jersey gfsh chris christie had been meeting the team and will remain as a vice chair, along with ben car, newt gingrich, senator jeff sessions and rudy juliani. >> i can see already how he is going to be a great president. and is i'm glad i cou small role >> reporter: campaign ceo steve bannon arrived at trump's office friday morning. he is the formerly head of the right wing website. trump has been vague about his policies but blunt about the big ideas behind them. many of which clash with president obama's signature initiative. trump promised he would repeal obamacare and cancel the landmark agreement on mitch mcconnell talked about the issues he and president elect trump discussed thursday. >> much of it reflected the positions he took and many of us took prior to the election. >> reporter: trump will take the oath of office ten weeks from friday. >>> this weekend trump will give his first television interview, only right here on cbs5, when he speaks with 60 minutes' lesley stall. >>> many of our nation's veterans find themselves fighting their own war when they come home. 22 veterans

ben: the reason behind the towing trend and how much it will cost you to get your car back. melinda: ben, this is not the city doing the towing? ben: no, these are private tow companies hauling cars away. people think they are being preyed on. see what happens when we confront them about their practice and the action the city is trying to take. watch our investigation tonight on wisn 12 news at ten. >> wisn 12 news time is 4:34 now. a parent's worst nightmare. melinda: the near-tragedy that was avoided thanks to a quick-thinking older brother and the lesson a mother is sharing this morning. ben: plus, it could happen to anyone. the random accident along a busy highway and how it could have sally: 44 degrees and we are looking at the conditions at mitchell international airport as the city awakens this wednesday morning. we have a couple of really great but today equal amounts of sunshine. 44 at the airport. light northwest winds. november makes a comeback this weekend with a storm system. i expect the temperatures friday morning in the 60s and falling with gusty winds and hig

generben cars name resurfaced. right. touting ben carnes over trump's favorite media, twitter, tweeting out, i am seriously considering dr. wen carson as head of hud. housing and urban development. gotten to know him well. a greatly talented person who loves people. now, interestingly, this tweet coming just about one week after a close adviser to dr. carson told cnn that dr. ben carson had actually turned down an opportunity to become secretary of health and human services. that close adviser to dr. carson saying that carson just didn't feel comfortable with it. had never led an agency. it wasn't his strength. how, dr. ben cars han ban close surrogate to donald trump throughout this campaign and by his side throughout the election. so could he now be changing his tune and could he, in fact, be considered as donald trump has said for head of hud? wolf? >> we know he's announced key national security choices. what about his economic team, jessica? what do you hear than? >> reporter: we understand that donald trump is hammering out the

ben: the car was connected to a shoplifting investigation so deputies started chasing. eventually the man jumped out of the car and ran through some trees into a retention pond. he started struggling and two deputies jumped in to help. when they pulled him to shore, the man didn't have a pulse. deputies performed cpr and saved his life. now the suspect is thanking those deputies. >> also new this morning, a semi truck catches fire in california and causes a bigger problem. melinda: the flames quickly spread from the truck to the grass nearby. the fire covered about an acre. fire crews put that fire out about an hour later. it caused a traffic headache for people in the city of industry, california. >> an american symbol ends up trapped in a drain. ben: we're talking about a bald eagle. a crowd cheered as the eagle was pulled from the drain in florida. wildlife experts say two eagles drain. you can see one was able to fly away on its own. the other had to be pulled out. after a check-in with a vet, the bird will be set free. >> wisn 12 news time is 5:41. boycotting new b

ben: the reason behind the towing trend and how much it will cost you to get your car back. melinda: ben, this is not the city doing the towing? companies hauling cars away. see what happens when we confront them about their practice and the action the city is trying to take. watch our investigation tonight on wisn 12 news at ten. >> wisn 12 news time is 5:36. a parent's worst nightmare. melinda: the near-tragedy that was avoided thanks to a quick-thinking older brother and the lesson a mother is sharing this morning. ben: plus, it could happen to anyone. the random accident along a busy highway and how it could have >> 30s inland and lake. we were keeping our eye on the patchy fog, and that is not developing much. a little up along the marsh. we are staying nice and dry for today. a fair amount of clouds yesterday. today a little more sunshine. 50s and 60s for today and tomorrow. the weekend, windchills are falling well into the 20s. in fact, we may even see the feels-like temperatures in the teens this weekend with the coldest air of the season diving in. melinda: new this

there was some speculation last week he was in the running for health and human services but ben cars i carson aides said het interested in serving in government because they called him a, quote, neophyte in those positions. and he would do so if donald trump felt he was the only person who could do it. and expressed a similar sentiment for this job, for housing and urban development. ben carson is still in the running. it is unclear if he will take the job if he is offered. then also people like newt gingrich. we haven't heard about him for a little while. and rudy giuliani. i know there's a lot of competition for secretary of state behind the scenes. the campaign says they've had over 60 meetings with qualified people. they say for these top jobs. rudy giuliani expressed openi openingly he was interested in secretary of state. we heard donald trump wasn't so pleased by that. because it was so public and he was trying to take all the attention away. so we heard his name for the director of national intelligence as well which would be an interesting role for hill considering he doesn'

