attention. because of the light volume, no reason to rush. no delays at

it is comfortable across southeast wisconsin. dry in the metro area. 67 degrees. a northwest breeze 5-10 miles per hour. ve?< concerns for the friday cast south. but thehowe aorms from the plainsill be moving to the northeast and arriving after mid night and showersnd storms early on saturday and then hit or miss showers into saturday afternoon. so let's talk about the changes ahead with futurecast, a little more in the way of clouds streaming across the area. no rain across southeast wisconsi you can leave the umbrellt home. tonight the thunderstorms lift up to the northeast and downpours are possible past mid night. saturday morning have the umbrella handy. notaininghentire day, showers from time to time. we start to dry out on sunday. that should be the pick day of the two. 80 degrees on saturday. low 80s on monday. mid 80s on tuesday. a little front is swinging throughing on wednesday with a shower or a thunderstorm and indications now maybe next thursday or friday in the upper 70s and close to 80. badger forec in green bay oking hopefuy fr the game and temper

here's a weather event-- you'll likely never have to deal with in southeast wisconsin. you're looking at timelapse video of a haboob-- just outside of phoenix... arizona. a haboob is just a fancy name for an intense dust stormthis actually happened in chandler, the neighboring city. you can see the wind tatiana and brian have another look at your weather and traffic together... after a rainy, warm and humid morning, yesterday afternoon was sunny, warm with highs in the lower 80s, and low humidity as the dew points dropped behind a cold front. last evening and this morning are beautiful with lows inland under a clear sky and a light breeze. today is another perfect day with sunshine, low humidity and highs in the 70s...it is a top 10 weather day. clouds increase tonight with scattered t'showers after 2am and lows in the mid 60s. saturday is cloudy and humid t'showers are likely on and off throughout the day. the rain tapers off late saturday evening, and overnight will be damp with lows in the mid 60s. sunday will have more sunshine with just an isolated pop up shower wi

a fellow nun is talking for the first time, after learning her long time friend -- southeast wisconsin native sister margaret held -- was murdered in her mississippi home. questions as to why someone stabbed two nuns to rodney sanders was charged in connection to their deaths. sister mary jane wagner met sister margaret almost 50 years ago to the day. when you're talking with her she is so absorbed in what is happening here it's like you feel like you're the only person in the world that matters to her at that moment you know sister mary jane says she'll miss her friend's she'll miss her friend's joy more than anything. a funeral for sister margaret is friday in the chapel at school sisters of st. francis. happening today... the marquette community will come together to honor mother teresa. pete zervakis is live on campus with how. marquette will hold a special mass in mother teresa's honor... right here - outside - at the statue of her near 15th and clybourn. the special mass comes as the catholic church prepares to cannonize mother teresa into sainthood this sunday. itll happen in ro

and 50s in beaver dam and madison and a lot of lower to mid 60s in southeast wisconsin. have your sunglasses read you to we have have a suntastic start to the morning. seasonal day and the highs in the upper 70s. we talk more about the weekend. it has rain coming up. >> when you're on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. just download the wisn 12 news app. it's free for your smartphone or tablet. >> it's been nearly two weeks since a police shooting that sparked unrest and violence in milwaukee's sherman park neighborhood. this morning, family and friends will say goodbye to the man who was shot and killed. a milwaukee police officer shot and killed smith after reportedly running from a traffic stop. investigators say smith was carrying a stolen gun at the time. today's funeral will be at christian faith fellowship church near 86th and good hope. reverend jesse jackson is expected to be there to deliver the eulogy. >> also later today, a hit and run victim will be laid to rest. 22-year-old tyann bunch was hit by a car tuesday night on fond du lac avenue.

