christina palladino wisn 12 , news. adrienne: thank you, christina, and 12 news asked the wisconsin athletic association about its rules for player demonstrations. their statement says, "member schools in the wiaa determine policies regarding sportsmanship, national anthem protocol and event management , during their regular-season events locally through administrative and school board review." we also reached out to milwaukee public schools about its policy. a spokesperson told us they would look into it, but has not update that will essentially make a certain smartphone unusable. samsung stopped selling the galaxy note 7 after a battery issue caused some of them to catch fire while charging. most note 7's in the u.s. have been returned. samsung will offer an update this month that blocks the remaining note 7s from re-charging. verizon, however, says it won't push the update to its customers who are still using the phone. automakers are being told to step it up as they replace defective air ba the national highway traf

at district four headquarters, christina palladino wisn 12 , news. joyce: we reached out to police to confirm the arrest. they did not get back to us tonight. another fatal coyote attack, this time in whitefish bay -- whitefish bay. police tell us two coyotes attacked a small dog as the animal was outside loose with its owner sunday as the man shoveled during the snowstorm. the dnr is being asked to investigate if the same coyotes, who got away, could be responsible for another fatal that incident occurred three blocks from estabrook park and the milwaukee river. while sunday's attack was north of there and two blocks from the lake michigan bluffs. only on 12, local inmates working to better themselves. 50 inmates who are set to be released soon from the racine correctional institution graduated today. some of them received g.e.d,'s, general education diplomas. others earned certificates in culinary arts, custodial services, and machining. police dragged a woman off a as jonathan carlson reports, the dramatic turn of events was caught on video. >> fl

in milwaukee christina , palladino, wisn 12 news. patrick: the snow on the way times out with big events happening this weekend. we're heading into one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. it's also a popular time for winter gradun matc's commencement is friday night, right when the snow storm is expected to start. concordia university's commencement is saturday morning and afternoon, as the snow is expected to pileup. u.w.-milwaukee's ceremony will be sunday when the roads should be clear. guests at the pfister hotel had to rush into the cold. crews working on the roof with a torch a fire this afternoon. you can see where it started from news chopper 12. the guests were sent across the street, while firefighters made sure the fire didn't spread. it did not cause serious damage. the hotel is open tonight. joyce: from a big win to a big potawatomi casino, only to have robbers follow him home and steal his stash. it happened early tuesday morning. one of the three robbers pulled a gun and took the man's 15,000 dollar win. ther

only on 12 news, christina palladino spoke with parents who are standing behind their daughters. ? christina: the bay view varsity girl's basketball team drew a standing ovation during each raised a fist in the air. the demonstration comes after parents say the team was threatened with disciplinary action for kneeling during the anthem earlier in the week. >> she felt like she had a right to take a knee. christina: the picture of the team kneeling received a lot of attention, especially after colin kaepernick re-tweeted the photo on twitter. but then the players started to receive backlash. brown says her daughter came home from school upset after administrators warned them not to kneel again. >> i stand 10 toes down with my daughter. christina: but not all family members support the team's actions. luiz gonzalez doesn't want to see her granddaughter get in trouble. >> before you do anything like this, you should find out what the consequences are. christina: many in the crowd, including the local black panther party, came out to support the team tonight. >> we're putting everyone o

it happened near edgerton and swift avenues in cudahy. 12 news' christina palladino is live and christina you just spoke with the teenager and her mother. >> the family wape this area to hear about what happened to their daughter today and be on alert. the suspect is in his late 20's or early 30's, and approached the girl at least three times near swift and edgerton in cudahy while she was walking home from school. he apparently was yelling sexually explicit comments towards her. the 13-year-old and her mother agreed to talk with me but did not want their faces shown for security reasons. eventually the man pulled his car over and asked her to have sex. when she told him she was only 13, he apparently said so. >> yeah, i thought the first coming, and as soon as he left the last time i just ran all the , way home. >> you need to turn yourself in because you have terrified my family, my daughter. we have now gone through numerous messages from the community offering rides. she will not walk home anymore. >> the teenager says the man was white, medium build with a brown beard to his chest an