ben cars be of course. he was donald trump's former primary challenger. he has been asked to serve as hud secretary. he is apparently mulling that decision during this thanksgiving break. he would also be a diversity pick. he is someone who has become one of donald trump's top surrogates. he's a political outsider though so he matches the president-elect in that sense. we're also watching rudy giuliani and mitt romney, potential picks for secretary of state. at this point in time, it seep as though the former massachusetts governor may be the top runner here. rudy giuliani talked about being a potential dni pick. >> i want to talk donald trump. he addressed potential conflicts of interest between being president and his businesses. he kind of said, guess what, i've got the law on my side, i can be president, i can run my business. it is what it is. take a listen. >> i assumed that you'd have to set up some type of trust or whatever and you don't. and i was actually a little bit surprised to see it. so in theory i don't have to do anything. what i would li

will ben cars on be next? will we get more announcements before the thanksgiving holiday?t is the busiest travel day the year. our reporters are fanned out across the country to bring you the latest on holiday travel. >>> we've got to begin with that breaking news. tennessee's governor bill haslem spoke out about that deadly school bus crash that took place on monday and whether or not a parent had filed complaints with the school district against that specific bus driver responsible. >> there have been at least one parent who says that she complained about this driver and actually did it in writing to the school it have you seen the letter? does the letter exist? was the school aware any complaints about this driver? >> i am not aware of that. this is -- like i said, this is my first visit to the school. >> five children were killed when the bus carrying students from a chattanooga elementary school crashed into a tree monday afternoon. 23 students were taken to area hospitals. new this morning, the ntsb said the bus did not contain a so-called black box but

joining me now, ed brookovers with us, a former campaign manager for ben cars on and the former seniorto him lately to have a sense of what's going on? >> i've not talked to him lately. but when he jumped into the race, he obviously wanted to serve to make the country better. >> okay, so he said something was forthcoming, and then we don't hear anything, so what are you making of that, what are you hearing? >> well, i think natural processes have taken their course. mr. trump obviously got to know dr. carson well throughout the campaign, you know, both when they were competitors and after carson dropped out and endorsed trump. since then dr. carson's been advising him on many fronts. and i think mr. trump sees him as a leader and somebody he might want to consider being part of his cabinet, which he tweeted he was considering, dr. carson. >> his business manager, who of course you know from the campaign, armstrong williams, said about hhs, the position at health and human services department, he said dr. carson feelings he has no government experience. he's never run a federal agency.

ben car zorn and a trump supporter.oshua dubois is back, from president obama's faith based partnerships and former spiritual advisor to the president. gentlemen, welcome. >> great to be here. >> congratulations to you, sir, on the big trump win. let me begin with you. you have that first tweet where he mentions incited by the media and then this 180. this is no longer candidate trump, this is president-elect trump, the rules have changed. >> yes. >> yes. you have to admire growth, right? that's what we want. >> it must have been the quickest turnaround of some sort of cleanup on the trump side we've ever seen. >> i like the trendline. >> appreciate the positive response, but can we go back to the initial tweet if i may. "from the president-elect, just had a very open and successful presidential election, now professional protesters incited by the media are protesting." that's not okay for a president-elect two tweet that, don't you think? >> they were protesting. i don't know exactly what they're protesting. they don't

candy was missing from his car, bu the candy thief left behind an apology note saying he was hungry. kit kat says they'll replace the stolen treat. melinda: how about that? ben: how about don't break into someone's car. it was nice he left a note and took nothing else. with halloween over, there are now a lot of rotting pumpkins being thrown out. melinda: but university of oregon students decided to freeze them and throw them off the roof. -- that is really cool. wow. they dipped the pumpkins in liquid nitrogen, cooling them to negative 321 degrees. then, they dropped them off a 4-story campus rooftop to watch them shatter. i think that is the coolest idea. look. watch. i wonder how happy that would be. slow-mo. that is pretty neat. ben: slow-mo camera. melinda: it looks so ben: the science students have all the fun. melinda: we did not think of that. don't try this at home. sally: no. ben: 321 degrees below zero. sally: very cool. wish i thought of it. sunshine in place for the next couple days. we meet periodically sees some of the fog, and that is what we is our usual spots inland that are the foggiest. sheboygan has been going back and forth between .5 m

ben: the car was connected to a shoplifting investigation so deputies started chasing. eventually the man jumped out of the car and ran through some trees into a retention pond. he started struggling and two deputies jumped in to help. when they pulled him to shore, the man didn't have a pulse. deputies performed cpr and saved his life. now the suspect is thanking those deputies. >> also new this morning, a semi truck catches fire in california and causes a bigger problem. melinda: the flames quickly spread from the truck to the grass nearby. the fire covered about an acre. fire crews put that fire out about an hour later. it caused a traffic headache for people in the city of industry, california. >> an american symbol ends up trapped in a drain. ben: we're talking about a bald eagle. a crowd cheered as the eagle was pulled from the drain in florida. wildlife experts say two eagles then fell and got stuck in the drain. one was able to fly away on its own. the other had to be pulled out. after a check-in with a vet, the bird will be set free. >> wisn 12 news time is 6:3

