A look at your forecast. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the Weather Center. Its cold and blustery. Jeremy a great word to use today, blustery, windy, cold. We are now in the low to mid 30s across the area. The first to snowflakes of the season arrived in the milwaukee area shortly after midnight and some of those gathered on the mall and lawns and colder services. Surfaces. Jason in Mukwonago Ted accumulation. The rooftop and miller park, some snow. The wind has swept that off to the side, and when we speak of the wind, its going to be pretty substantial today. A wind advisory until 6 00, it feels like only 23 degrees outside this morning. Also, a wintry looking seen in waukesha with upper 20s and plenty of wind. When a squeeze out of her 30s flying around is mainly early this morning. We look ahead to sundays forecast and thanks giving thanksgiving, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. Happening now, Milwaukee Police are investigating a shooting on the citys northwest side. This happened just after 2 00 this morning near 60th and bradley road. Investigators havent released many details about what happened, but officers were on the scene for a few hours. We will bring you new information once it comes into our newsroom. As you heard jeremy say, the cold weather is here. Basic necessities to cope with the cold, namely, winter coats. Only on wisn 12 news, Adrienne Pedersen shows us how local charities are scrambling to provide enough warm coats. Adrienne these hangers at Catholic Charities in milwaukee are usually full this time of year. The coats you see here only its 70 degrees out, who is thinking winter coats at this time . Adrienne now that its getting cold local charities dont have the coats they desperately need. These coats mean a lot. I cant tell you how many times clients and their children will come in and have no coat. Adrienne brother rob roemer at st. Bens, a ministry providing meals six days a week, tells us the same thing. It looks like we have a lot of coats here, but when you look at them they are really thin , coats. Adrienne hes worried about how the people he sees almost everyday will stay warm. Us four cases of gloves because i know they are not coming in and we need them soon. Adrienne Robert Eubanks eats at st. Bens about twice a week. It was a person that gave me a coat, an older man. It wasnt even all that, but it kept me warm and i told him, ill never throw this coat away because he gave it to me off of his back when i didnt have one. Thats why i donate coats every year now. Thema that was Adrienne Pederson reporting. Leaders at Catholic Charities they say they usually get plenty of coats for little girls. There is a food drive today during the holiday parade in milwaukee. Volunteers from the Hunger Task Force will be pushing shopping carts along the parade route and collecting nonperishable food items. The food collected will go to local food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. This year, when you donate, you will get a 25 off coupon to boston store. We the holiday parade steps off at 9 30 this morning from the corner of astor and kilbourn. It winds down kilbourn to old world third street before wrapping up at the grand avenue mall. Anchor toya washington and chief meteorologist mark baden are in the parade. In just a few minutes, wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil will have live reports from the start line of the parade. After the parade, you can check out the decorations at the boston store in downtown milwaukee. For the first time in years, the location on 4th and wisconsin. This years theme is built around its holiday gift guide, featuring the stores best brands. The Department Store retail is all about creating excitement and magic. Especially during the holiday time. We wanted to bring that element back to our store in downtown milwaukee. Things from our childhood that have fond memories of the Holiday Season. Thema the holiday windows will be on display through the end of the year. New this morning, credit card skimming machines are popping up at stores around wisconsin. Police in madison and green bay are warning shoppers and Businesses Owners to be alert. There have been at least two similar incidents in green bay just this week. Investigators in madison say they have found 11 skimmers at gas stations within the last month. Madison and investigators are working to see if any of these cases are connected. Qwest at some point, they realize they are fraudulent transactions out of their account. Thema police say there are four things to keep in mind to avoid having becoming a victim. Closely monitor your bank account and report fraudulent activity right away. Pay inside the gas station. Buy gas station gift cards in small amounts and use those to pay for at the pump and cover european entry with your other hand at ponce, atms, and store registers. In milwaukee, the family that owns three popular local restaurants is heading to prison for skimming millions of dollars. The bouraxis family runs el fuego, el beso, and omega burger. Prosecutors say paul bouraxis, his wife, and their son skimmed more than 3 million and paid bouraxis was sentenced to two years in prison, his son a year and a day, and his wife will serve six months house arrest. You have a few more weeks to stop in at one wellknown downtown milwaukee shop. George watts and son, and the watts tea shop near Cathedral Square will shut down at the end of the year. It will continue to sell china, crystal and other highend goods online. The company was established in 1870. Happening now thousands of hunters art deer season. It opened this morning at sunrise, with many hunters heading out hours before. The department of Natural Resources says tens of thousands of hunters have already bought licenses but sales are down about 16,000 from last season. Hunters tell wisn 12 news, they look forward to these nine days every year. Definitely the camaraderie a whole year. All get together play cards, drink a little beer. Thema the season runs through the sunday after thanksgiving. Later today, you can enjoy a feast and football in milwaukees sherman park. Local officers will join neighbors for a couple of friendly games of flag football. There will be food and snacks. Organizers say its a way to bring the neighborhood together for a little fun before the holidays. The activities run from one 1 00 until 4 00. To a housing resource fair in milwaukee. You can get your questions answered on issues like home financing, repairs or foreclosures. The event is at North Division high school from 10 00 this morning until 2 00 in the afternoon. Representatives from various city departments will be there, as well as habitat for humanity, the fair housing council, and other community organizations. Its Graduation Day at the Milwaukee School of engineering. More than 100 undergraduate and graduate students will get their commencement ceremony. Its at the kern center, starting at 10 00 a. M. The graduates are receiving degrees in fields ranging from engineering to nursing. Congratulations to all. Good luck. Wisn 12 news time is 7 09. Scientists find more than greens inside popular bagged salads. How you can avoid getting sick the next time you grab one for lunch. Plus, this may be the closest they get to snow in california. When spewing into streets in one neighborhood. And talking of snow, meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the Weather Center on weather watch this morning, keeping an eye on our snow. Jeremy will the real thing across southeastern wisconsin. Tracking return to winter, how long snow and frigid temperatures are mean in your forecast, coming up. Intersection of kilborn prospect. We are in it, getting ready for the tradition that is the milwaukee holiday parade. We will have your chilly preview, next live right here on wisn 12 news this morning. Like, comment, and share with the news team you trust. Like wisn 12 news on facebook affirmative. . . Thrivent mutual funds. Managed by humans, not robots. Before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses leading the way with important local coverage, youre watching wisn 12 news this morning, with thema ponton and weather watch 12 meteorologist Jeremy Nelson. Wisn 12 news this morning continues. Patrick wisn 12 news time is 7 13. Waking up to a blustery, chilly, cold snowy morning. As we take a live look outside a miller park through the clouds this morning. Snow on a lot of the rooftops. We are on weather watch this morning. Many of you waking up to snow on the ground where you live. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is up next with your complete forecast. New this morning, premade bagged salads may contain high researchers in the u. K. Recreated the bagged salad environment and found the combination of moisture, plus nutrients leaching out of the greens can create the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. The Scientists Say the best way to avoid Food Poisoning is to eat the greens the same day you buy them, and avoid bags with mushy leaves. Daily exercise has farreaching effects for almost every part of the body, from the brain to the heart. A new report on sports injuries lays out why workouts should be done in moderation. With more, heres abc news senior medical contributor doctor timothy johnson. Dr. Johnson getting in better shape . Youre not alone. The u. S. Is becoming a more active country, with 213 Million People last year reporting regular physical activity. But today, a new cdc report showing sportsrelated injuries are responsible for 8. 6 million annual visits to doctors offices and hospitals in the the most common activity that led to these visits . For both men and women of all ages, it was general exercise like running or weightlifting. But it was young men, engaging in team sports like basketball and soccer, who appeared to be at the highest risk. The good news . Half of these injuries were easily addressed without expensive e. R. Visits or hospital stays. Also important to remember that most who exercise dont end up with aches and pains that require medical attention. And as we all know, most americans dont meet recommended guidelines for physical activity. So by all means, keep up the exercise, for most of us the benefits outweigh the risk. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Thema this morning, preparations are underway for families. Wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil is live along the route with a look ahead. Its cold this year. Van and windy. If you are coming down, you want to do layers. I have at least five layers on, and that is not a joke. The executive director of the Hunger Task Force, its all about giving food, the Holiday Season, and definitely fewer coming down to the parade. People should remember to bring a nonperishable item and look for the btr volunteers pushing shopping carts. We are going to collect food and give you a coupon for boston store. Van theyre nice. If people to make a down to the parade today, they are still able to donate. Extended hours at the Hunger Task Force. Were open till noon today or they can come monday through friday till 6 00 in the evening. We are encouraging people to get down to the holiday parade, because its a Beautiful Day down the lakefront. Van so beautiful and warm up. The layers and a snuggle buddy if you need to stay warm. Looking for . Healthy food, we are about children, so vegetables, fruits, or all of ours, and in thing about the holidays. Van bring those nonperishable food items and donate to the Hunger Task Force, all part of the milwaukee holiday parade. Bring your snuggle buddy to stay warm. Van mcneil, live downtown, wisn 12 news this morning. Thema hopefully to stay warm. Holiday parade for a good cause. Toya washington and mark baden will be there. Everyone out there in layers. Jeremy they mentioned they are pushing shopping carts, but issue they dont need snow tires. Last year, we had about seven inches of snow on the day of the parade. Was not complain this morning. We just have to look back to that early start to the snow season last year. Thema this is a shock, we got we actually have video from last year. Jeremy the van was out there last year. Van some thema some of that snow dried up. Jeremy officially 6. 9 inches of snow last year in milwaukee. A wintry scene, market toy will be out again today. We are talking about the parade forecast, coming up. Lets show the wintry scenes here this morning across southeastern wisconsin. This is from germantown, look at that. The lawnh coating. You can still see the grass through there. No snow on the sidewalk. There was a little more snow a father to the north and west bend, justin tweeted me this photo. The backyard covered in snow and the elevated surface with at least a half or three quarters of an inch of snow. Its a white seen this morning with the rooftops in milwaukee, miller park ruth has some snow on it. A little windblown snow and some conditions and where were headed for today. Right now in the low to mid 30s across the area with gusty wind and the wind will stay on the high side throughout the day. A wind advisory until 6 00 p. M. And any snowflakes we see primarily this morning, i think once we get into the afternoon, we have mostly cloudy skies. The snow is still across eastern wisconsin, all the way from green bay in door county through milwaukee and stretches down toward chicago. All these locations flurries, snow showers come were couple of bursts of light snow. Thats were you see a little snow jubilation, mainly on grassy services. Snow accumulation, mainly on grassy services. It doesnt cool down quite as quick, thats what weve seen a lot of snow melt on sidewalks and pavement. Good news for anyone traveling this morning. A wind advisory until 6 00 p. M. For all of southeast wisconsin. If youve been out early this morning, its blustery and cold. Feel across all of the areas. In mequon a Concordia University, snow sticking to grassy areas and the mulch bed. 83 at concordia kanye west northwest breeze at 14. Temperatures in the low to mid 30s, adding wind of 20 plus Miles Per Hour. Thats going to give us the feelslike temperatures only in the low 20s. The northern part of the state feels like the teens. The forecast for today may squeeze out every 30s to around 40. It will not feel anywhere near teens and 20s the entire day. We keep the wind on the high side to this evening with gusts that could approach 35 or 40 Miles Per Hour. For tonight, low to mid 20s across the area and cold this morning. So far, sunday morning and sunday afternoon, we enjoy some sunshine, but it wont do much to warm up temperatures. Highs in the upper 30s for the back half of the weekend. We may stay in a few locations today. In little more sunshine on monday and we start the busy across the area. After thanksgiving, there could be some rain and snow. At the moment, that looks to be on the light side. There could be rain or snow friday or saturday. Thema thank you, jeremy. Wisn 12 news time is 7 21. The cast of the musical hamilton get their shot at addressing the vicepresident elect. The message they shared with the incoming administration. And later, pink is the new orange. What you need to know about wearing blaze pink gear before you head into the woods this thema new this morning no, you are not looking at snow in california. Its foam fire retardant that spilled into the streets yesterday in santa clara, california. Fire Officials Say an alarm went off inside a new airplane hangar, causing foam to because there was no fire to extinguish, the foam just kept spreading. People were warned not to go in it, as it can cause skin irritation, though some people couldnt resist. No one was hurt. Also new this morning, Vice President elect mike pence took last night off from his duties as head of the president ial transition team, and took in a performance of hamilton on but the audience didnt exactly greet the incoming v. P. With a standing ovation. [booing] thema as pence walked into the theater surrounded by secret service, he was met with boos and some scattered applause. After the performance, the cast took a moment to directly address the Vice President elect. Brandon dixon, who plays Vice President aaron burr, says the new administrations rhetoric has alarmema but we truly hope the show has inspired you to uphold our american values. And to work on behalf of all of us. Thema hamiltons creator, linmanuel miranda, is an outspoken clinton supporter. He hosted a special showing of the musical back in july to raise money for her campaign. Wisn 12 news time is 7 25. Transforming a milwaukee landmark into a winter wonderland. You can expect the next time you stroll the streets of old milwaukee. And a live look outside as we head to break. The first snow of the season here in our area. Snow on the roof that miller park, we are on weather watch now on wisn 12 news. Thema right now on wisn 12 news this morning, winter temperatures are here. Many of you waking up to overnight snow. We are on weather watch for the first snow of the season. We get a check of your weekend forecast, coming up. Good morning, and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. Im thema ponton. Coming up on 7 30 on the saturday morning. Lets check in with meteorologist Jeremy Nelson in the Weather Center. We keep talking about winter is coming, but it feels like its here this morning. Jeremy that looks like winter to me. Snow on grassy surfaces across southeastern wisconsin. I know of very abrupt temperature change overnight. Little light dusting. The pavement has been primarily wet this morning with warmer ground temperatures. Take a look at the scene in brookfield, one of our favorite twitter followers tweeted this to me. The lawn it looks like the mulch areas are covered in snow. On the doppler 12 Radar Network, the snow is scooting off to the east, at least, the persistent light snow in flurries. We could still