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Homicide. The two men accused in this case, were arrested for failing to act to prevent bodily harm. Live in the newsroom, Ashley Sears Fox 6 news. Ted thanks ashley a teen has been arrested in connection to a west allis school threat. The written bomb threat was found yesterday in the bathroom of the lincoln intermediate school. Police searched the building but nothing was found. Police say case will be referred to the District Attorneys Office for possible charges. Officially moved to another state. Jill steins Campaign Filing its petition for a hand recount of all votes cast in michigan. She says more than 75thousand blank votes were a red flag that pushed her to seek a recount of the 4 point8million ballots cast in the state. President elect donald trump won michigan by more than 10thousand votes over hillary clinton. Wisconsins historic recount will get underway and tonight we have new information about how itll all play out. From cost. To logistics. The Wisconsin Elections commission is keeping clerks. And the public informed every step of the way. Fox6s bret lemoine is here in the studio with new details. The recount will begin at 9 am tomorrow in every county across the state. Each county has released a projected cost. And also indicated if they will process the recount by machine or by hand. Box than the one you saw on election day. Large crates filled with ballots leave Milwaukee County storage wednesday morning in preparation for the massive statewide president ial recount. They will be under lock and key tonight and once the ballot bags have been opened, there will be 24 hour security provided by the Sheriffs Department. The tight security is the result of strict guidelines. Outlined in full detail through a teleconference good morning. a judge denied former green Party President ial candidate jill steins request to force a state hand recount late tuesday night. Some municipalities, however, will opt to process the recount by hand 48 counties across the state. Including dodge, ozaukee and washington. Will still proceed with a hand recount. 14 counties. Like milwaukee, racine and waukesha. Will use optical scanners. 10 counties across the state will use both methods. Like walworth county. Walworth is asking for volunteers to serve as ab had some calls from counties this week that they are having a little bit of a challenge finding enough people. . While others like Jefferson County say. They have a waiting list of people willing to help out. Clerks have already projected their costs for overtime, facility rental, transportation, food and paying temporary workers. In our area, costs range from 36thousand in sheboygan county. To more than a half even further, sharing its 279thouasnd dollar cost for a machine recount. Would have ballooned another 78grand had the recount been done by hand. Steins campaign will foot the bill for all these expenses. Which now stands at nearly 4million dollars. Clerks have until december 12th to finish the recount. And certify the results. One wisconsin conservative group is alleging the recount is illegal. There is reason a mistake occurred not that a mistake could have occurred. if there is any real world consequence of it is it might put at risk our ability to have our votes counted in the Electoral College because the recount wont get done on time. I hope it doesnt happen. the president of the Wisconsin Institute for law and liberty says if this recount does interfere with the casting of wisconsins electoral votes but he would not comment further in what shape or form. Officials in madison and milwaukee had much more to say about the recount. Visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app to watch the complete news and teleconferences. The story will be on our home page. Wisconsin headed to washington today. House Speaker Paul Ryan met with Vice President elect mike pence and incoming ryan called todays meeting part of an ongoing conversation on how to hit the ground running when president elect donald trump is sworn in. A few light rain or snow showers are possible this evening and overnight. Lows will drop into the low to middle 30s. Cloudy and breezy thursday with chilly high temperatures in the low 40s. Staying mainly cloudy to reach into the upper 30s. The chance for rain and snow returns by sunday but temperatures gradually warm back into the middle 40s next week. Tonight light rain and snow showers. Low 35 wind sw 510 mph thursday cloudy and breezy. High 41 wind w 1020 mph fr 30 high 38 from your phone. Just download the fox 6 storm center app, its available on android and apple. The packers next take on the Houston Texans sunday at lambeau and they big money free agency deal during the offseason. Hes also a quarterback one packer is very familiar with. Tim van vooren has the blitz from Lambeau Field. When the schedule came out it looked like a dandy. Jj watt of the Houston Texans back in his home state taking on the packers at Lambeau Field this sunday. Watt is out with an injury and wont play the rest of the season. But the texans are still formidable. Talented Football Team. Houston is almost trying to overcome their first year quarterback Brock Osweiler came over, big free agent deal. So far he has 12 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. I know hes had the last couple of games, hes had some turnovers. Hes a much better athlete. You get guys who are above 64, 65, 66, and i know coaching quarterbacks they look at them differently. But i think he is osweiler is from Arizona State as is packers cornerback Damarious Randall and they worked out together in the summer. I was his receiver, just kind of before he ended up signing with houston where he was kind of in the mix of about to sign with a team, i was just running routes for him, jj watt wont be a part of things but a Division Leader will be at Lambeau Field on sunday and its not green bay. At Lambeau Field Tim Van Vooren fox bad news to report from milwaukees northside. Tonight a different kind of story from the 53206 zip code. Cameras. Capturing a side of the city you seldom see. The movie. About milwaukee. More death. More destruction. The terrible discoveries in the tennessee fires. And a controversial nativity scene. Who won the battle to save or scrap it. On pace to break a deadly record new numbers are out tracking wisconsins opioid epidemic. One milwaukee alderman says we will likely shatter the record for deaths in Milwaukee County. Our Ben Handelman live near downtown tonight a new plan to try and fight the what is being called a Public Health crisis. Guys. It will kill more