melinda: roads in ohio are back open after a 40 car pileup. ben: it happened on icy roads this weekend. take a look here. there were several different crashes near youngstown, ohio. officials shut down roads while they pulled around 40 cars off the road. police say it all started when one car rear ended another and although the roads are open, officials are asking people to stay home. >> wisn 12 news time is 4:41. police officers targeted. >> two shootings that happened hundreds of miles apart. what the crimes have in common and what police are doing to find the people responsible. >> plus, we had our first taste of snow this weekend. other parts of the country are having more than just a taste. the areas that could see seven >> welcome back. more snow is expected today in parts of northeast. that is where they always get it this time of the year. this is video showing the snow falling in upstate new york and lake-effect snow warning for a number of the counties, 7 more inches of snow is possible in addition to the snow that fell over the weekend,

car gone. it's a growing trend happening all across the city. ben, you've been investigating parking lots waiting to take your car. >> i mean, we had two last night, five this past saturday, probably 50 in the last two weeks, three weeks. ben: the reason behind the towing trend and how much it will cost you to get your car back. melinda: ben, this is not the city doing the towing? ben: no, these are private tow companies hauling cars away. they are able the private company is saying it is legal to do this. see what happens when we confront them about their practice and the action the city is trying to take. watch our investigation tonight on wisn 12 news at ten. now to matt with the morning commute. matt? >> looking good here on the north side. 43 northbound, southbound. tail lights headed to the south into downtown. volume increased. 10 # minutes from brown deer into downtown. 10 minutes eastbound from moreland road to the marquette interchange. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. melinda: new this morning, a dangerously close call f

earlier conversations again with the house arms services committee chair mack thornberry and senator ben car ddon. senator ben sasse and the rest will be available on cspan.org. the conference resuming shortly with a discussion on middle east challenges. we'll have live coverage when it gets under way. we'll be back at 1:45 with a foreign policy preview with the first 100 days of the trump administration. the conference closes 259:45 eastern. georgia republican congressman tom price was nominated yesterday by president-elect trump to head up the health and human services department. he's expected to talk about the budget process this afternoon and we will have live coverage on c-span 3 starting 3 ining 3: eastern. house democrats are holding their leadership election and we know leader nancy pelosi continues in her position. she beat out her only challenger, congressman tim ryan, of ohio. the vote was 134-63. congressman steny hoyer and jim clyburn maintain their current leadership posts as minority whip and assistant leader respectively. [ indistinct audio ] >> before we go to the next part

cars. >> next, the plan to test next-gen vehicles. >> ben has your back. cars. to welcome driverless >> the city wiloonin testing thell-electric cars. diane, what the plan? >> be the company behind it says it will be the first time it tests a driverless car on public roads in the u.s. and it plans on doi so right here in the seaport distct. e future of driverl c test the cars because it's a historic environment. we know if we can safely in boston, we can do it anywhere. >> the company plans to start with one c during the initial testing phase in boston. >> in the next sixonths o year, i'd love to ve a doz cars on the streets. >> the c.e.o. aims to have the >> boston drive are talented and sometimes a little bit aggressive. we don't want our car to be slowing down the progress of other road users. >> during the testing phas the city plans to keep an e on it. >> we have issues of transportation as as traffic congestion and pollution, accidents, fatalities. tnkhis would help us. the way that it's being toldo us, it will helus with all of that. >> the c.e.o. say alo

breaking news a 4-year-old out trick or treating in lowell has been hit by a car. ben: that diver is accused of taking off after stopping to see what went on. john at water with the details. john? john: ed, right after this happened, that woman got out of the car. went to look at the child, talked to some of the neighbors and got into her car and took off. plate number. it happened around 7:30. a lot of families were out trick or treating. the parents, siblings and friends with him at the time. he has a serious deep cut on his head. he's been transfered to a boston hop. we spoke to a man who was behind that hit-and-run driver. he wishes there was something he could have done. >> the kid was so little that he didn't see the kid right in the car went over the kid. i could see the kid underneath the car. i saw the kid laying on the ground. john: such a troubling sight there but police do believe this child will recover. detectives do not believe that speed was a factor. they are questioning this woman tonight trying to figure out why she took off. maria: a mother looking

ben car son comes to the valley today to rally votes for donald trump. he is speaking at the gop headquarters in phoenix. >> not to be outdone. bernie sanders is being brought to phoenix tomorrow. he will rally behind hillary clinton's vision for the economy. >> this is all happening at central high school in phoenix. >> doors open for this. and they would like you to rsvp to this events. continuing this morning. focused on so-called ballot harvesting. >> this could mean a big change for voters. >> days away from the election, to too. >> breaking down this case. >> megan, can you explain all of this to us. >> it is a little confusing. and these are all the skort documents. that are laying all of this out. >> they made it a felony for anyone to come to the door and collect the ballot for you. >> that is headed to supreme court. >> just yesterday, the ninth court of appeals. banned that law and both parties now will be able to come to your door and collect the early mail-in ballots for you. >> they took action. >> asking the them to hold off days before th

ben: it was interrupted when a car plowed into the crowd. take a look. police say it seems the driver got stuck on the curb. surveillance video shows him trying to move forward and backward. then the car surges forward into the middle of the fight. thankfully everyone is okay. the driver got out of the car and ran away. police say they know who the driver was and they're working to track him down. >> this morning, the aftermath of an explosion in illinois. melinda: we're getting a look at the damage and finding out more about the victim. this is what downtown canton looks like after the blast on wednesday. one person was killed. authorities say he worked for a power company and was on the job at the time. this morning, people in the community are working to rebuild. melinda: youngs classroom. ben: one of the students in this video says a teacher made him fight one of his friends. there is an adult voice in the video telling the boys what to do. they're in 5th and 6th grade. the boys' parents say they are outraged. the school district says the woman was n