squeeze out a flurry late morning, but in the metro area, would probably see another 60 to 90 minutes after that, it will just be windy and cold. The stock about windchill. Youll notice the breezes blustery and feels like the teens and low 20s across the area. Current windchill in waukesha is 16 degrees for today. Looking at morning snow and a wind advisory continues until 6 00 p. M. Blustery this afternoon, highs over 30 to around 40. We try to warm things up in the sevenday forecast, getting to that a few minutes. Thema thank you, jeremy. Wisn. Com and our free app are weekend. You can check the hourbyhour temps. And also watch for any future snow on the interactive radar. You want to bundle up if you are heading out to the milwaukee holiday parade the steps off this morning and 9 30 and that is where we find dan mcneil, who is bundled up in a couple of layers this morning. Van its that wind or it windy and blustery. If you are coming down for the holiday parade, the wind is picking up coming out of the west. We do have some light flurries as jeremy was alluding to early. The secret to the holiday parade if you are coming down is layers, layers, layers. Thats a stay warm. Thema very good advice. The Hunger Task Force will be collecting canned food along the parade route. All food collected will go to local food pantries, soup this year, when you donate, you will get a 25 off coupon to boston store. Wisn 12 is teaming up with the Hunger Task Force to raise money this Holiday Season. Tuesday and wednesday, we are hosting our annual food for families phone bank. Last year, you at home helped us raise more than 100,000. We appreciated, the families appreciate it, and we look forward to hearing from you again this year. Its that time of year again, gun deer season starts today. The dnr reports tens of thousands of hunters have already bought licenses but sales are down about 16,000 from last season. And there are some new changes this year the dnr wants hunters to keep in mind. First, make sure you have a carcass tag, not just your license. Hunters harvesting a deer without a carcass tag in their possession will face a fine of more than 300. Another change hunters will notice this year is that blaze pink is now allowed as a legal hunting color, to go along with as 12 news Ben Hutchison reports, some retailers are testing the market and the color is drawing all kinds of customers. Are you looking for pants specific or bibs . Ben its that time of year at blains farm and fleet in waukesha. Charlotte gottsacker helping people find hunting gear. Used to have a small round rack and this year everything flew off t ben shes talking about blaze pink items. Back in february, Governor Walker signed a bill allowing hunters to wear the color in addition to the traditional blaze orange. Gottsacker hunts, she says if it gets more women into hunting, thats just a bonus. It gives them another shot to say we are women and are proud to be hunters. Ben but moments after our interview, jeff and Anthony Zuercher proving its not just for women,. You are used to seeing orange this pink will be like, wow. Ben they decided not to carry pink this year. A lot of manufacturers we get our clothing from have not gotten the pink yet. Ben general manager rob scherper says only a handful of customers have even brought it up, but he wants to make one thing clear so people stay safe outdoors for gun deer hunting season. This is an example of a pink hunting garment that is not a legal garment. In hales corners, Ben Hutchison, wisn 12 news. Thema sherpers says theyll consider adding blaze pink items for next year. And farm and fleet is already planning on having significantly more options for their customers in the future. Wisconsins gun deer season runs through the sunday after thanksgiving. And Governor Scott walker is ready to go hunting. He posted this photo of his deer tag on twitter. The governor plans to hunt in vilas county. Menomonie police say they have a suspect in the death of a uw stout student who was beaten halloween weekend. 24yearold Hussain Alnahdi was a junior from saudi arabia. Police say they have no evidence indicating his death was a hate crime. Police say the suspect is not a student. His name is being withheld pending charges. Right now, millions of americans are getting ready to hit the road next week. If youre planning on trave big later today,. A local church in milwaukee is giving away free gas this weekend. Members of the kingdom Faith Fellowship will give away 1000 in gas before the thanksgiving holiday. Starting at 10 00 this morning, they will issue gas vouchers to the first 100 cars in line at the b. P. Gas station near first street and west capitol. More people are expected to drive to their destination this thanksgiving. 2. 03 locally. A total of 49 Million People are expected to travel, making it the busiest thanksgiving since 2007. If youre planning to fly, the busiest days to fly out of mitchell will be wednesday before, and the sunday after thanksgiving. Here in the midwest, workers at one of the largest airports are threatening to walk off the job. Hundreds of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, janitors, and wheelchair attendants at ohare voted to go on strike next week. The workers say they want a 15anhour wage. The timing of the strike is not a coincidence. They say striking during the busy Holiday Season will grab peoples attention. The Chicago Department of aviation said if a strike happens, it does not expect any disruption in service during the holiday rush. Wisn 12 news time is 7 36. The badgers are taking on purdue later today, while the packers gear up to face the redskins tomorrow. Wisn 12 sports dan needles and the badgers, a 28 point favorite at purdue. We are assuming they will win which means one step closer to , getting to the playoffs. We break down what has to happen for that happened. The packers are the underdog on sunday night. What the big problems are and how they might go about fixing them. Plus, the bucs and the Golden State Warriors. Bucks to get to the Golden State Warrior level . We talk about that tonight at 6 30. Thema you can watch the badgers take on purdue right here on wisn 12 news. Kickoff is at 11 00 a. M. We turned to the weather now. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson on weather watch this morning for it will bit of snow this morning but whole lot in the way of frigid temperatures. I will he know how long they linger, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. Plus, starbucks gets political. Why anger is brewing over whats being written on the iconic coffee cups. As we had to break, a live look outside. This is a look at the roads this morning. Windy, cold, light snow. To the wind shaking the camera. A dusting of snow on the side of the road. Take it easy out there. Its new to us now with the first snow of the season. We on the drastic change in temperatures and if you have any pictures from this morning, please send them to us. Leading the way with important local coverage, youre watching wisn 12 news this morning, with thema ponton and weather watch 12 meteorologist Jeremy Nelson. Wisn 12 news this morning continues. Thema welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. 7 41 right now on this saturday, november 19. It is snowing outside. I will say it again. It is snowing outside. There is snow on your lawn, snow over of where you live. If youre heading outside, bundle up. My advice would be in more layers than you think you need, because its cold outside. Jeremy we are not used to it. Thema it was 70 almost. Jeremy the day before was low 70s. From late summer right into winter. Thema i went to winter coat like no. Jeremy i said it out last night. I dont be the person who is cold. Thema Jeremy Curley on this morning, light snow swept through the area, still flurries and snow showers out there. Enough together on the deck and the patio, cold Services Like grassy areas. Tricia in muskego tweeted this photo to me jnelsonweather. You can also email them to us that wisn. Com. A couple of windswept flurries from time to time. No additional snow accumulation is excited. Teens and 20s were it feels like outside with blustery northwest wind dusting between 35 and 40 Miles Per Hour. We go in search of a warm up on your sevenday forecast. Stick around, we preview the thanks giving forecast. Thema thank you, jeremy. Parts of south dakota and minnesota are covered in snow right now. Looking at video out of northern covered with snow and ice. The Minnesota State patrol responded to more than 340 accidents, at least two of them fatal. Some areas saw more than a foot of snow. In a stunning reversal, president elect donald trump is now settling fraud claims against his now defunct trump university. The settlement was for 25 million and no admission of wrongdoing. He would never settle the three civil lawsuits. A trial had been scheduled to begin later this month. Later today, trump is expected to meet with one of his harshest