starting the day with mainly cloudy skies in southeast wisconsin. a few showers and storms overnight. all that is the left a couple of sprinkles and a handful of light showers in the southern part of the state. we are watching for the showers and storms developing in iowa and southwestco arriving to us in the afternoon and evening. outside of the weather window, mostly cloudy. 77 degrees. look at how sticky it is out there. dew .74. it is extremely humid for the day. fiemly for the weekend, the number is going to drop. there is a flash flood watch in effect through mid night. overall the rain is beneficial i will tell you how much we are expecting coming up. >> well, probably too cloudy to star gaze over night. >> last night and tonight are the peak of the annual shower. every august, there are an average of 100 meteors an hour. but this year, forecasters say there could be 200 every hour. so if you're outside tonight and if it's clear enough, look up and you could see it for yourself. >> a suspect decides to show off his dance moves in a florida co

showers and storms are lined up southeast wisconsin. it is damp and muggy early today. the low 70s. it is warm. you want the fan or the ac going this morning and we'll catch a break this afternoon. feeling better in the mid to late afternoon as the dew points are going to drop and more comfortable air in place. we talk about the weekend coming up. now to matt. >> the chopper is staying in the hanger. high-rise bridge wet, but moving well because of the light volume. a little heavy rain along 43, the rock freeway. right now the travel times are where they should be for this time of the morning. >> thank you, matt. >> right now, a desperate search going on in italy for survivors of a massive earthquake. tim elliott is in the newsroom coming in overnight. >> take a look at this map. it shows where the 6.2 earthquake hit followed by several aftershocks. rescue workers searched all day for survivors who may be buried in the rubble. yesterday they uncovered an eight-year-old girl who survived. crews began searching again at sunrise. right now the death toll stands at 247, that number is e

a wild weather afternoon across southeast wisconsin. if you were caught outside, you know what we're talking about. the rain was relentless, flooding streets and leaving cars stranded in water. patrick: and that's not all. lightning knocked out power to thousands and also sparked a fire on milwaukee's south side. we'll talk to mark about what to expect tonight. but first, terry sater leads our team coverage live from 5th and national. terry, that's where a building was struck by lightning. >> a husband and wife own a photography business here. the most serious damage is on that second story. they were in the back cleaning when they heard a loud crash and quickly smelled smoke. >> i seen the lightning bolt come out of the sky and the next thing you know, boom. it shook me. that hit scott patrick's south side milwaukee photography studio. >> we were yelling the building is on fire and we looked up and it was already smoldering in the attic. >> the rain also hit hard in cudahy. devyn hensiak says he couldn't see where the streets ended and

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we have rain in the forecast as early as tonight for all of southeast wisconsin. we have the timing of that coming up. first, going upstairs to the commute with matt. >> it is a gorgeous morning. the sun is coming up over the lake right now. beautiful morning. nice add comfortable. the roads are in great shape freeway. you can see things are looking good. dry pavement. no troubles into the construction zone. we are looking good on 43 southbound from brown deer into downtown. no crashes. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. . >> matt, thanks. new, new berlin police are asking for your help. the department posted surveillance this man is a person of ierest nevolving stolen golf clubs at berlin hills. he w driving a tan crown vic. >> well, there are only three days left for stephen avery's attorney to file an appeal. tim is joining with more of the the courthouse where avery's attorney is expected to file a motion to over turn the conviction of the murder. the attorney is asking for evidence for the d.n.a. and ordering new testing. yesterday, wisn 12 ne

we had rain over southeast wisconsin overnight. damp roads. not used to that so we have issues out there. >> exactly. we have a handful of accidents. 43 northbound. right there at hie one hundred, the onramp is blocked. the delays there. they are stretching back before layton. a crash bypass at lincoln. 43/94 northbound at holt. bypass. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, thank you. if you have had your eyes to the sky, you may have noticed shooting stars and could be part of perseid meteor shower. >> last night and tonight are the peak of the annual shower. every august, there are an average of 100 meteors an hour. but this year, forecasters say there could be 200 every hour. so if you're outside tonight and if it's clear enough, look up and you could see it for yourself. >> that is double the meteors. >> yes. get out of town just a little bit and you can see them. >> well, you won't forget seeing this. >> a suspect decides to show off his dance moves in a florida courtroom. >> he thought the judge wasn't watching so h