ben: from screeching metal, as r car, to a deafening since unbearable for jakesia colson, the baby's mother. >> i didn't hear no baby crying, no baby screaming. nothing. and i panicked. i thought she was gone. ben first respders started : searching hiway median covered withong pies of cut grass. >> the good samaritan who was ready down here searching said he heard something coming from this general area, and about that time, we were able to uncover some of this hay. >> yeah, we pulled this hay back from the gra. ben and right down there in a : storm drain looking or someone to pulher oubyyce hale. 25 feet from the wreck. nothing but a scratch on her forehead. >> there had to be some kind of divine interventn for her to d up bng ok the way she was. i wrwhe with y. i started crying andhag god, just prayed to god thank him for sparing my baby sparing us for not taking my angel away from me. she's my miracle baby. ben now there is an important : lesson in thcaat that baby bryce was wasot installed properly and shwas not restrained the seat correctly. thoscheck car seats. they are citing t

ben: it was interrupted when a car plowed into the crowd. police say it seems the driver got stuck on the curb. surveillance video shows him trying to move forward and backward. then the car surges forward into the middle of the fight. right through the window. police say they know who the driver was and they're working to track him down. >> this morning, the aftermath of an explosion in illinois. melinda: we're getting a look at the damage and finding out more about the victim. take a look. this is what downtown canton looks like after the blast on wednesday. one person was killed. authorities say he worked for a power company and was on the job at the time. this morning, people in the community are working to rebuild. melinda: young kids in chicago forced to fight in the classroom. ben: one of the students in this video says a teacher made him there is an adult voice in the video telling the boys what to do. they're in 5th and 6th grade. the boys' parents say they are outraged. as you can imagine. the school district says the woman was not

ben. warmup that car, give yourself a few minutes. you may need to scrape eight little bit this morning. had to put the defrosters on. >> my goodness, karen. i just had app little heat, you know, for your keister . >> [laughter] >>> cold out there on the bus stop this morning, so think about that. >>> 32 degrees by 6:00, 33 by 8:00 a.m. hey, not as windy as promised, okay. that's a big improvement. if you're headed out running errands you might want to wait until later today. winds are light and the temperatures will get a little bit better. in the 30's through 10 or 11 o'clock. 43 by noon. 49 is your high at 3 o'clock this afternoon. might cloud up a little bit as the day goes on but we're definitely going to start out sunny and overall not bad. at the airport no major delays all green aircraft but out in chicago right now we have some rain and out in minnesota later today we're expecting some light snow, matt. >> nothing worse than having a cold you know what like what you said, right. >> yeah. >> thanks david. >>> we're kicking offer your holiday shopping with deep discounts and givea

car. kathy: and we're following two breaking stories. we'll get to a deadly explosion in illinois in a moment. joyce: first, ben hutchison is live in west allis, where a customer was shot during a business robbery along highway 100. what is the latest? >> joyce, and i'm told the suspect or suspects involved in that shooting are still on the loose. everything happened at the cricket wireless store here west allis police chief bob fletcher says a customer was shot during a robbery. that person has non-life threatening injuries, but was taken to a hospital. numerous local law enforcement agencies have been assisting in the investigation. i spoke with a woman who was in the area as police arrived. >> i'm assuming maybe someone got shot. >> again, she is talking about the there are no suspects tied to the robbery and shooting. in west allis, ben hutchison wisn 12 news. , joyce: thank you. we're following more breaking news, at least one person has died and 10 others injured in a large explosion in illinois. these are the first pictures from canton, about 25 miles west of peoria. the explosion in the city's downtown

ben: it was really a b.b. gun. police say the suspect's backpack was full of things stolen from other cars. the couple says in hindsight they probably shouldn't have melinda: how a popular black friday sale could put your family at risk. ben: a packers fan brazing -- braving the cold, wearing shorts even in freezing temperatures. melinda: welcome back. thanksgiving often means big eating, but health officials are encouraging americans to stuff the bird not themselves. ben: the average american eats more than 4500 calories for their holiday meal and that doesn't include appetizers and drinks. to avoid the heavy-fat calorie binge, researchers suggest cooks use lower calorie ingredients when preparing holiday meals. appetizers made of fresh fruit and veggies also help cut-back on calories. best of luck. melinda: no kidding, that is not going to happen. if you feel like taking a nap after your big thanksgiving meal, don't blame the turkey. tryptophan is an amino acid found in turkey that the body needs to make melatonin, which is associated with good sleep, but turkey doesn't contain any more tr

all the cars stop. 5:50. ben: it's almost time our annual "food for families" phone bank. wisn 12 is partnering with the hunger task force to help local families in need. last year, you helped us raise a.m. we will pass along the number onces lines are open. >> it is one of those things you have to be careful not to forget the gloves. i forgot them today. you need them. still need them. >> we are talking 30s and 40s. the rain in the south and the snow in the north, it is more of a nuisance than anything. now, as far as temperatures are concerned, readings are showing up the 30s and 40s this morning. we are also looking at the snow. this is well north of green bay. we have snow wrapping in as far northwest corner of the state. duluth, superior, ashland. but again, the moisture is light. now to low is continuing to slip to the east and rapping the moisture around and taking it away from us by tonight. early temperatures 30s and 40s over the plains. 3 # 7 waukesha. holding steady in the low 40s toda the model is over doing the snow in the north. periods of light rain througho