christina palladino joins us from the newsroom with the latest information. christina: muk wrapped up this evening. and you can see a live look at waukesha county, where collection workers are still recounting the ballots there. about 80% of counties in the state are now in. the deadline is monday december 12. in the first count, president-elect donald trump won wisconsin by about 22,000 votes, becoming the first republican presidential candidate to win the state since 1984. the recount was requested by green party candidate jill stein. in earlier updates, few votes final results of milwaukee county's recount will be filed with the wisconsin election commission some time tomorrow. election officials will begin the final vote tabulation in the morning. joyce: thank you. according to the latest information from the wisconsin elections commission, 48 of the 72 counties in wisconsin are finished. some of the big counties that still need to finish are racine, dane, sheboygan, waukesha and kenosha. cutting down on police chases and taking suspects into custody by us

joyce: as christina palladino reports, at least nine people have been targeted, one of them is out $1000. >> i received a call -- >> garrett roach says he was nearly convinced a man impersonating a milwaukee county sheriff's deputy on the phone earlier this week needed money from him. >> it sounded like a police phones in the background, people talking in the background. >> roach tells me the man pretended to be an actual deputy with a corresponding badge number. he said roach had missed jury duty and owed money. at least eight other people have received this phone call. some of the victims were told to come down to the courthouse here after hours and pay their fine. roach went down to the courthouse explaining the phone , call. he was put in touch with the real deputy from the sheriff's office. >> as soon as i got onto the phone, i realized this was not the gentleman i spoke to the day before and he assured me that he , was the actual, real deputy griffin. >> we called the number and a voicemail says it's the county services and warrants division. john barrett, the milwaukee county cler

christina palladino is live at the county jail. christina, four people have died there in the last six months. >> since april, three inmates and a newborn baby have all died circumstances. one of the deaths was ruled a homicide. milwaukee county supervisor supreme moore omokunde is calling on sheriff david clarke to step aside. >> i am calling for the resignation of sheriff david clarke jr., who is responsible for operations of the milwaukee county jail, where four people have died in a six-month period. >> omokunde says he and the county board have repeatedly asked for more information into the investigations of these deaths, but has received no answers. >> he's more interested in creating a public persona for himself, travelling around the country. >> 38-year-old terrill thomas died of dehydration in the jail late this spring. thomas was accused of opening fire at potawatomi casino. the medical examiner's officer determined his death was a homicide. over the summer and fall two more inmates died and one gave birth to a stillborn b

christina palladino has also spoken with a friend of the boy. she's live now at children's hospital. >> the seven-year-old was rushed here tuesday with multiple injuries but tragically did not survive. one of the suspects daughters tells me she was beaten by her a little friend of the seven-year-old says the boy often cried about the abuse. 11-year-old laquan jones tells me he was devastated to learn of the death of his friend who lived across the street in this south-side apartment near 19th and mineral. >> i was mad and disappointed because he died. he was like one of my best friends. >> jones says he often played with the seven-year-old boy who recently moved here from arkansas with his little brother. >> every single time he would come over here he used to be crying, or sad or disappointed and stuff. the women arrested in connection to the death of the seven-year-old served 18 months in prison for her involvement in the 2003 death of a one-year-old baby. we reached out to the 44-year-old woman's adult daughter, who says she hasn't spoken to

as christina palladino reports one alderman iyi installed so neighbors are always watching. >> the largely popular bay view area has seen a surge in growth over the years. new restaurants, coffee shops and other stores continue to , expand, bringing more people to live in the neighborhood. but it's also seen a recent uptick in violent crime. alderman tony zielinski says a new security camera program could help. >> anyplace you go all throughout the world, they are getting cameras. >> zielinski wants each street in bay view to get a surveillance system. then neighbors can take turns monitoring the camera. >> with the technology being what it is nowadays you can , monitor it on your own computer. >> however, to some people the , program sounds a little too big brother-ish. >> i don't feel like more scrutiny, more surveillance is a good answer. it's just not the kind of atmosphere i would want to promote. >> but others like tiffany gorski are very concerned about e women. >> i'd feel more protected if i knew people were watching over me a little bit. >> the reason bay view does not qualify fo