we have some strong storms-- moving into southeast wisconsin. your neighborhood-- next. welcome to live at daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm vince vitrano.and i'm susan kim. let's get a check of your weather and traffic together... if you're out the door early this morning, you'll probably stay dry, but rain with thunderstorms arrives for the later morning commute. no severe weather is expected but there will be some pretty good downpours along with lightning. lo area of rain and storms to reach milwaukee by 8am and exit by noon at the latest. incident free light traffic and dry roadsovernight closures re-opening in the next 5 to 10 minutesthis afternoon the colorado rockies versus our milwaukee brewers at 1:10 at miller park stadium. expect delays during the lunch time rush and during your eveing commute home. alternate routes wisonsin and national avenue are your best we should we should learn more this morning about how a 2 year old boy died at his gradmother's house.his lifeless body discovered in the front yard near 40th and wright.the medical examiner says an autopsy w

we're tracking cool conditions in southeast wisconsin. >> good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. >> and i'm tim ellio. ben has the day off. it's 5:30 on this monday, august 22nd. let's stt withhe forecast. a littlehill c yes, the august heat and humidity is on a break. we look at the seasonalgrees. early go, take it easy, the sun glare. the temperatures going up to the mid 70s by nn, going up to 7 degrees in the afteoon. look at the readings. 50 waukha. 51oming in atsheboygan.

donald tump will be in southeast wisconsin today. trump will be at the pabst theater in milwaukee at six p-m then head to west bend for an campaign event at 7:30.trump campaigned in green bay just over a week ago. hi pence has been in wisconsin three times in the last two weeks. in the meantime, a big name is joining democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton on the campaign trail today, for the first time. vice president joe biden will be with clinton in his hometown of scranton pennsylvania. the clinton campaign hopes biden can help them win over middle and working class voters. and governor scott walker will be in the sherman park area today. he will join leaders of project.' the project helps people with resources and support so they can find jobs. tatiana and brian have another look at your weather and traffic together... yesterday had a mixture of sun and clouds, highs near 80, a light se breean humidityt was the pick day of the week. clouds increased overnight with a few showers popping up and lingering into early this mo

we are tracking conditions across southeast wisconsin. good morning to you. welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. i'm melinda davenport. ben: and i'm ben wagner. it is 6:30 on this wednesday, august 17. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson i sally? sally: showers becoming more scattered by the minute and lighter over all. that first round over the lake, the second round continuing to weaken overall. now it dane county south, getting into rock county. this weak disturbance events partly sunny sky. temperatures earlier in the 70's. we are down to 63 in watertown, also waukesha. your forecast for the next few days, we are going to keep temperatures around 85 degrees. the morning showers come to an end and become partly sunny. for tomorrow, 88, the same forecast time for friday, chance of showers and wants increase later friday night into saturday when we could see isolated, stronger storms. until then, it hot. tim? tim: thanks, sally. i'm in the newsroom this morning, following breaking news in kenosha county. check out this video behind m

the same thing with her fifth graders and we are gearing up for back to school time-- here in southeast wisconsin. marquette university high school in milwaukee and prairie school in racine both start today. most large public school districts like m-p-s, kenosha unified district start-- on september 1st much more is happening at six-- on live at daybreak. including... we're staying on top of breaking news-- this is a live look at central italy this morning where a powerful earthquake leveled part of a town.an update-- on the search for survivors of this morning's devastating earthquake also...?will you need i-d, or won't you when you head to the polls to cast your ballot for our next president? the break i-d now at six-- continues to rise in italy after disaster strikes overnight. then -- a milwaukee family mourns the loss of a young child. the unexpected death that has police looking for answers. and you're taking a live look at storm team 4 max radar this morning. lots of colors-- showing up right now. that means storms are moving in- brian niznansky breaks it welcome to live at daybreak. it's

he plays well with conservatives in if southeast wisconsin who may not be as comfortable with donald trump. >> i think we are a battle ground state. >> congressman shaepb duffy is backing the trump pence ticket. they spoke at the g.o.p. convention. showing hillary clinton with a double digit lead in wisconsin, duffy believes that she's still vulnerable. >> servers that exposed secrets. they didn't list a finger to save the men in b benghazi. >> reporter: trump's support in northern and western part of the state. he speaks off the cuff. speaks his mind. you can still do that, but be cautious on the lanes that you run in. >> the clinton cavern is well aware. everyone would benefit from tufrp's plan to make childcare costs deductible. >> instead of benefiting those who need it most, this proposal would give high income families tax breaks and give tens of millions of hardworking families left behind. >> reporter: they said that clinton has what record for supporting equal pay for women. >> she has spent much of her career securing rights for women and working to ensure that we economy.

