How about outside the Weather Window in milwaukee the pavement dried out over not overnight and it cooled off. 39 currently and the wind turned around. Peak gusts at 26 Miles Per Hour in the last hour in the city. The wind will settle down when they get a couple hours down the road. Here is a look at your forecast. We stay above freezing entire day, clouds this afternoon with temperatures around or the one. Look at that early sunset time. We look ahead to friday, saturday, and sunday in just a few minutes. Melinda you can track the forecast onthego this Holiday Weekend with our free app. Use the interactive radar to see when and where any rain or snow will fall. You can also check the current temperatures wherever you are. New this morning, a group of local volunteers are traveling to north dakota this pipeline protesters have full meals for the holiday. Ten volunteers left from west salem in a bus yesterday. They say they felt a call to help out. So they packed hundreds of pounds of food on top of a bus, including 4500 bread rolls and 350 pounds of meat. We were like, we need to do something and have a call to arms and we have this great bus which enables us to take a lot out there and bring a lot of people out the made it happen. Melinda the group is planning on cooking all the meals they can and donating the rest before heading back home on sunday. Ben many of the students expected to attend our international students. Of the meal will be held at 11 30 in cobeen hall. Marquette since the 1950s. Melinda less than 3 weeks after the president ial election, a recount could be in the works. Green Party Candidate jill stein is trying to launch a recount in key swing states, including wisconsin. Thats after a recent report raised questions about the accuracy of the vote totals in pennslyvannia, michigan, and wisconsin where electronic Voting Machines were used. The Stein Campaign needs to raise 2. 5 million by friday to fund those recounts. President elect trump has nominated two prominent republican women for cabinetlevel positions. Betsy devos has accepted an offer to run the department of education. Trump is also selecting South Carolina governor nikki haley as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Ben an update to that fatal bus crash in tennessee. A sixth child has now died from their injuries. The bus swerved off the road and smashed into a tree in chattanooga earlier this week. Police say the driver was speeding when he lost control of the bus. Right now, hes charged with 5 counts of vehicluar homicide. Here in wisconsin. A different company, lamers bus to and from school everyday. Melinda wisn 12 news Ben Hutchison rode along to find out just what it takes to become a bus driver. There isnt a time i dont step up on a bus and have quivers in my stomach because of the responsibility we have. Then ben the powerful images from chattanooga and loss of 6 young lives. Portable. Ben hard to describe for lamers bus lines safety manager becky knaack. Shes been transporting students for 25 years. Knaack never wants to a see a tragedy like that again and says they do everything they can to hire the right people. You are sent for a physical, a preemployment drug test, we run a driving abstract, we do a criminal background test. Ben after passing the written hours with an instructor behind the wheel and that it is time for the road test. And if theres ever a complaint against the driver we bring the driver in and speak with them and hopefully get it corrected. Ben depending on the offense, they could face termination. Knaack stressing the importance of getting Children Home safely. In milwaukee, Ben Hutchison, wisn 12 news. Melinda hiring practices for bus drivers around wisconsin. Wisn 12 news reached out to 9 companies, lamers is the only one that responded to our requests. Time now is 5 05 and not too bad out there right now. Jeremy if you are traveling, which aaa says a lot of people ben if you are traveling, which aaa says a lot of people are we are in good shape. Jeremy temperatures are above freezing, no slippery spots dried off on the interstate. Heres a look at temperatures, mid30s and most locations. Officially in milwaukee it is 39. No locations on our map are really even close to freezing this morning. Midtoupper 30s across the area and the forecast for the next few days primarily in the 40s. Rain or snow possible on black friday. We will time that out in a few minutes. Ben this holiday is expected to be the busiest Holiday Travel weekend in almost a decade. Our cameras were at Mitchell International airport yesterday as passengers lined up to go through security. Aaa expects almost 49 Million People to travel 50 miles or more throughout the weekend. Make sure to check with your airline before heading to the airport to make sure your flight isnt delayed or canceled. Amtrak officials are asking travelers to plan ahead and be patient this holiday. More than 750,000 people thanksgiving and they expect record breaking numbers this year, especially on sunday. To help with the surge in travelers this weekend, for the first time, additional hiawatha trains will run at night between milwaukee and chicago. Melinda you might want to plan ahead for a safe ride home if you plan on drinking this holiday. To help make sure everyone makes it to their destinations safely. Dozens of Law Enforcement agencies are teaming up for a special holiday crackdown on drunk