Children. The fbi calls it operation Cross Country x, a nationwide sweep to crackdown on child sex trafficking. Locally, weve learned 11 children between the ages of 13 and 17 were rescued or recovered in a series of coordinated raids. Three kids recovered in wauwatosa, three more in glendale, another in muk in kenosha where a 55yearold , woman is under arrest for among other things pimping out her own daughters, ages 16 and 17. Paula whittaker has a long arrest record over the years. Her latest mug shot shows her in the Kenosha County jail awaiting charges that could come as early as tomorrow for keeping a house of prostitution and trafficking of a child. A very disturbing situation for sure. A younger brother resides in the offender, so basically a bad situation altogether. Thats what we try to do, locate those situations and take care of that. Whittaker is among 23 people arrested in wisconsin alone as part of the sweep and more than 230 arrests nationwide. Kenosha police are not commenting on their arrested other than to tell us , there are still some loose ends being tied up before theyre ready to send the case to the District Attorney for charges. Patric the vicitm of sex trafficking or have information about a potential trafficking situation, call the National HumanTrafficking Resource Center at 18883737888. It is free and staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We actually had to take it out of our retirement savings. It is not there anymore. Out in a botched home 11,000 improvement project. Police say this man is to blame, and as wisn 12 news Mike Anderson reports investigators , are now concerned there are more victims. Would you trust this man with part of your retirement saving to do house repairs for you . Richard hunn of waukesha did and my is he sorry. Hunn paid Thomas Krivitz eleven in cash to do improvements on 11,000 his deck, his gutters and softfits. Hunn signed a contract with krivitz. The contractor bought a few materials with the money and did a few hours of work but then he stopped showing up. Hunn finally he called police. What makes a criminal is what he did with the money. He went and spend it someplace else. Police say krivitz gambled it away. Krivitz is now charged with facing six years in prison, if convicted. And police say there are likely more victims out there and they want them to come forward. We are looking to find those people to see if we can help them, prosecute them for what they did. He and the police are trying to help you not fall to the same prey. Toya Police Say Home owners should always check any Contractors Co before paying them money. Patrick the final president ial debate before election day is just three hours away. Hillary clinton and donald trump face off at the university of nevada, las vegas at 8 00 tonight. These are live pictures from inside that venue. Abcs Lauren Lyster is there with a preview of whats at stake. The debate hall is set, Hillary Clinton and donald trump, out of sight, preparing , but but the antics among the candidates has already begun sot. Tomorrow nights going to be interesting. Trump inviting president obamas half brother malik to be his guest. Malik lives mainly in kenya but plans to vote for trump. Clinton, bringing trump nemes mark cuban and republican defector meg whitman both billionaires in her corner. Do the mind games work . No, they dont work. I mean its Perfect Place to do it is las vegas to have a stunt. On the strip today, a wall of taco trucks protesting outside of trumps hotel playing off of trumps immigration remarks. On stage tonight, sources tell abc news the republican candidate will be aggressive in his approach, similar to the last debate. Trump already criticizing clintons stamina. Now shes home sleeping and im working so, its the way its going to be in the white trail in debate prep, but appearing in this new ad out today. She is expected to take on trump directly over his claims of a rigged election and the women who have come forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. Aides say shes also ready to answer questions on alleged emails hacked and released by wikileaks. Trump expected to ramp up his attacks over her use of a private email server. Patrick you can watch the debate live tonight at 8 00 right here on wisn 12. Thats followed by wisn 12 news at 10 00. Donald trumps daughter will be ivanka trumps first stop is in wauwatosa at 12 30 at the crowne plaza. Shell then hold an event in eau claire. Her trip comes three days after trump held a rally in green bay. Toya a racine man is dead following a rollover crash on i94 this morning. The Sheriffs Office says dylan cramers vehicle left the roadway flew into a grassy median hitting several trees. , investigators say the 24yearold was trapped in his vehicle when he died at the scene. There is no word yet on how or during the crash investigation, four hours leading to a congested morning commute. Police identified the woman shot and killed on milwaukees far Northwest Side overnight. 