critics. Former president ial nominee mitt romney will sit down face to face with the president elect at trumps golf club in bedminster, new jersey. A majority of trumps transition meetings have taken place in new york. Yesterday, the president elect made picks for more top posts in his administration. His choice for attorney general is alabama senator jeff sessions, and kansas congressman mike pompeo to head the cia. On thursday, he appointed retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn as National Security advisor. All three have been critical of president obamas handling of terrorism and foreign relations. Trumps supporters are now asking for their starbucks drinks under trumps name as a movement against the coffee giant. After a viral video showing a trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction earlier this week, other supporters have banded together to protest what they view as political and the protesters are using the hashtag trump cup. Theyre attempting to make starbucks baristas yell trumps name and write it on their coffee cups. Starbucks has responded to the protest by clarifying that it doesnt require its employees to write or call out names. Wisn 12 news time is 7 45. There are a lot of big holiday traditions opening this weekend. The Milwaukee Public Museum is transforming the streets of old milwaukee into a holiday deck the streets kicks off today with holiday programs, musical performances, and activities for the whole family. Todays event runs from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. The exhibit will stay decorated through january. Over at the Mitchell Park domes, its the holiday floral show. Visitors can explore the show dome, which will be transformed into a winter forest. The exhibit is free with regular morning. We are on weather watch for the first snow of the season. Meteorologist terry nelson is in the Weather Center with the cold, blustery, and snowy details. Jeremy good morning. Talking about the holiday parade and if you are going down, you need several layers on for today. Then mcneil van mcneil was down there with the hat and gusting around 35 miles an hour in milwaukee. Thats really driving down the windchill for the field like temperature this morning. We are getting probably dozens of you are photos so far. People are pretty fired up about the first snow of the season. Its not a lot, gathering on grassy surfaces and maybe a car windshield with a rooftop of the grill out on the patio. Because the pavements here in a snowy deck and mequon. Sally severson is up early this morning. Believes have a little snow on them anywhere across southeast wisconsin. If you have a backyard, take a look. This probably little snow that will be melting away by this afternoon. The winter forecast, it will come your way wednesday at 6 00 p. M. What a good time to mention that with everyones thoughts on the cold and snow this morning. We preview how much cold and winter storms the season . That is and that we will highlight. In will we see some milder temperatures . All of the temperatures will be answered this coming wednesday during the 6 00 p. M. Newscast. The doppler 12 Radar Network this morning, overnight snow, the first snowflakes of the season officially in milwaukee. The snow is starting to wind down, pushing the reason wisconsin and will pass through downtown milwaukee, at least the back edge, within the next one through today. As we look at the doppler 12 Radar Network, some bigger perspective. The storm is sweeping through the area. Wind gusts across the area right now 20s and 30s. Outside the weather window, taking a look at current conditions. 33 degrees right now, but take a look at the feelslike temperature. Thats a 22 now. Wind chills the state are in the teens and 20s, and the forecast for today, theres really no improvement. it will feel like that at all. Would you blustery breezes around a 20 to 35 Miles Per Hour. As we go into tomorrow morning, 20s and maybe low 30s across the area. We dont warm up whole lot with highs tomorrow in the mid to upper 30s. Heres the weatherwatch 12 week ahead. Chilly conditions to end the weekend, a high of 38. For thanksgiving, rain the day before and maybe rain or snow the day after and hopefully we sneak in a dry day. Off the 9 30 this morning downtown. Thats where we find wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil. He is braving the winter temperatures this morning. Thema van absolutely. Germany was thing the real feel temperature at 23 degrees, i agree with that. That in the wind gusts, if you are coming down to the holiday parade today, layers is the key. You want to bundle up and stay warm up. The 90th year of the holiday parade. Van 90 years. What a tradition. This year, we get the cold weather. I remember standing here with you last year and compared to last year, its downright tropical, as far as im concerned. Van how many units and marching bands . Just over 100 units today, of that, about 13 marching bands, one of them being uw marching band. We have costumed characters and local personalities, including you, waving from convertibles. And the huge floats and giant helium balloons it will be a gametime call today based on the weather. It seems ok until he gusts up a little bit. Van the local television and radio personalities and marching bands, i think we are missing one big person. Whats his name, santa . I think sanchez here. The parade. Once hes done and gets off of his float, boston store greg avenue is going to be hosting selfies with santa. Free photos with santa prayer santa. Bring your phone, warm up and take your photos. Van more information at wisn. Com. More from the milwaukee holiday parade, then mcneil, live on wisn 12 news this morning. Thema next on wisn 12 news this morning taking a trip around where you can explore holiday customs and traditions of various cultures this weekend. Were on weather watch this morning. Justin from west bend, look at that snow. We are keeping an eye on just how much is snowing and how long it will stick around and what it means for your holiday travel. Thema this weekend, you can take in the International Sights and sounds of the Holiday Season. The holiday folk fair is this weekend at State Fair Park. There will be music, arts, and crafts, just to name a few things. The Italian Dance Group of milwaukee will also be were joined by dancers Susie Christiansen and Gina Jorgensen this morning. Thanks for being here this morning. Tell us about the folks there. The 74th annual folk fair. You can come and celebrate diversity of so many different cultures. Food, cultural exhibits, dancing. We have a guest group from this morning. Tell us about what you were wearing and what people can expect. We are from the Italian Dance Group translated to the living tradition. We carry on the traditions of our ancestors. From generation to generation. Our costumes are actually representative of the southern regions of italy. We enjoy what we do and we love preserving our culture. Thema as we take a look at video, this is what people can expect to see as they head out to this folk fair. What would you like people to take away from being part of this event this weekend . The food is bad was. As soon as you walk in, the smell hits you in the face. Not to come and try everything. If you want to shop and buy things that are really authentic to that culture, its great. Thema the adventurous. Three minutes to put on their best to dance. See bursting a collection of everyones best. The performance is spectacular. Thema ladies, thank you so much for your time this morning. We appreciate it. If you would like more information about the holiday folk fair international, we have put a link with more information on wisn. Com. Still in of morning, its supposed to be healthy. We tell you why some health Officials Say your salad can be making you sick. Plus, a mysterious blob of foam in california. Kept spreading through the streets. Plus, were on weather watch this morning. The first to snow of the season here in the area. Its windy and cold. You are waking up to snow on the street outside where you live, on the grass outside of your now on wisn 12 news. Thema the first snow of the season fell overnight. This was the scene outside our studios in milwaukee. And this is a live look outside right now. The big weather concern now the wind. Its a blustery morning. We are tracking when the wind dies down and how much more snow good morning everyone, and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. Im thema ponton. Its 8 00 a. M. On this saturday, november 19. Lets get right to the forecast. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the Weather Center. It definitely feels like winter out there in the middle of fall. Jeremy it feels like winter, it looks like winter this morning. This is after a high of 68 degrees yesterday. A big transition occurred overnight with the first snowflakes of the season. Place the goes until 6 00 p. M. Wind gusting around 35 to 40 miles an hour. A cold feel out there the entire day and next tonights, the furnace will be working overtime with lows in the lowtomid 20s. Lets start things off of the doppler 12 Radar Network. I noticed around the town of lisbon down for waukesha, vernon, and just to the west of norway, thats the back edge of the fairly persistent light snow. The reason that in downtown milwaukee, still seeing light is transitioning off to the east. Once this band moves through, we just a couple of flurries. Thats all we have left in waukesha right on the edge now. West, northwest breeze at 25, looks like only 28 degrees for the forecast, keeps the wind chills teens and 20s throughout the day, even though we may be in the 30s, it was the extra layers. The hats, all the winter gear. I will you know thats needed on things giving day thanksgiving day, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. Happening now, Milwaukee Police e the citys northwest side. This happened just after 2 00 this morning near 60th and bradley road. Investigators havent released many details about what happened, but officers were on the scene for a few hours. We will bring you new information once it comes into our newsroom. As you heard jeremy say, the cold weather is here. Many families dont have the basic necessities to cope with the cold, namely winter coats. Only on wisn 12 news, Adrienne Pedersen shows us how local charities are scrambling to Catholic Charities in milwaukee are usually full this time of year. The coats you see here only about 1 3 of what they normally have mid november. Its 70 degrees out, who is thinking winter coats at this time . Adrienne now that its getting cold local charities dont have the coats they desperately need. These coats mean a lot. I cant tell you how many times clients and their children will come in and have no coat. Adrienne brother rob roemer at st. Bens, a ministry providing meals six days a week, tells us the same thing. They are really thin coats. Adrienne hes worried about how the people he sees almost everyday will stay warm. I just went and purchased four cases of gloves because i know they are not coming in and we need them soon. Adrienne Robert Eubanks eats at st. Bens about twice a week. It was a person that gave me a coat, an older man. Ill never throw this coat away because he gave it to me off of his back when i didnt have one. Thats why i donate coats every year now. Thema that was Adrienne Pederson reporting. Leaders at Catholic Charities say they need boys and mens coats the most. They say they usually get plenty of coats for little girls. There is a food drive today during the holiday parade in milwaukee. Volunteers from the Hunger Task Force will be pushing shopping carts along the parade route and collecting nonperishable food items. The food collected will go to local food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters this year, when you donate, you will get a 25 off coupon to boston store. This is a look at the route. The holiday parade steps off at 9 30 this morning from the corner of astor and kilbourn. World third street before wrapping up at the grand avenue mall. Anchor toya washington and chief meteorologist mark baden are in the parade. In just a few minutes, wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil will have live reports from the start line of the parade. Your best advice is layer up. Van layers, layers, layers, thema. The wind coming out of the west down here, we are at the intersection of prospect and kilbourne. As you can see, the wind is taking the American Flag here motorcycle. Youre going to want to stay warm, the wind is going to continue all throughout the parade. The real feel temperature at 22 degrees. That is the secret today, layers and stay warm. Back to you. Thema thank you, van. Anyone on a motorcycle having to wipe away the snow. New this morning, credit card skimming machines are popping up at stores around wisconsin. Police in madison and green bay are warning shoppers and they have found 11 skimmers at gas stations within the last month. There have been at least two similar incidents in green bay just this week. Police say the devices are made to blend in with the gas pump or hidden inside a locked portion of the pump. A customer is able to purchase their gas, they dont know anything is happened until some point they realize their fraudulent transactions going on. Thema police say there are four things to keep in mind to avoid having becoming a victim. Closely monitor your bank account and report fraudt pay inside the gas station. Buy gas station gift cards in small amounts and use those to pay for at the pump transactions. Cover your pin number with your other hand at pumps, atms, and store registers. In milwaukee, the family that owns three popular local restaurants is heading to prison for skimming millions of dollars. Burger. Prosecutors say paul bouraxis, his wife, and their son skimmed more than 3 million and paid workers in cash to avoid paying taxes. Bouraxis was sentenced to two years in prison, his son a year and a day, and his wife will serve six months house arrest. You have a few more weeks to stop in at one wellknown downtown milwaukee shop. George watts and son, and the watts tea shop near Cathedral Square will shut down at the end of the year. It will continue to sell china, crystal and other highend goods online. The company was established in 1870. Happening now thousands of hunters are out in the woods for the start of wisconsins gun deer season. It opened this morning at sunrise, with many hunters heading out hours before. The department of Natural Resources says tens of thousands of hunters have already bought licenses but sales are down about 16,000 from last season. Look forward to these nine days every year. Definitely the camaraderie with people you havent seen in a whole year. All get together play cards, drink a little beer. Thema the season runs through the sunday after thanksgiving. Later today, you can enjoy a feast and football in milwaukees sherman park. Local officers will join neighbors for a couple of friendly games of flag football. There will be food and snacks. Bring the neighborhood together for a little fun before the holidays. The activities run from one 1 00 until 4 00. Anyone is welcome. Also later today, youre invited to a housing resource fair in milwaukee. You can get your questions answered on issues like home financing, repairs or foreclosures. The event is at North Division high school from 10 00 this morning until 2 00 in the afternoon. City departments will be there, as well as habitat for humanity, the fair housing council, and other community organizations. Its Graduation Day at the Milwaukee School of engineering. More than 100 undergraduate and graduate students will get their diplomas during todays fall commencement ceremony. Its at the kern center, starting at 10 00 a. M. The graduates are receiving degrees in fields ranging from engineering to nursing. Congratulations to all. Wisn 12 news time is 8 08. Scientists find more than greens inside popular bagged salads. How yon the next time you grab one for lunch. Plus, this may be the closest they get to snow in california. What sent this oozing white foam spewing into streets in one neighborhood. In meteorologist Jeremy Nelson in the Weather Center. On weather watch this morning for the first nor the season. Jeremy tracking a return to winter. How long frigid temperatures and snow remain in the forecast, the news team you trust. Like wisn 12 news on facebook janet, im giving you an extra weeks vacation no way. Who says no to more . Time warner cables all about giving you more. Like the most free hd channels and virtually unlimited movies and shows on demand, so you can binge all day. And dont forget the free tv app. Switch to get ultrafast internet with secure home wifi to connect all your devices. Call now. For 89. 