ben: there's also a special promotion today that's being offered by zip-car. melinda: more than 20 zip-cars in milwaukee will be free tonight from 6:00 to 10:00. the company says this will help last-minute voters get to and from the polls here in southeast wisconsin. people can head online or download the official zip-car app to rent a car. melinda: election day freebie, some other businesses are also offering deals today to get you excited about voting. ben: here are just a few, 7-eleven is giving away a free cup of hot coffee in any size to marcos pizza is giving away coupons for a free medium one-topping pizza online. and bel-air cantina is offering a free margarita to those 21 years and older if you're wearing an "i voted" sticker. plenty of deals. melinda: i voted early, can i wear the sticker? ben: do you have it? melinda: yes. >> a traffic tie-up in downtown milwaukee. melinda: the holiday mission that closed ben: plus, a police chief caught napping. where he decided to take a what greases the gears in washington? money. and ron johnson fits right in. s

ben: thank you. sturbridge police say the driver of this car is now facing charges of operating under the influence. they say this was a one car crash, one person was hurt. police are investigating the cause. jc: thanksgiving means a day of giving back for many people in boston. mayor marty walsh has been spending the holiday visiting homeless shelters. you see him here carving turkeys alongside senate president sta commissioner bill evans. the mayor says homelessness continues to be a big problem in the city. the pine street inn estimates that at least a third of its guests work every day but the vacancy rate and the high cost of living is forcing more working people into homelessness. >> the homeless population, we have made good progress but how many of them know we appreciate reporter: u.s. troops celebrating their nato partners today. troops have a big dinner. it included turkey and the side dishes. troops say they are thankful to get to celebrate with each other. ben: police investigating an early morning shooting. according to our media investigators found a showcasing at the scene and they'r

ben: officers say the best thing to do if you've had too much to drink is to call a cab and come back for your car later. melinda: thousands of people getting a free thanksgiving meal in racine today. that's where wisn 12 news' hillary mintz is. you have been doing this for years. hillary: i think i've missed to -- i think i have missed two. i'm standing here in festival hall. all of the tables are going to be filled with thousands of people. check out these serving trays. these are going to be filled with all of the trimmings which they are working on the kitchen. let's take you behind the scenes. we'll call this the big goods se bright and early setting up some bread. they have lots of pies and desserts. all have been donated by the community. write in here is the kitchen. -- writing here, is the kitchen. the turkeys are in the oven. look at this, seasoning a little ham for you. how is this going? >> pretty good. what you are doing here. the turkey -- they have got a lot of stuff boiling on the stove. it is going to be an exciting morning. there is ray. ray, how are you feeling, seventh year in

a possibility throughout the country. 65 people are dead, and 45 more injured after a car bomb attack in iraq. ben: isis has claimed responsibility. police say the attack took place at a gas station near the city of hilla, roughly 60 miles south of baghdad. they say the tarap pilgrims who heading home after a major shiite religious ceremony. as wildfires rage across israel for a third day, the palestinian authority is offering to send help. the offer comes as israeli leaders are implying arab arsonists are behind some of the fires. some 50,000 people have been evacuated from israel's third lagest city, haifa, the site of the largest fires. other countries are also offering support, including france, russia, turkey and social programs to help people around the world fight drug addiction. the pope, spoke at a narcotics conference in vatican city this morning calling addiction a new form of slavery, and a wound to our society. he suggested that education is fundamental in the fight against drugs and spoke in favor of programs that offer family and health support. ben: a fallen state trooper remembere

ben: 22-year-old jeremiah thomas walked out of his house early this week to find the slurps spray painted on this car. >> i didn't have words. ben: he was able to remove it, but on friday. >> they came up to this. saying get out. ben: kkk was also written on the side of the building he lives in with his godmother. >> i going to hurt me. no. it doesn't. it makes me morrised. ben: topping believes that politics could be fueling the hate. >> i feel like what -- donald trump did in office. race. is owning to raise. because it has always been there. reporter: he has not contacted police. he is not sure there is anything they can do. the family just wants the messages to stop. >> it is pretty disgusting. but words have power only if not giving the words power at all. >> treat people the way you want to be treated. no matter what color, religion, sexual orientation. ben: he is hoping nothing else happened. thomas purchased a camera. ben hutchison, wisn 12 news. thema: protest continued for a fourth straight night across the country. thousands of people vending their anger about the election of donald trump.

through the baker center parking lot, cleanup continued throughout saturday afternoon but ben nita jones says her carempted to open the door and i could see water gushing from both side. the mains are more than a century old. >> they were already replaced before then somebody messed up. >> reporter: as cars went under crews went to work rescuing stranded shoppers. >> we ended up making about 60 rescues, moving people around we tried to get some of the shop owners inside their stores using boats. >> reporter: more frustrating than damage customers say is the fact that this is the third water main break here in three years. before friday's event a main burst in 2014 and most recently again in june 2015. >> they need to fix it and fix it right. >> they putting a band-aid on the problem. that they -- they not fixing the problems. >> you know, i feel terrible. >> reporter: city officials say there is a plan in place increase funding to eventually replace the entire main but they say it will not be easy quick or cheap. they estimate it will likely cost millions of dollars. reporting in east falls, anita oh