26yearold Britany Jackson was gunned down near 75th and grantosa along with a 50yearold man. The man was seriously hurt, but is expected to survive. Investigators say theyre still searching for the gunman and what led up to the shooting. Patrick a Wisconsin Police officer nearly hit by her own squad and it was all caught on , her dashboard camera. A close call. This happened on i94 in hudson, near the minnesota border. Police say the officer was helping a driver with a flat tire when another vehicle rearended her squad. The officer sees the crash and jumps out of the way before her squad can hit her. She was not hurt. Hunters in northwest wisconsin mightve found the remains of a man missing for 10 years. Officials in dunn county say they were found sunday. They believe it is douglas dna test results will take about a month to confirm the identity. ~ next story ~ toya fresh off their final u. S. Senate debate senator ron , johnson and Russ Feingold are getting high powered support. Governor walker will campaign for johnson on sunday across wisconsin including a stop in , waukesha. Details are still being finalized. The governor has said he planned to focus on helping johnson in the waning days of the race. Upfront host mike gousha moderated last nights debate between johnson and feingold. A new poll out today has feingold leading johnson by eight points, 52 to 44 . The Monmouth University poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4. 9 points. Senator Tammy Baldwin campaigned with feingold today at marquette university. They encouraged students to vote early. Senators baldwin and feingold also visited u. W. Whitewater today. Patrick new tonight milwaukee , Police Officers deliver more than 150 pumpkins to local students. Its part of Messmer Catholic high schools Great PumpkinElementary School kids decorate them. This involves the Departments Community outreach effort that in the past has included a thanksgiving dinner and reaching out to younger students. It is good that they see this on a regular basis. It changes everybodys presumption of what they think and feel about the police. They may see as one time and think something negative, but they see is they are. Patrick the pumpkins were part of a donation drive by district five. They were donated by cedarburg farms. Trickortreat is just around the corner. In some local communities, its as early as this coming saturday. You can find times for your neighborhood on our website and mobile app. Toya hopefully it is 70 degrees through the weekend. Im not even greedy with thanksgiving. Patrick the warm weather is about to end. Approaching. How big of a difference it will make, next in weatherwatch 12. Patrick then, a nineyearold cheerleader missing her air force father breaks down on the field. The High School Senior who came to her rescue. Announcer leading the way with important local coverage, youre watching wisn 12 news at 5 00, with toya washington, patrick paolantonio, and weather watch 12 chief meteorologist mark baden. Wisn 12 news at 5 00 continues. Get out of there. Oh, my god. Patrick a car crashes and explodes at a florida gas station. This is cell phone video from a witness. The driver got out on his own. Good samaritans jumped in to save the woman trapped in the passenger seat. No one was seriously hurt. Toya we are following a developing story in oregon tonight a gas explosion in a , portland shopping center. Eight people are hurt including three firefighters, two Police Officers and three civilians. From the area. Investigators say a construction crew hit a gas line. Patrick a High School Senior is melting hearts for his kind gesture on a football field in san antonio. Toya this picture of the emotional moment has been shared thousands of times on facebook. Nineyearold Addie Rodriguez is a cheerleader. In a recent routine, the girls fathers lifted them onto their shoulders. Addie burst into tears. Thats because her father, who served in iraq and afghanistan, was away at air force training in california. Toya crying and ran to help. I ran down from the bleachers right here and i just hopped the fence and i went over and i kneeled down, i talked to her and i said are you ok . I just felt like somebody save my life. Patrick a spokeswoman is not commenting tonight. Last week, samsung ended all sales of the note seven smart phone two months after it was launched. Airlines must now refund baggage fees if the bags are substantially delayed. Airlines must also be clear about all fees charged first seat assignments and luggage. Airlines may be required to collect more information on late flights, mishandled bags, and damage wheelchairs. We want to take a look at what is coming up tonight at 6 00. Kathy new tonight, a stolen car plus, good news for drivers who use the zoo interchange. When those headaches caused by zipper merges will be going away. Join us for all news stories tonight at 6 00. Toya is that whole grain diet doing you good. It might be. It might be cutting Blood Pressure and those overweight whole grain diet, then switch to refined grains. On whole grains, the subjects have lower their Blood Pressure by six points. The longterm effect is a healthier Blood Pressure that translates into a lower risk of heart attack. Your life may get a boost from your work life. Strongly with coworkers or employers have Better Health and a lower risk of burnout. Employers are also gained with better results from their employees. Patrick the Botanical Garden will stay open a little bit longer. The festival features 40 larger than life brightly lit lantern displays. Check out those slides. Mark its not crazy cold. Were in the 60s, but a jacket is a good idea. I went a little crazy on showing photos to start off with. We had so many good ones i thought we should share. A little sun pillar going on through there. Its kind of cool to see them now. A beautiful shot here from richard. We are not done yet. We go to west bend for a nice shot here. A nice day for golf today. Then we take you to whitefish the clouds were kind of a bummer today. 