. >> summer break officially ends for thousands of students in southeast wisconsin. this morning racine is holding a back to school pep rally for the staff. on wednesday district leaders are cutting the ribbon on the new elementary school and returning to class on thursday. thursday is the first day of school for the students on the traditional calendar at mps. >> when it comes to helping students with homework, a majority of parents are having to look up the answers. you don't remember? well, 55% of parents look up answers to math or science homework without telling their children. the survey found that 79% of parents go online to find the answers, 36% turn to significant other for help. handsome they wouldn't have this problem according to the story earlier. >> do you remember how to do long division? >> yes, i do. >> of course you would. >> google it. >> let's get out the door with the forecast now with sally severson. >> patchy fog is showing up. sure, lots of kids are already back, but a number going back this week and overall warm and humid today and tomorrow a

officially over for some students in southeast wisconsin!-divine savior holy angels in milwaukee goes back today! -dominican high school in whitefish bay starts tomorrow. -milwaukee lutheran also has its first day tomorrow. -marquette university high school in milwaukee starts wednesday. -the prairie school in racine also goes back wednesday and most of the larger public school districts in our area-- will be heading back to class in about a we -milwaukee public schools -racine unified school district -kenosha unified school district-west bend school district-and sheboygan area school district all start on september 1st. let's get a check of your weather and traffic together... after a rainy and humid finally cooler and comfortable with dry air, highs in the mid 70s, and scattered brief downpours. compared to the past 3 weeks, this actually cool with lows in the low to mid 50s under a clear sky. today is sunny and absolutely beautiful with highs in the upper 70s with a southerly breeze at 10-15 mph. for the 4th week in a row, it is the pick

we are enjoying another gorgeous day in southeast wisconsin. here's a live look from chopper 4...in port washington right now..((ad lib))meteorologist jesse ritka russ feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. narrator: listen to senator johnson on student loans: ron johnson: it's just kinda free money, young people don't really, necessarily understand finance. narrator: what senator johnson doesn't understand is, more than 800,000 wisconsinites have student loans. but he wants to eliminate federal student loans and keep interest rates high. johnson: it's just kinda free money... narrator: with senator johnson, opportunity for middle class not for wisconsin. . rain totals will range from 0.25"-0.50" with isolated higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. it will be warm and muggy with a high of 82 in milwaukee before the front moves through. there is a slim chance of a shower start of the thursday morning commute but then skies will be clearing behind the cold front dropping, making a much more comfortable thursday afternoon with

the country now represented in milwaukee and why leaders say it was important to have one in southeast wisconsin. plus, up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4-- cracking down: the local school district that will strictly enforce its no cell phone rule and the punishment for kids who ? ? ? you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. now at 5:00... a livek quiet now but in just a few hours milwaukee's east side will be crawling with students. the annual tradition to start a new phase and new school year. plus...strict on cell phones: the district-- telling students to keep those phones-- in your locker-- or prepare to have them taken away. let's take a live look outside this morning... welcome to live at daybreak on

impact that it would the american red cross is reponding to the floods, including our local southeast wisconsin chapter. they are designating their most resources since super storm sandy. "there are thousands of people in shelters and that is a primary concern of the red cross." phillis wiggins is our local chapter's logistic lead, she is one of 40 red cross volunteers from wisconsin heading to louisiana, and is beyond anxious to lend a helping hand. "my focus immadiately shifts to what can matter to me what i go down to do, i'll do anything once i go down there to help" parishes near baton rouge picked up twice as much precipitation in two days, that's more than we've seen all year here in milwaukeeto give you perspective much rain fell in wanted to look at a few past flooding events here in wisconsin...back in 2008 when over 15" of rain fell near the dellsin 2010 nearly 10" of rain fell on the northside of milwaukee, turning oakland avenue into a raging river.in watson, la...over 33" of rain fell lost everything. the red cross will be providing clean up supplies and basic needs care packages,