. >> they didn't know if ben was in the car. so for several minutes i didn't know if my son was dead or alive. >> reporter: at the time of the crash, ben was living in a group home in the custody of the department of children and >> reporter: two years ago, christi moved to massachusetts with her two kids to escape an abusive relationship. but last year, after bouncing from shelter to shelter. >> they took him. >> reporter: and christi says being in dcf custody hasn't done anything to keep her older son safer. he's constantly been on the run, even making it all the way to florida twice. >> how many times has he run away? >> lost count. i think that the same reason that they took him from me >> reporter: the team is learning just how many kids in state custody slip out of sight. a public records request of dcf shows over a three-year period there were more than 3400 runaway intends. on average, kids were gone 36 days and we found 140 teens missing for the length of an entire 180-day school year. while some kids ran away repeatedly

ben: a tragic situation in tennessee. at least five students killed when a school bus crashes. now the driver is facing melinda: have you packed up the car yet? families across the country are getting ready to hit the road for thanksgiving. what you need to know before stepping out the door. ben: plus, another chilly start this morning. the winter weather is rolling in just in time for the holidays. how it could affect your thanksgiving plans. good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm ben wagner. melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 5:30 on this tuesday, november 22nd. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. sal. sall o morning ranging from 22 to 28 degrees. that's where we find the airport at this hour. 28 at cathedral square. air mass is dry, light northwest winds. we are looking at much of the day staying dry. i think that the rain is holding off until this evening, and mostly overnight hours. becoming cloudy. a little clear skies showing up in the far east. sunrise is 6:53.

ben: still ahead, a couple in washington state spots a man breaking into their car. how thse accused of breaking into several cars. melinda: plus the thanksgiving turkey is infamous for being a tough meal to cook. the experts who are offering their help and a new way to communicate this year. >> now on wisn 12 news. ben: while millions of people get ready for black friday shopping some local families are asking people not to spend money. the message they want to send by having shoppers stay home. melinda: along with the eating many people will be enjoying a drink for thanksgiving. how police are making sure that ben: but first we're on weather watch. what to expect this thanksgiving and the best time to travel over the holiday weekend. good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. i'm ben wagner. melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's on this thanksgiving day thursday november 24. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center. jeremy: happy thanksgiving. some great news. the pavement has dried off. the rain is good off

z ben: a california city gets flooded with 911 calls thanks to a turkey problem. >> this is almost embarrassing, i have this huge turkey surrounding my car circling me, i don't know what to do. ben: those are just a few of the calls coming into davis pd. the good news, the city has passed new turkey management plan that will help get the population under control. melinda: later today, you could get a free pizza if your smoke alarm is working. the fond du lac fire department is teaming up with dominos to reward residents who keep their alarms working. here's how it works, dominos will make nine random deliveries tonight in fond du lac. firefighters will tag along. at each house, they'll ask if your smoke alarm is working. if it is, you get a free pizza. wisn 12 news time is 5:55. taking a prank to a new level. >> how two men manged to sneak into north korea and play in a golf tournament. he's known for the coffee, but not the politics, but the ceo of johnson: social security is a legal ponzi scheme. senior 1: ron johnson is attacking social security. senior 2: he wants to let wall street risk it in the stock market. johnson: free money...

ben: the most popular way to travel for thanksgiving is by car. triple-a says 89 percent of travelers will hit the road. in wisconsin, the average gas price is two dollars for a gallon. that's four cents less than a year ago. if you're traveling to minnesota, you'll pay even less for a tank of gas, but it could cost more in illinois. melinda: keeping roads safe this holiday weekend. that's the mission of the owi task force. they're kicking off the weekend later today at goerkes corners along i-94. state, county and local law enforcement will all be out to make sure that people aren't driving under the influence during the thanksgiving holiday. ben: with the holidays getting closer, chances are you're ordering some gifts online. thieves know that and some of them are targeting homes and stealing packages. a local surveillance expert says prevent thieves from walking away with your mail, but you can take steps to make sure they don't get away with it. the most important thing is having security cameras, especially ones with night vision. >> the prob

that car given to the mvp, ben zobrist. bill murray having a ball last night. cubs winning the first world series title in 108 years for that franchise. >>> and a video of two twins going viral when one of the twins finds out that her sister is actually a little bit older than she is. >> she's just one minute older. >> [ inaudible ] >> it's just one minute but it actually about an inch taller than the older sister. and that's what's buzzing today, las vegas. >> like my twins. one is about 2 inches taller. >>> "sports illustrated" is celebrating the cubs' win with this cover. it's been released ahead of schedule. >> the magazine moved up all the way. it features wednesday night's game 7. the cover is already up on the website. >>> everyone has had a song stuck in their head at one point. >> now researchers understand why some music has more power than the others. >>> but first -- we're learning more about that power outage at the paris. an update when news 3 live a 3:00 continues. putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner's no

there's that ben franklin bridge. there are cars that you can almost see there. by tomorrow, you may not even be able to see this much when you tune in to bill henley. coatesville, 1-mile visibility now, they'll be around zero in the morning. also pottstown, blue bell, almost better quakertown and allentown where the rain ended a little bit earlier. dover ten miles, atlantic city at two miles. we're going to see this rain go through hour by hour through the night, you won't see any heavy rain, so it's not going to add up to the rain totals where much, it's just going to be damp. and by tomorrow morning, there's the next area of rain just getting started to come in, while the timing on that, along with the rest of the forecast in just a few minutes. >> download the nbc10 app, where you can track the rain in your area and get interactive radar and weather alerts are sent directly to your smart phone. be careful of any potholes that could be hiding under puddles and come in contact with your tires when you least expect it. >> back in may the investigators expose que