61 with low levels of moisture in the air. Milwaukee, 62, beautiful fall colors working their way through our area. About a week before wiki, but there is a lot of great color this is where the big differences are. 45 superior. 52 minneapolis. The cold front is coming. We are 65 in chicago. The cooler air is moving in. Heading down from 69 today. High temperature tomorrow 55 degrees. A couple of showers out to the east of us. I think we will stay and try. I think we will stay dry. We take you into future cast. Fair amount of cloud coverage tonight. Wind direction tomorrow, maybe lake effect clouds. Long, then we get to see some sunshine. More sunshine for friday and saturday, sunday monday, a nice stretch of weather on the way. Friday morning could be some frost. Saturday morning should be some frost around. Keep that in mind. We are cooler than average, but then we warm back up. 63 on sunday looks like the best day he chance of showers on tuesday, better chances on wednesday with scattered showers in the forecast. We go down to the 30s, not unusual, high temperatures in the 50s. It could be way colder than thes. Lets keep this all the way through halloween. Patrick we could talk about flurries, but we are not. Toya why would you say that . , phone companies is fined millions of dollars. The reason for the fine and what might be in it for you. And, thousands of dollars scattered in cities. The promotion launching a nationwide treasure hunt, and what to look for. Thats coming up tonight at 10 00. Toya a new zoo attraction is turning a lot of heads tonight on social media. Patrick take a look. The video speaks for itself. Well tell you the story behind the chainsmoking chimpanzee. {toya vo} toya then, a story that will make you squirm. What this driver did after seeing a snake slithering out of his car in the middle of rush hour. Announcer like, comment, d share with the news team you trust. ingrid i take pride in getting things done. But when it came to medicare, i was glad i could get a little help. vo ingrid and robert called Anthem Blue Cross and blue shield and found an affordable new Medicare Advantage plan that pays for many of the costs original medicare wont. Now they can focus on other important decisions. Anthem plans help protect you from high medical costs. So call now to find a new plan thats right for you. 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Vents, just in case. The sixfoot snake got into his car while he was on a kayaking trip over the weekend. His girlfriend, who was also in the car when this all went down has not been inside since. I do not blame her one tiny bit. Well a threeyearold girl takes , picture day to a whole new level. Patrick Kaylieann Steinbach chose supergirl as her outfit of choice for her preschool photo. It is a great photo, isnt it . Her dad posted the pic on reddit and his daughter quickly became an internet star. Dad says hes probably responsible for her love of superheroes. The family travels to comic book conventions. That is great. And superman was right there in coming up next. Announcer dont be tricked by the weather. Treat yourself to our areas most accurate forecast on wisn 12s mobile app. Download today. Im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. You know, seven hundred thousand dollars in the scheme of things. Is a pretty reasonable compensation level. Ron johnson paid himself seven hundred thousand dollars a year. All told, he took a ten Million Dollar corporate payout then moved to washington. Where he fights against even the existence of any federal minimum wage. Millions for him. Not even 7. 25 an hour for us. Senator ron johnson. Toya here is a look at what is coming up tonight on wisn you 12. Can catch its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown tonight at 7 00, right here on wisn 12. Then you can watch the final president ial debate at 8 00. Patrick and their weather tonight . But nothing crazy. Temperatures in the 50s. It will stay in the 50s for the next couple of days, so we have been spoiled around here. Eight days this month of temperatures of 70 degrees warmer. That is above average. Toya the average is normally . Tonight, breaking news. What weve just learned about Donald Trumps strategy for tonights debate. He also plans to bring president obamas half brother from kenya. And the clinton camp tonight. What they made sure would not happen right before the debate starts. Also tonight here, the massive gas expln. Witnesses smelled gas right before. Tonight, many injured. The school shooting. Suspects opening fire on students leaving class. And now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. On the front lines tonight. Our team right there, the oil burning in the fields of iraq. The assault on isis. The american troops helping. And the attack elsewhere tonight, outside a u. S. Embassy. This truck barrelling right into a crowd. And just in tonight, the