the showers and thunderstorms are across far southeast wisconsin. we are going to metro area, i mentioned the downpours, they are not severe wauwatosa

a fellow nun is talking for the first time, after learning her long time friend -- southeast wisconsin native sister margaret held -- was murdered in her mississippi home. questions as to why someone stabbed two nuns to death remain ... even after rodney sanders was charged with the sisters' deaths. sister mary jane wagner met sister margaret almost 50 years ago to the day. when you're talking with her she is so absorbed in what is happening here it's person in the world that matters to her at that moment you know sister mary jane says she'll miss her friends joy more than anything. a funeral mass for sister margaret is friday in the chapel at school sisters of st. francis. friends are remembering a local chef who was stabbed outside a bar off brady street. they came together last night where shawn ostrom was killed.ostrom... a chef at the pfister hotel... was stabbed around one a-m monday. according to witnesses... ostrom was friends with a woman who began fighting with her boyfriend, outside the bar. he went outside to help the woman. he saw the guy hit - lay his hands on her or got

damage caused by the wild weather in southeast wisconsin. the rain yesterday caused flooding and a fire. tim? >> yesterday's downpour caused a lot of damage. the flooding streets and blowing manhole covers off the streets there. the storm sewers couldn't handle the rain and leading to flash flooding as well. some drivers w this is a photography studioey at 5th and west national. the owner says therm inside and heard a crack and smelled the smoke. no one was hurt. ben, back to you. >> tim, thank you. this morning a popular chef is being remembered after being staffed on milwaukee's east side. sean was killed outside of a bar friend involved in an argument. the violence across milwaukee has to stop. >> we would never imagine this to happen at a place we love to someone we loved so much. >> police arrested two suspects. >> later this week, one of the two nuns murdered in mississippi will be laid to wisconsin. sister margaret held grew up in slinger. we have learned the services will be held at the school. the funeral will follow a visitation. >

otherwise throughout the day tomorrow, slim chance for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm here in southeast wisconsin. better chances by the evening hours tomorrow even though the model is that showing the whole life year. will continue with the chance into wednesda showers and thundershowers. so you're eating planner today, temperatures falling to the 70sh in your sunset is 7:53. spotty showers especially the michigan. eighty-three tomorrow with a chance for thunderstorms at mainly at night. that will continue scattered about a month supply of 84. a few more storms friday night into saturday. eighty-eight on friday and down into the 70s for the weekend.f that is a look at the latestst forecast from out here on the four news and sports coming up (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off ... because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. you are watching fox 6 news at 6. thatat repo

we have some strong storms-- moving into southeast wisconsin.

joyce: another great day here in southeast wisconsin, but that's all about to change. kathy: it's always going to change. where are the storms now? lindsey: they are towards our west. red sky in the take warning, so we had a red sky earlier this morning, so that gives you a weatherhead so. an increase in showers and thunderstorms, getting here well left her midnight. you can see it right there. thursday, they will taper off. friday, we are good to go, then we could see shower activity on saturday, so that something to keep her mind -- to keep in front right here. some showers are starting to roll their way to the east because of that cold front. the cold front arrives overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. if i were you, i would make sure you have the alerts turned on your weatherwatch mobil app. i would like a heads up before it is on top of me. this is 11:00 p.m. tonight, western wisconsin. then a.m., near beaver dam and johnson creek, then west bend by 6:00 or 7:00, then by 8:00 they rolled towards the east. we are not done yet. i anticipate another couple of

southeast wisconsin. how next at 5-30: plus...looking for looters: how you can help officers-- catch a crook who prayed on one local business during violent protests in sherman park. and...frequent fliers listen up: the airline doing ?more to make sure your luggage-- doesn't get lost on your next you're watching live at daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm susan kim.and i'm vince vitrano. let's start with a check of weather and traffic together... yesterday was sunny and absolutely beautiful with highs in near 80, low humidity, a sunny sky, and a southerly breeze at 10-15 mph. it was the pick day of the ek clear and pleasant once again with lows near 60 and a little more humid. today remains mostly sunny and nice, but it will be warmer and a little more humid with highs near 82. scattered showers return late tonight with lows in the upper 60s and higher humidity. the ac will need to be turned back