ben: disney pixar has released the first official trailer cars 3. the reviews on social media, sad, emotional, dark take a much. in the past cars has been lighthearted. disney isn't responding to complainicially just yet . it is due in theaternext summer. jc: a change from one of the biggest videogames on the planet. the latest edition of call of duty now has a female lead. call of duty, infinite warfare came out this month and features lieutenant nora salter, a mix between a top gun pilot and a navy seal. the audience for video games is 84% male right now, but that numberdr the actress who play lieutenant salter, through motion capture, and female fans say the character is important. >> the military is making more female involvement. the rest of society should also do that. >> it is good. they can relate to the person. jc: actor kit harrington, best known as jon snow from game of ben: it is tuesday night. brutal traffic out there already. jc: a first alert update is coming up now at 6:00. >> it has been a trying and difficult experience for me. >>

police shot the suspect that after he allegedly plowed into pedestrians with a car and then stabbed multiple people. injuries. ben: within the last hour, the suspect has been identified as an osu student abdul razak ali artana, a man of somali descent. sources tell abc news they may have found a facebook post written by him expressing grievances over attacks on muslims. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat has more from the breaking news desk, shaun? reporter: also according to abc news, that osu student with the same name as having a place to pray openly as a muslim. officially, investigators are still working to determine if he had any ties to terrorism. swat and fbi converge onto the ohio state university campus. this car, now at the center of the investigation. the attacker plowing into a crowd of people then using a butcher knife to stab more victims. the only thing that you can say, >>the only thing that you can say, based upon common knowledge, that this was done on purpose. knife. that was on purpose. reporter: a campus police officer shot and killed the suspect, identified as 18-year-old osu student abdul raz

ben: police have not released any information about possible suspects or a description of the car. there's a memorial service planned for rickyia tomorrow night. melinda: turning now to commitment 2016, we're just one day away from the election. millions of people across the more than 52,000 people have already voted in milwaukee alone. early voting started at the end of september and ended over the weekend. the city election commission tells wisn 12 news that this year's early voting broke the old record by about 15,000 thousand ballots. ben: republican vice presidential nominee mike pence was in mukwonago on saturday. senator ron johnson and house speaker paul ryan were there too to support trump and his running mate. trump was supposed to stop in west allis on sunday but he clinton's vp pick tim kaine was in milwaukee yesterday. he also made stops in green bay and lacrosse. melinda: right now, donald trump is lashing out at the fbi after an investigation turned up no criminal activity by hillary clinton. fbi director james comey announced this weekend that the investigation is c

ben: one week ago, in the early afternoon, along this stretch of highway k, the kenosha county sheriff's department says 18-year-old cody grinus lost control of the car he was his family, rushing to see him at a hospital. >> and they say he had a 1% chance of making it. ben: his dad, tracy, says everything happened fast, then their worst fears realized. >> i'm thinking we're here because he's in surgery or something. i never imagined he would be gone. ben: the investigation revealing speed was a predominent factor in the crash. cody's death is hitting his younger brother chase extremely hard. >> chase, he did not know what to do. he like put his hoodie over his head. ben: back in i met the grinus 2015, family at anderson park in kenosha. chase has autism he doesn't often share his feelings, but cody made him feel comfortable. we sat on the swings and he talked about his love for cars and his little brother. grinus' family now grieving cody's loss and talking about the importance of wearing your seatbelt one detective telling , cody's dad, the outcome could have been different. under the conditions, that he could have been with us today. ben: in the t

you go down to the field and honk ben zobrist horn. he won that car for becoming the most valuable player in the world series. this one little girl is not happy. twins and she's not happy because she just found out she's one minute younger than her sister. >> she's just one minute older. >> i'm just one minute older. >> the parents of the twins posting the video on youtube last week showing the conversation that mommy had with them about what it means to be a twin. the girls delighted in learning meant they get to look alike for the rest of their lives. but alexis wasn't pleased to find out her sister is one minute older than she is. they are competitive but very affectionate with each other. you can see they are best friends. i'm guessing she will get over it quickly. >> kim: the younger someone taller so this is going to go on for years on end. thank you fo with us. it was great to bring you coverage of the championship trophy going back to chicago. we had that live starting in our 4:30 half hour. al roker will have continued coverage on "the today

detective ben marcone was writing a ticket in his car when someone pull up from behind and got up and walked up to the patrol car and shot him in the head. late today, 31 year-old otis tyrone mccain was taken into custody during the traffic stop. you are watching ktvu news at 6:30. >>> a look at the use of deadly force through the eyes of members of the community. for law enforcement, if and when to pull the trigger are life and death decisions. >> when officers open fire we have seen a backlash. many have protested that they need to shoot. if they do all they can do to avoid it. what if the gun was in are hand and you fell threatened. paul you went to a force option simulator to see how people would react. >> this is a continuation of the barbershop hall earlier this month. as law enforcement closes the divide between latinos and african-americans one group is trying to step in the officer's shoes. the alameda deputy invited us to be there. >> i was scared that he was going to come and stab me. >> angela came to the sheriff's department. >> i need you to put the knife down. >> instru