99 a month youll get free hd channels, 30 meg internet and unlimited calling. Leading the way with important local coverage, youre watching wisn 12 news this morning, with thema ponton and weather watch 12 meteorologist Jeremy Nelson. Wisn 12 news this morning continues. Thema welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. Youre taking a live look at the roads at 8 12 this morning. We are keeping an i on the roads and on weather watch for the first snow of the season. New this morning, speaking of snow, that is not what that is in california. Thats actually foam fire retardant. Its built into the streets yesterday in santa clara. Fire Officials Say alarm went off inside of a new airplane hangar, causing the foam to spew everywhere. Even though people were warned not to go in as it can cause skin irritation, you saw people cannot resist, you see them in on the bicycle. But no one was hurt. Also new this morning, premade bagged salads may contain high levels of salmonella. Researchers in the u. K. Recreated the bagged salad environment and found the combination of moisture plus nutrients leaching out of the greens can create the perfect bree g you to avoid Food Poisoning is to eat the greens the same day you buy them and avoid banks with moshe leaves. Daily exercise has farreaching effects almost every part of her body from the brain to the heart. And report on sports injuries lays out why work in workouts should be done in moderation. With more, heres dr. Timothy johnson. Dr. Johnson getting in better the u. S. Is becoming a more active country with 213 Million People last year reporting regular physical activity. But today, a new report shows that sports related injuries are responsible for a. 6 million annual visits to doctors offices and hospitals in the u. S. The most common activity village of these visits are both men and women of all ages was general exercise like running or weightlifting. Team sports like basketball and soccer who appeared to be at the highest risk. The good news . Half of these injuries were easily addressed without expensive e. R. Visits or hospital stays. Also important to remember that most who exercise dont end up with aches and pains that require medical attention. And as we all know, most americans dont meet recommended so for most of us, the benefits outweigh the risk. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Thema this morning, the preparations are underway for the annual milwaukee holiday parade. Its a tradition for many families. Wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil is live along with route with a look ahead. Good morning, out of the snow flurries this morning. Van absolutely. And with the Johnson Control volunteers. Good morning. Controls a big part of the milwaukee holiday parade, back in 2003, the tradition almost went away. Who stepped in . Johnson controls theyve the holiday parade. The Vice President and corporate controller is the grand marshal. Congratulations. We are very excited. Van all these volunteers, just goes to show the johnson collectively a small group, but we have about 100 people behind the scenes supporting us. I miss my elf hat. Van thats a you stay warm. We were pretty windy. I you is staying warm . We are all about giving and helping the community. Dont let the wind in the first snowfall scare you away from the milwaukee holiday parade. Bring the nonperishable food items for a friend of Hunger Task Force and be sure to visit them. I dont know. The the the wind is blowing them off the little bit. Van its all about the layers. We are live downtown for the 90th annual milwaukee holiday parade, van mcneil, wisn 12 news. Thema thank you, everyone from Johnson Controls cheering on their workers to stay warm and be a part of the parade. On weather watch this morning. The first snow of the season is quite a wakeup call for a lot of us. Jeremy looking at the window, a dusting of snow on rooftops and on the lawn and car windshields. The good news is the pavement in most areas is just wet. You mentioned the scattered slippery spot to the west. It seems like the holiday parade is a signal that we turn to winter. Last year, we had almost seven inches of snow. This is how it looked in the downtown area with toyota and mark. Anything like that in the forecast, instead, this is the snow we see. Lets talk about the holiday parade for this year. It will have a wintry look and feel out there. You want to winter gear on as a man is modeling van is modeling. 34 degrees right now and once we get to the time the parade starts, temperatures to warm up at all. Degrees if we are staying downtown. Still blustery wind gusting 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Winter scene across at least wisconsin. Kate tweeted me this photo for menomonee falls. It will bit of snow on the grassy surfaces. It looks a little road behind here that is no free and pavement for the most part is warming up and melting the snow on contact. Hello winter up in cedarburg, thank you for tom who tweeted me the pavement is primarily wet and the grill cover and anything elevated is able to cool down quicker. It holds that snow, a nice scene across southeastern wisconsin with the first snow of the season. When will be persistent light snow come to an end . Lets check out the doppler 12 Radar Network trade this extending to the east, and behind it, were left with gray lieutenant swing through on the backside of the system with some flurries through about midday. Light snow continues at this hour in sheboygan. As we take a look at the lawn, this is close to lake michigan. Not much sticking. The camera lens is elevated and maybe a little colder, its had some snowflakes and ice on it from time to time. 31 degrees at the blue harbor resort in sheboygan. In milwaukee, we are in a final band of snow with the last persistent light area ofno 33 degrees from the ms oe camera with the west, northwest belize northwest breeze. You combine the wind with the air temperature and it really drives down what it feels like outside. 14 in waukesha, only 19 and west bend. Forecast for today, we keep the it may feel like 20s the entire afternoon with blustery breezes. A fast were dishonest forecast and not as windy, but still breezy. Cold and highs mainly in the 30s statewide. Once again, with 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour wind, it feels like 20s for the back cap the weekend. Nighttime lows, the local ski hills will be making snow, that some great news for all the winter enthusiasts that are hoping to hit the slopes on thanksgiving. Thanks giving day looks dry with highs in the 40s and standards between rain late tuesday and wednesday and rain or snow friday or next saturday. Thema thank you, jeremy. Wisn 12 news time is 8 20. You can skip the Big Box Stores this black friday. Our next guest shares where you can find plenty of deals, right around here, including the perfect ugly sweater this Holiday Season. And later, pink is the new orange. What you need to know about wearing blaze pink gear before you head into the woods this thema welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. Youre taking a live look outside. This is the camera on the roof in 19 and wells and this picture tells you a lot about what you today, fall competing with winter temperatures. This picture sent into us of the first snow of the season on the ground, but fall leaves hanging around. We want to see your pictures. Email them or tweet them to us and we will try to get them on the air. Believe it or not, christmas is just around the corner. Sorry. If youve already started your holiday shopping, or if you havent even thought of it yet, theres a place thats making it a little more affordable. Joining us this morning to talk about the bethesda lutheran christmas thrift store is kristin whitsitt. Thanks for being here. Tell us about this. The store is specialized. And that is a lutheran communities we have stores all over, tenant the state. Seven more throughout the country. This is a specialized christmas on 209 east main street in watertown. We also have specialized christmas sections in other stores. Thema the take a look your specialty items, this is where everyone you can finalist every thing you need for the holidays. Everything to the trees from ugly christmas letters, whatever it is you want to be shopping for, you can find it. Thema letters are a big deal for people. People wear them for their holiday parties. You have little section of those for people. Yes. Thema talk about his benefits and the benefits of this was the shop. With lutheran communities is an organization that provides support for people with intellectual and develop mental disability straight to been around for over 110 years, and we seek to help people live the life they want. Support is it offers them the opportunity to work alongside volunteers and through that opportunity, thats when they get the really great job skills, as they can go out into the community and take those retail skills with them and get a job. Thema you going to shop at the store and you are helping to change someones life. Absolutely, and you get a wonderful ugly sweater out of the deal. Thema thanks for your time this morning. We appreciate. If you would like more inrm put a link with more information on wisn. Com weekend. Still ahead on wisn 12 news this morning, transforming a milwaukee landmark into a winter wonderland. The holiday surprises you can expect the next time you stroll now on wisn 12 news. Thema right now on wisn 12, winter temperatures are here. Many of you are waking up this morning to overnight snow. We are on weather watch. Well get a check of your weekend forecast, coming up. Good morning, and welcome back im thema ponton. Thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Coming up on 8 30 now. We get things started by checking your forecast. Meteorologist Jeremy Nelson is in the Weather Center. He has the snowy details. Say it isnt so. Jeremy snow and over 30 degrees colder across southeastern wisconsin right now compared to the 68 we saw yesterday. In the forecast. Brr is back. Wind