it looks like it will head closer to southeastern severe retinal tonight, including southeast wisconsin, better chance in the southwestern portion of wisconsin. we wl watch for the possibility of some gusty wind. we might get decent rainfall, which is not a bad thing. look at the total. over eight inches behind average. we need the rain, especially in milwaukee. it did expand a little bit the area of abnormally dry weather to include all of our southern counties. county as well. we will get some decent rain friday into saturday, especially friday night, and much of the day for saturday looks good for rain. let's watch as these move in. we could see one round tomorrow morning. the timing is difficult. most of the day will be dry, then more rounds of summer the saturday. it will not rain the entire day on saturda but at some point it will be raining. i'm having a tough time getting the timing, but we will get rain. i think most places get an injured brain friday into saturday, which is not a bad thing. 90 tomorrow, dry, partly sunny skies. 80 on saturday, warm, storms likely on and off th

today was an extra special day for a lot of southeast wisconsin kids...they got the chance to meet the people who saved held at the milwaukee county zoo.it was put on by children's hospital of wisconsin's "herma heart center."the kids at the picnic had very delicate heart surgery.they, along with their families, met the doctors who performed the procedure. 3 "this is an opportunity for the families to show their kids off, running around with their siblings at the zoo, and for our physicians to see their reward of the work that they've done." done."for one teen in special day after living with heart problems for portion of her life.we'll introduce you to her tonight at nine on w-m-l-w "the m" and at ten on cbs 58. what happenes to young, athletic and elegant greyhounds after they've reached the fish line of their racing careers? mike: about how many eyhounds do you find homes for each year?chris our organization adopts out anywhere from 150to 200 per yearevery dog that leaves here has a home. home. this weekend on cbs 58 sunday morning - a different breed - we meet a dedicated army of v

continued in southeast wisconsin, barely a cloud to be seen. as we go through the night tonight, pretty quiet conditions, with plenty of stars. tomorrow, though, i think just a little more cloudiness on the way with that on-shore breeze compared to what we saw today. so your storm team 4cast for tonight, looks like a winner, mainly clear skies, our temperatures mild, down to the mid 60s overnight. then for tomorrow, look for mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. very warm, and more humid with temperatures going all the up to near 86?. here comes your "storm team 4" 7-day forecast, get ready for even more heat and more humidity, muggy conditions by wednesday, near 88?, touching 90 on thursday. with heat indices approaching triple-digits on thursday. most of thursday looks to be dry, although i expect we could see a late-day shower or thunderstorm coming our way late thursday into thursday night. and our best chance of steady when the oil billionaire koch brothers call senator johnson... [ cellphone ringing ] ...what do you think they talk about?

nominee talks about the violence in southeast wisconsin. reporter: donald trump came into the republican stronghold of washington county and spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 3000 supporters in this very warm room at the washington county fairgrounds. he took the stage an hour and a half after the scheduled start time and was joined on stage by governor scott walker. but although he was in west bend, much is hit -- of his address focused on the city of milwaukee. mr. trump: our job is not to make life more comfortable for the rioter or the looter or the violent disruptor, of which there are many. our job is to make life more comfortable for the african-american. who wants their kids to be able to safely, safely walk the streets and walk to school. reporter: trump made repeated pleas to african-american voters democratic party has let them down and this was a speech intended in large part for a national audience. melinda: the democratic campaign also stopped by wisconsin yesterday. tim kaine was in madison. ben: officials in walworth co