ben: a tragic situation in tennessee. at least five students killed when a school bus crashes. now the driver is facing charges. why police say he's at fault. melinda: have you packed up the car yet? families across the country are for thanksgiving. what you need to know before stepping out the door. ben: plus, another chilly start this morning. the winter weather is rolling in just in time for the holidays. good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm ben wagner. melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 4:30 on this tuesday, november 22nd. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. good morning, sal. sally: good morning, ben and melinda. this morning keeping an eye on the radar and the satellite. i saw the moon on the way in but throughout the day and a little snow edging out of eastern iowa. almost all of this is going to evaporate, however a stray sprinkle in the west counties as we helicopter to warm. a sloppy mix edging into iowa and minnesota. most of this nasty weather is headed to the north. right now 23 waukesha. 28 degrees at forecast for today, becoming mostly cloudy. the rain is holding off until later ton

ben. people are getting behind the wheel of the car and driving for this thanksgiving weekend, but before you do that, triple a has advice before you head out and join the nine hundred thousand people here in wisconsin. the first advice that they have for you is be patient. triple a says that 89% of the people travelling are driving to texting and driving is against the law in wisconsin and if you are driving in a construction zone you cannot hold your phone to your ear to talk. if you are planning to fly, the busiest is wednesday and the sunday after thanksgiving. most people flying will be headed to the west, the most popular las vegas. well, however you are getting to your destination flying, you will not be alone, this is expected to be the busiest thanksgiving travel time since 2007. live on the south side, "wisn 12 news this morning." >> thema, thank you. if you are flying in or out of chicago this week or picking friends or family up, you will want to hear this. tim? >> well, no problems right now. it is monday. a lot of eyes are on chicago as the travel week is beginning. the work

car. tim is here with more on an officer who rushed towards danger. tim. tim: ben, the body camera was rolling when a santa fe police officer noticed that a parked car was on fire. 87-year-old deborah spear was she's struggling to get out the car there. she says she didn't even notice the flames until an officer started yelling at her to get out. the officer carefully helped her out of the car and thankfully she was not seriously hurt. police say the woman had been driving on a flat tire. it turns out the sparks from the rim hitting the ground caused the front of her car to start on fire. spear says she's very thankful to the officer who saved her life. >> 5:53. a dog disappears in missouri and turns up wyoming. her name mia. she's a pure breed lab. she wonders off a lot, but not this far. a couple on their way to wyoming picked mia up along a rural highway. once they arrived in wyoming, a shelter scoured social media, searching for mia's family. >> i was concerned because i have dogs and i'd be freaked out home and started doing some research and found a page and

. >>> a man caught on camera punching a car bonded out of jail..ben franklin did more than just hit the mercedes. he also broke into 2 carson the parking lot of mcnulty loft condos and did $80,000 in damage. he's charged with felony criminal mischief. they got it about his identity after they released this video. was abducted held for ransom and then found dead on the side of the highway. this happened sunday two days after police paid $250,000 ransom. sandra harris was taken from her home on friday. one of her alleged abductors was arrested and faced a judge yesterday. documents say she confessed to being part of a plot to kidnap harris. they believe two other men are >> it's scary. this is a safe neighborhood that's not what i would expect. >> kidnap for ransom in the us are rare. this is not happen very often. >> abduction was targeted in the cause of her death remains under investigation. >>> several celebrities and architects and athletes will receive the presidential medal of freedom. hugh laurie about the 20 reci springsteen diana ross and architect frank gehry and maya lin. she

. >> family members set up a go fund me account for the triplets in an effort to get ben and jessica a big enough car for their now family of seven! >>> president elect donald trump works to fill his cabinet his florida estate. what was supposed to be the first normal day in a month on metro's red line. you can see there. >> thanks for joining us. the trump administration is expanding even while the president elect is on vacation with his family. the presidential transition team announced two new appointments today. each added diversity to the front team. trump drew criticism. >> the transition team announced the appointment of the first two women to administration roles today. south carolina governor nicky hailey will become the ambassador to the un. and conservative activist betsy devoss will head up the department of education. she will get a chance to put some of her controversial ideas about education into action. donald trump tapped her to become sent of education this afternoon. former michigan republican party chair has long advocate forward school choice, including voucher programs. on her w

ben: a thief with a sweet tooth and conscience. police at kansas state say someone broke into a students car and only got away with a kit-kat. the freshman says he noticed the candy was missing from his car, but everything was still there. the candy thief left behind an apology note saying he was hungry. keep catch are good k --it kats are good but not that good. with halloween over, there are now a lot of rotting pumpkins melinda: they smell bad, too. but university of oregon students decided to freeze them and throw them off the roof. check this out. they dipped the pumpkins in liquid nitrogen, cooling them to negative 321 degrees. wow, let's see it go. ben: how cool is that to be th melinda: but safety and then first. they dropped them off a 4-story campus rooftop to watch them shatter. i want to try it, but i am not a professional. i will leave it to the science group. ben: the professor had a hand in that, too because i don't think they would just leave liquid nitrogen around. [laughter] this morning, talking fog and a from a reminder, this is the weekend daylight savings time goes to -- comes to an end. turn clocks bac