gust today potentially 30 to 40 mile an hour wind gusts, and jewels in the teens to 20s, the First Official snow of the season and across of much of southeast wisconsin. Thank you for tweeting me this photo. Look at his wintry scene. Probably half inch, close to an inch of snow on some of the patios and decks and grassy areas. Little light snow hanging on from around sheboygan through belgium, Port Washington, and downtown milwaukee. As we go through today, the wind chills are not going to budge a whole lot. It feels like the teens and 20s statewide, right now, he feels like temperature pretty blustery, 22 degrees in milwaukee. We get to the rest of the forecast and look ahead to thanksgiving, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. Wisn. Com and our free app are your best sources for Weather Information while onthego this weekend. You can check the hourbyhour temps. And also watch for any future snow on the interactive radar. Youll want to bundle up if youre heading out to the milwaukee holiday parade. It steps off this morning at 9 30 from the corner of prospect and kilbourn. Thats where we find wisn 12 news van mcneil. Hes braving the cold out there. Good morning, van. Van well, thema, i would say enjoying the first snowfall of the season. Whats really going to get you though is the blustery wind that layers, layers, layers. Last year, i came after the parade and i only had to layers and a coat. This year, five layers on. If you are bringing the kids and family, bring those nonperishable food items for the Hunger Task Force and bundle it up. Which i can live at the corner of prospect and kilborn with more from the holiday parade, van mcneil, wisn 12 news this morning. Thema the Hunger Task Force will be collecting canned food along the parade route. All food collected will go to local food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. This year, when you donate, you will get a 25 off coupon to boston store. Its that time of year again, gun deer season starts today. The dnr reports tens of thousands of hunters have already bought licenses but sales are down about 16,000 from last season. And there are some new changes this year the dnr wants hunters to keep in mind. License. Hunters harvesting a deer without a carcass tag in their possession will face a fine of more than 300. Another change hunters will notice this year is that blaze pink is now allowed as a legal hunting color to go along with the traditional blaze orange. As 12 news Ben Hutchison reports, some retailers are testing the market and the color is drawing all kinds of customers. Are you looking for pants specific or bibs . Ben itat waukesha. Charlotte gottsacker helping people find hunting gear. Used to have a small round rack and this year everything flew off the shelves immediately. Ben shes talking about blaze pink items. Back in february, Governor Walker signed a bill allowing hunters to wear the color in addition to the traditional blaze orange. Gottsacker hunts, she says if it gets more women into hunting, thats just a bonus. It gives them another shot to say we are women and are proud ben but moments after our interview, jeff and Anthony Zuercher proving its not just for women. Its nice and better than the orange. You are used to seeing orange and it fades in with the leaves. This pink will be like, wow. Ben they decided not to carry pink this year. A lot of manufacturers we get our clothing from have not gotten the pink yet. Ben general manager rob scherper says only h customers have even brought it up, but he wants to make one thing clear so people stay safe outdoors for gun deer hunting season. This is an example of a pink hunting garment that is not a legal garment. In hales corners, Ben Hutchison, wisn 12 news. Thema sherpers says theyll consider adding blaze pink items for next year. And farm and fleet is already planning on having significantly in the future. Wisconsins gun deer season runs through the sunday after thanksgiving. And Governor Scott walker is ready to go hunting. He posted this photo of his deer tag on twitter. The governor plans to hunt in vilas county. Menomonie police say they have a suspect in the death of a uw stout student who was beaten halloween weekend. 24yearold Hussain Alnahdi was a junior from saudi arabia. Police say they have no evidence indicating his death was a hate crime. Police say the suspect is not a student. His name is being withheld pending charges. Right now, millions of americans are getting ready to hit the road next week. If youre planning on traveling this thanksgiving, you can save big later today. A local church in milwaukee is giving away free gas this weekend. Members of the kingdom Faith Fellowship will give away 1000 dollars in gas before the 1000 in gas before the thanksgiving holiday. Starting at 10 00 this morning, they will issue gas vouchers to street and west capitol. More people are expected to drive to their destination this thanksgiving. Thats in part because of low gas prices, hovering around 2. 03 locally. A total of 49 Million People are expected to travel, making it the busiest thanksgiving since 2007. If youre planning to fly, the busiest days to fly out of mitchell will be wednesday before, and the sunday after thanksgiving. Here in the midwest, workers at on threatening to walk off the job. Hundreds of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, janitors, and wheelchair attendants at ohare voted to go on strike next week. The workers say they want a 15anhour wage. The timing of the strike is not a coincidence. They say striking during the busy Holiday Season will grab peoples attention. The Chicago Department of aviation said if a strike disruption in service during the holiday rush. Wisn 12 news time is 8 36. The badgers are taking on purdue later today while the packers gear up to face the redskins tomorrow. Wisn 12 sports dan needles and drew olson take a closer look in big 12 sports saturday. The badgers, a 28 point favorite at purdue. We are assuming they will win, which means one step closer to maybe getting into c we break down what has to happen for that happened. The packers are the underdog against the redskins on the road sunday night. What the big problems are and how they might go about fixing them. Plus, the box get there one appearance in milwaukee from the Golden State Warriors. How long will it take for the bucks to get to the warriors level . We talk about that tonight at 6 30. Thema you can watch the badgers take on purdue right here on kickoff is at 11 00 am. We turn now to weather watch 12. Lets check back in with meteorologist Jeremy Nelson in the Weather Center. First to snow of the season. Jeremy we are tracking snow and cold to start off the weekend. How long the frigid weather hangs around, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. Plus, starbucks gets political. Why anger is brewing over whats being written on the iconic coffee cups. And as we go to break, a picture of what many of you are waking up to a light dusting of snow, a temperature. Heres a picture submitted from scott from waukesha. We would love to see your weather pictures. Send them to us on ulocal, facebook, twitter. We would love to show on the thema welcome back to wisn 12 news this morning. 8 41 on this saturday, november 19. While we are in fall on the calendar, winter like temperatures outside, snowfall in this morning. Many of your waking up to cover nelson, its not good to stick around all day. Jeremy the snow is winding up, and almost all the pavement saw the snow melt on contact. The grassy areas and elevated services, gather snow overnight. Quickly pushing off to the ease, but whats left over is a whole lot of wind drawing and colder air. Wind gusts today 35 to 40 miles an hour with a wind advisory in effect all day long, the goes until 6 00 p. M. Looking at blustery mequon area from the Concordia University camera. 