driving. More than thirty Law Enforcement agencies are taking pa. The owi task force gathered last night for an official rollcall at goerkes corners in waukesha county. Ben a reminder that because today is federal holiday, there is no mail delivery and the stock market is closed. Also, all government offices will be closed. The city of milwaukee wont pick up your trash or recycling today either. Plus, parking meter and overnight parking restrictions wont be enforced. Melinda still ahead, retail politics. The impact that the election may season. Ben plus, Health Officials say an average thanksgiving meal has more than 4500 calories. Coming up, the events happening in our area to help you burn announcer leading the way with important local coverage. Youre watching wisn 12 news this morning with weather watch 12 meteorologist Sally Severson and traffic watch 12s matt salemme. Wisn 12 news this morning continues. Ben the macys thanksgiving day parade is being held today. A giant Charlie Brown balloon along with other balloons parade. Its one of three new giant character inflatables. Three Million People line the streets to see the parade make its way through manhattan. It ends at macys flagship store. Good be a good day to go out and watch a parade. Jeremy weather conditions will cooperate for any thanksgiving travel across the midwest and if you are traveling to the east, it doesnt look too bad. A little more rain in that the rain ended overnight and we are looking at green on the forecast for traveling. Tomorrow, maybe a brief rain or snow shower. Saturday looks great and we will talk more about what is in store as we head into the Holiday Weekend in a few minutes. Ben your black friday tv could be dangerous if you arent careful. The Consumer Product safety co furniture can fall on kids if they arent anchored to a wall. Just like this. This video shows a demonstration using a doll. More than 90 of these types of accidents happen at home and most people dont think about it. We think of things like locking up our chemicals and putting fences in front of stairways, but we dont think about furniture tipping over. In this country, we have a child in the emergency room every 30 minutes and we have a child die top of them. Ben some ways to avoid this problem, anchor all tvs and furniture to the wall. Recycle old tvs of you arent using them and avoid storing anything in places where kids might climb up to reach them. Hanging onto hopes on the holidays. Retailers are banking on big sales this season after some shoppers pulled back during the election. Melinda but following such a divided contest, are people ready to open up their wallets . Wi2 more. Nikole from election season to seasons greetings. This election cycle kind of took more of the spotlight for everything so now its over holidays are here. Nikole megan hancheruk is one of millions of Holiday Shoppers retailers are trying to woo after a sluggish start. The election caused some impact in retail sales. Nikole ana Serafin Smith is with the National Retail federation. It found before the election said theyd be more cautious. Consumers were concerned at one point in time that depending on the result of the election, it could affect a little bit of their spending. Nikole now that the election is over, some retail analysts say those who are disappointed or upset in the results may pull back on their shopping, while those who are happy with the outcome are more likely to spend. I really see the trump effect overall having about a 9 christmas season. Nikole britt beemer of Americas Research group says the uptick is among those who supported the president elect and may feel more optimistic. Shoppers we spoke to say its not about politics. The election had nothing to do with my buying. It hasnt really affected me. That doesnt mean i was happy i wasnt happy with the results. Nikole in its postelection outlook the National Retail federation wrote shoppers are expected to pull themselves out of the election doldrums. We definitely think consumers are going to get back on track. Nikole voting with their wallets instead of a ballot. In washington, nikole killion. Melinda the National Retail federation says nearly six in ten americans will shop either in store or online this thanksgiving weekend. Ben later today, runners will kick off the 8h annual turkey trot in cedarburg. Its happening at Saint Francis borgia school. The event is a great way to get active before your big thanksgiving dinner. There will be a 5k run run fun run and a 1. 8 mile walk. The turkey trot is pet friendly. It starts at 10 00 this morning. The great milwaukee turkey day run is also happening today. The gobble wobble gets underway at 9 00 this morning. Participants will leave from the boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners and follow the route through whitnall park. There is also a virtual 5k option online. To thousands in ray seen today. Ben hillary is live helping to prepare the meal. Hillary we are where all the magic happens in the kitchen of the racine Festival Hall. I know you cannot smell it, but it smells amazing. We have things on the oven and the turkeys cooking. 