then just a couple of other pockets, everybody else, very, very light rainfall across southeast wisconsin. radar, and we'll show you that one pocket that came through, right there. see the lightning and the one heavy downpour, right now, all we have left over is a couple of showers across racine, kenosha county, southern parts of walworth county, and not much redeveloping, front still hasn't gone through, as we put in the clouds, you'll see that there are huge breaks in the clouds that are starting to work in as the drier air starts to push. dew point 53, dew point in the twin cit 71 milwaukee, that is going to move out of the picture as the cold front rolls through later on this evening. temperatures still around 82 in fond du lac, near 80 in sheboygan, 77 west bend, 79 beaver dam, 76 in milwaukee, where it's raining to our south. burlington still at only 69?. here's the front that passes through overnight tonight, most of the rain gone. lots of sunshine tomorrow, sunny to partly cloudy. dry air moves in. models want to put in a little bit of a lake effect rainshower. i think the air is

small, small threat of a brief afternoon shower tomorrow out at state fair and across most of southeast wisconsin. northwest wind, that will bring in less humid air. temperatures in the afternoon could get up to 82?. check out pell lake, 1.74 quarter. got a report from general city in walworth county, they've got two and a quarter inches of rain. everybody else much less. i think we're going to see a lot more in the way of reports later on tonight. because we still have some heavy downpours still out there. flash flood watch is ended. but we do still see it for northeast illinois. look at the radar, you can see a shower area going through milwaukee county right now, a big area of showers. this could turn into a thunderstorm as it rolls right along i-94 fm into waukesha county, more rain across the northern part of the viewing area. as i stop the radar, you can see fond du lac county, sheboygan county, northern part of washington, and eastern dodge county getting the rain, and widely scattered showers to the west. these will continue to roll in from west to east, through the evening hours, ending

some clearing and there's a live look here and the back edge of the clouds starting to move southeast wisconsin -- and through the way of the evening hours. awesome is your weather. we've got more great weather ahead to kick off the new workweek and it's rather pleasant. 73 degrees with sun breaking in the clouds and it makes it very comfortable, and the winds out of the northeast will begin to die off as that sun sets and if you're heading out of the town tonight, becoming mainly clear and warm and temperatures holding mainly in the 70s and string together dry in just a few minutes. katie? >> thanks, scott. more local news now. the milwaukee area's sikh community remembered the six people shot and killed in oak creek. that memorial continued with a worship service today. veronica macias is live in oak creek with that story. veronica? >> reporter: katy, i'm told as a -- it's a community meal and you can still smell the wonderful aromas out here and members of this today in this community run touche bring people from all over oak creek together. now, this was followed by a 48- hour prayer servic

we're tracking cool conditions in southeast wisconsin. >> good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. >> and i'm tim ellio. ben has the day off. it's 5:30 on this monday, august 22nd. let's stt withhe forecast. a littlehill c yes, the august heat and humidity is on a break. we look at the seasonalgrees. early go, take it easy, the sun glare. the temperatures going up to the mid 70s by nn, going up to 7 degrees in the afteoon. look at the readings. 50 waukha. 51oming in atsheboygan. 49 early this morning at watertown. we are staying fair and sunny for the day. matt? >> sally, nice and quiet this morning. no reasono rush out. on the d.o.t. cameras the volume is ght. wen good shape at this point. the travel tmes are in the green... th a commute, back to you. >> mathankyou. wisn 12 news time now is 5:31. >> an 18r-old is dd after an overnotinin for whoer pulled the trigger. morning near8th and hadl.ly this police say an officer on patrol found the victim and tried to revive him but he died at the scene. also new from overnight, a police chase ends in a cra

that's rolling through, and it should give much of the southeast wisconsin the rain that we need, at least some rain that we need. clear to partly cloudy overnight, patchy fog late and 68 degrees. breeze, could take the temperature down near the lake. 87 the high and we're at 90 trees into friday, partly cloudy skies, hot, humid conditions on southwest winds. could see a storm early, and friday, very late. friday night to saturday, showers and storms are likely, 78 trees, lingering -- degrees, lingering morning shower. look at the temperatures, 78 degr coming in, 76 on monday, and seasonal temperatures on tuesday (jet engine reving up) le firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off ... because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. (clap, clap, ding) ? ? hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a

a couple of tiny showers making their way into southeast wisconsin. not much here, you go off to our west and there are some thunderstorms with torrential