32 degrees and winds sustained at 15. Weve easily have gusts around 30 at the university. We talk more about whats in store for the rest of the weekend and look ahead to think giving travel, coming up. Thema thank you, jeremy. While we deal with the cold, parts of south dakota and minnesota are covered in snow right now. This is video out of northern minnesota. Cars and roads are covered with snow and ice. Responded to more than 340 accidents at least two of them, fatal. Some areas saw more than a foot of snow. In a stunning reversal, president elect donald trump is now settling fraud claims against his now defunct trump university. The settlement was for 25 million and no admission of wrongdoing. While campaigning, trump vowed he would never settle the three civil lawsuits. A trial had been scheduled to begin later this month. Later today, trump is expected to meet with one of his harshest critics. Former president ial nominee mitt romney will sit down face to face with the president elect at trumps golf club in bedminster, new jersey. A majority of trumps transition meetings have taken place in new york. Yesterday, trump made picks for more top posts in his administration. His choice for attorney general is alabama senator jeff sessions, and kansas congressman mike pompeo to head the cia. On thursday, he appointed retired Lieutenant General security advisor. All three have been critical of president obamas handling of terrorism and foreign relations. Trumps supporters are now asking for their starbucks drinks under trumps name as a movement against the coffee giant. After a viral video showing a trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction earlier this week, other supporters have banded together to protest what they view as political and antiwhite discrimination. The protesters are using the sh theyre attempting to make starbucks baristas yell trumps name and write it on their coffee cups. Starbucks has responded to the protest by clarifying that it doesnt require its employees to write or call out names. Wisn 12 news time is 8 44. There are a lot of big holiday traditions opening this weekend. The Milwaukee Public Museum is transforming the streets of old milwaukee into a holiday today with holiday programs, musical performances, and activities for the whole family. Todays event runs from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. The exhibit will stay decorated through january. Over at the Mitchell Park domes, its the holiday floral show. Visitors can explore the show dome which will be transformed into a winter forest. The exhibit is free with regular admission. And dont forget to check out the holiday folk fair international. Its at the Wisconsin Expo Center at State Fair Park in west allis. Its open today from 10 00 until 10 00. And tomorrow from 10 00 until 7 00. You can buy tickets online or at the door. And if you bring in two canned food items, you can get 2 off admission. And of course, as we mentioned earlier, today is milwaukees holiday parade. It steps off at 9 30 this morning downtown. Thats where we find wisn 12 news contributor van mcneil. Good morning, van. Windy and blustery downtown at the intersection of prospect and kilbourne. The 90th annual milwaukee holiday parade steps off and 9 30 and then 11 00 here on wisn 12 news, your Wisconsin Badgers take on the purdue boilermakers. We have the badger man here. The parade organizer, how did we get these guys . This year. Maybe your way to try and do this and there were a couple of phone calls made and some begging on my part. Im a former badger and i love having them here. In addition to the tremendous local bands, they are the band. Thema cj van cg is the leader for the band event. What are we going to hear . Were going to be doing some fifth quarters and a lot of playing in between. Van lets hear little something. To wake you up for the milwaukee band. . Thema the music to take is out this morning. Thank you, van. The parade steps off that 9 30 this morning and ends of the grand view mall. And santa claus will be out as well you warm out there this morning, they are layered up. Jeremy santa claus is a huge badgers fan. Hes always wearing red. He always has his red and white badger colors on. However the north pole. Thema being warm out there is a big task if you are heading out. Jeremy its a challenge early on today. Wind is driving and colder air this, tom sent in a photo earlier in west bend of all the snow in his backyard. Look who found their way into the backyard. The boys. Click we had some snowballs. Thema think they can get an entire snowman . Jeremy they would have to be quick. The ground is warm and we warm above freezing today. Some of the snow will be melting. But its a good kick off the winter, easing into things here with general light dusting of snow early this morning that across the area. It was too warm to stick. The grassy areas or your car windshield found some snow accumulation. Some of the rooftops in downtown milwaukee can see just a little snow gathered. Not much snow left over, a couple of flurries the rest of the morning. Plenty of wind and cold temperatures. Look at the wind today, about 20 to 35 miles an hour. 35 to potentially 40 mile an hour wind gusts will drive the across the entire state. If you have friends or family out in the woods right now for deer hunting, hopefully they have lots of layers and use caution getting up into the tree stand. We have a wind advisory down here in the southeast part of the state. This white and blue represents the snow that wrapped around the backside of the system. That is scooting off to the east with some clouds around. Also, maybe flurry or two drifts through this morning and early afternoon. For the most part, the storm east. What effects will be felt . From plenty of wind with a couple of cold is ahead of us today and also the second half of the weekend. Heres a look at some of the wind gusts across the area. I mentioned it may hit 40 Miles Per Hour at times today. Very close to that in west bend. 37 mileperhour gusts in waukesha. Lakeshore areas 20s to about 35 Miles Per Hour wind, is where its peaking at right now. Had a couple of occasional flurries. The pavement looking pretty good new concordia. As an untreated surface that just melted. You get to the lawn and those cold response were able to gather a little snow. Wind chill across the area, extra layers are needed. Waukesha feels like 17, 19 right now in watertown. 21 from Port Washington through milwaukee. Low 20s in racine, caledonia, and also pleasant prairie. Your forecast looks like this degrees with snowflakes and that cold feel will linger. The wind about 20 to 35 miles an hour. Future terms of looking like this now. By tomorrow morning, lowtomid 20s. Thats it across the area. We only recover to the 30s. Tomorrow probably the coldest day we see this weekend, although the coldest feel with the wind will likely be for today. User weatherwatch 12 week ahead. As we get into sundays forecast, some upper 30s and make sure you have a good grip on the steering will this weekend. We are looking at gusty wind for today. As we go into your travel forecast tuesday into wednesday, some rain on the way. 50 degrees. Thursday, drive the moment and maybe rain or snow try to sneak back into friday into saturday. Windy conditions the rest of today is the snow winds down. Thema thank you, jeremy. We are also on traffic i94 eastbound a county road s in waukesha county. Officials tell us that the eastbound lanes are being closed. Both hands on the steering wheel, some slippery roads this morning because of the snow and the wet roads. Still ahead, yet another sign of the season coming up in this weekends arts avenue, the milwaukee landmark welcoming holiday visitors in style. We will take you inside first big peak. Thema looking ahead on this weekends arts avenue, its beginning to look a lot like christmas at milwaukees here to talk about the mansions annual grand avenue christmas is john eastberg. Good morning. Thanks for being back. We appreciate it. You are right next door to us, weve been seeing the perforations going on first hand. John its so funny, with all that warm weather, is it ever going to become christmas in wisconsin, became today. Thema you got your wish. What are people going to see this year . John one of the most important gs thanks to a grant from numeral harris bank, children are free to come visit the pabst mansion. Thats the first time weve ever offered that. With one paid adult admission, you get to children to come in free. No limit. We really want to encourage young preservationists to be introduced to the pabst mansion and what a great time to do it at the holidays. Thema what does that mean . John under 17 years old. These the decorations from past years. Anything notably different the people are going to say this is fantastic . John we opened up a whole other floor of the pabst mansion recently. You really will have a great time just to sink in and enjoy the house for his long as you want during the course of the day. We are decorated through the end of the first week in january. We have a couple of that we call enjoy light refreshments. And we have live music. Thats this upcoming friday, november 25. Its open seven days a week except for Christmas Day and new years day. Its a Great Holiday tradition, its great to think about. Thema thank you for your time. Jeremy snow is winding down, keep an eye out for that. Thema if you dont have it, now is the time to download the weatherwatch 12 at and the wisn announcer jack hannas wild countdown is sponsored by nationwi jack hi, everyone, im jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to wild countdown. Animals have so many different, amazing adaptations, its easy to overlook one of the most common, feet. Tell you what, it beats walking across the desert. But feet are as unique as the animals they belong to. From horses you ever been kicked . Brent um, about 3 times a day. Jack to lions he said im not letting go of this, buddy. To elephants sue that is cushioned, feel that. Jack good night. Today, were looking at