2500 people, that is how many they will feed today. The have been doing seven meals. Who makes this happened, the two and only seven years. It goes by so quick. It is an awesome event. We were lucky enough to put it together and without the community it would never happen. It is amazing people in that retired people, homeless people, rich people, poor people, big mix of everyone sitting together and sharing stories and having a good time. Hillary ray is over here and has lots of pies. We have pumpkin in your hands. Ray pumpkin pie governments of o h bakery. A big donation to help out. Thanksgiving without pie. Hillary this is the way you do thanksgiving which is awesome. Lets show you a quick peek of where people will be eating, right here in Festival Hall all set up and even have channel 12 on. We like to see that on the big projector screen. 10 00 a. M. And you can come here totally free and welcome to all. We will be here all morning shot for years. Ben they need a big dishwasher down there. We need some pie here is what we need. Is it whipped cream or ice cream with your pie . Melinda whipped cream. Ben can you do both . I think both. Melinda we are talking about 4600 calories. Who is counting calories today . Melinda i am trying to. Jeremy the earlier the more calories you burn. You can get outside, exercise a little bit early this morning and if you are out exercising or traveling across the area, good news in the or cast, forecast, we are dry early today. If there is damp payment and should not ice up as we stay well above freezing. This afternoon, we will warm to if you have a jacket you can burn calories after thanksgiving dinner. Cloudy skies in racine. Northnorthwest breeze about 1015 Miles Per Hour. I think the wind will ease up as we go through the afternoon. Just clouds out there now. Clouds are a little bit thicker off to the west producing snow showers through the dakotas. This will race across minnesota an wisconsin. Whatever is left will give us a chance of brief rain or snow shower on friday. Cloudy and dry across the state, lower 40s here in southern wisconsin, right on average for this time in november. The forecast on friday looks ominous, but just a brief rain or snow shower statewide. Some 30s up to the north, not expecting any snow accumulation here is your weather watch day ahead, low 40s as we enter the weekend, sunshine back on saturday into sunday. Temperatures may touch 50 as we round out the Holiday Weekend. Temperatures are well above average, rain and snow monday and tuesday could be a couple snow showers once we get into wednesday as temperatures drop. It looks like the trend is some rain, not really snow in the forecast if you are wondering about the winter as a whole, we have the winter forecast. I have a complete recap that goes over the entire winter, not just of the next seven days. Melinda it will be good to revisit on the website. A packers fan feeling chilly this winter. Why he has sworn off pants until the green and gold will off a mans pocket. The common thing that wind up in flames and how to protect ben new this morning, one packers fan is so sick of his team losing he is brazing braving the cold and promising he will not wear pants until his team wins again. Melinda Emily Thornton reports from merrill, wisconsin. I dont care how cold it gets. Emily Glenn Seefeldt isnt afraid of a wisconsin winter. I love this, i love this weather. Emily and this lifelong packers fan is making a sacrificti i wear shorts a lot anyway, but once the packers started losing i told my family and i said im going to wear shorts until they win. Emily it started on sunday last sunday i guess i wore pants at church when i went to church. Emily and could continue for weeks to come. Im going to wear shorts wherever i go. Emily anything for the green and gold. My entire life ive watched the packers. Theyre actually the only team i watch. Emily for those who cant understand why youd choose to freeze for football. Think my fatherinlaw is nuts and off his rocker, but he is a diehard fan. Thats the kind of support they have here in wisconsin. I am proud to say that is my fatherinlaw showing his support for the packer nation. I get a lot of comments. Are you nuts . Do you know how cold it is outside . A lot of people drive by theyll hit the breaks and slow down and im in shorts and theyll roll down the window, what are you doing . Emily if or when the team im going to wear shorts until they win and ill probably ill probably wear shorts after that, but i wear pants then, to. I want to see him endure this whole winter with him in those shorts just to see how much of a hardcore fan he is. Melinda one guy had a texans had on. What a brave guy, seems like he likes wearing shorts. Melinda seefeldt says wearing now his soninlaw put 100 on the line and its a bet seefeldt says he doesnt plan on losing. Ben still saying relax. Can run the season run the team this season. Coverage of football starts with the big sports countdown at 6 30 live from philadelphia. All about the packers and eagles at 7 30 here on wisn 12. Still ahead, a couple spots a man breaking into their car. How they used to drink to fight back and nab a suspect accused thanksgiving turkey can be a tough meal to cook. 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 drivers stay safe this Holiday Weekend. Ben but first were 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. Im ben wagner. Melinda and im melinda davenport. 5 30 on this thanksgiving day thursday, november 24. Lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the weather center. Jeremy any day todays if a memo day anywhere today is a phenomenal day anywhere across the state