people than homicides and car crashes do something new about opioid deaths. It is the deadly drug that has exploded in wisconsin. There are new numbers showing in Milwaukee County we are on pace to smash the existing record for opioid deaths. According to the Milwaukee County medical Examiners Office through late september, 191 people have been killed by drugs like heroin and fentanyl. The record set last year at 231. Milwaukee aldm number could surpass 250 deaths. If youve seen the trend over the last few years, whatever we are doing is not working. Murphy is pointing out startling numbers. In 2012 there were 5 fentanyl deaths. The latest numbers showing at least 56 deaths this year alone. You would think with all of the attention that the media has spent on it, a lot neighborhood meetings, public meetings, you would think those numberswould start going the other way, but they havent. Introduce legislation to form a citycounty heroin and opioid task force. The task force is going to bring together Law Enforcement, medical professionals, treatment providers and addicts themselves to give us a better perspective about how we can change this course. The groups job, brainstorm ways to stop the epidemics explosion like new resources, programs, and new Treatment Options for addicts. A first step aimed at curing a problem that has become many residents last. I just outcome than what we are currently doing. Tomorrow the city will be launching a program where people can mail un used prescriptions in an envelope for free. Theyll be able to pick up the envelopes at local cvss. The task force expected to go up for a vote tomorrow. Live in milwaukee, Ben Handelman fox 6 news. Ted thanks ben one person is arrested after shots are fired this morning in downtown milwaukee. It happened near 9th and state where Officials Say a suspect fired vehicle was hit by a bullet. The 45yearold suspect was quickly arrested by police. Milwaukee police are asking for help identifying a suspect wanted in connection with an Armed Robbery outside the citgo gas station near teutonia and green tree road. It happened early this morning. Authorities say the suspect approached the victim with a fake gun and demanded money. He got away with cash after a brief struggle between the two. Anybody who might know who this is is all too often we tell you about grim news from milwaukees central city. The 53206 zip code has seen a high rate of murders, violent crime, drugs. So what would there be to sing about . Fox6s Myra Sanchick tells you how a hollywood feature film shot in the citys poorest neighborhood. The reality of milwaukee violence this past year. Conflict nat gun violence nat lights flashing lights camera action. Nat and reaction nat camera set. Action the harsh reality of the streets surrounding them makes a backdrop for a group of filmmakers head to milwaukees poorest neighborhood to produce a movie. A musical no less. Im from l. A. I produce and direct out there. And we wanted to use as much local milwaukee talent as usual with casts as well. Filming a full feature movie called 53206 milwaukee and it highlights the crime and tragedy. It also highlights talent Kim Zulkowski known as mz kim, is producing this hollywood movie. Its not her first. Lived in poverty. Grew up in foster care , had that single mother. Mom was young when she so i grew up on the streets that were filming. Several months ago, a casting call went out through facebook. It was spearheaded by milwaukee activist tory lowe. The talent is amazing. From milwaukee. Born and raised there were call backs. And milwaukee talent discovered. Imani brown got the lead role of robbie. Singing. Pave the way for my community. Out a 17 Year Old Girl named robbie, her and her friends have dreams and aspirations of making it out of 53206 and becoming something great. Okay pause. No cut in. Pause blood im robbie. Im my character all the way. Compeltely around her all she sees are drugs violence, her friends being murdered. Classmates has lots of experience. Lots of deaths in regards to gun violence and i have as well. I just lost my friend last december. Yesterday made ten months shes been gone http showing that someone with the right motivation can make change in the community and can inspire people to make a difference. Thats what were all hoping to do singing. Pave e milwaukee Myra Sanchick fox6 news the movie is currently being edited and post produced in los angeles. It could debut as wednesday in germantown but what happened at gehl foods had people running. The call that had police scrambling. Plus, were getting closer to the finish line. The sign on the new Northwestern Mutual building is being put up. So how about some trivia as we head into break. Can you guess how tall each letter is . And a live look at the new fox 6 weather deck so what does well give you a behind the scenes tour. Right after the you are watching fox 6 news at 9. A few light rain or snow showers are possible this evening and overnight. Lows will drop into the low to middle 30s. Cloudy and breezy thursday with chilly high temperatures in the low 40s. Into saturday with highs struggling to reach into the upper 30s. The chance for rain and snow returns by sunday but temperatures gradually warm back into the middle 40s next week. Tonight light mph thursday cloudy and breezy. Break break get your morning started with fox6 wakeup at 4 30 count on us for breaking news, and the latest on the election recount. And a preview of the grand reopening at the domes. Tomorrow on wakeup it was a tense few hours in germantown today after Law Enforcement got reports of a possible explosive. It forced an evacuation at gehl foods. Fox6s Justin Williams has the latest. Whats goi wouldnt say. They said there was an incident. Had the neighbors, tried to go down maple road, n im like, okay. Cant get this way. Came around, im like, okay. Cant come down friestadt. Concerned. I get to the lovers lane corner, and the sheriffs there. And, the Washington County Sheriffs Department had company, in the form of Germantown Police, as they responded to a call from an employee at this gehl foods facility, around 940, indicating someone may have entered a warehouse with a possible explosive device. World. The concern for some 60 employees was significant enough that they are evacuated from the facility. Following an investigation, assisted by the Milwaukee County Sheriffs Office explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, an explosive device was not located, and employees returned to work, just after noon. Im glad for the response. It looked like it was done, well, but. It was done, quietly. David teeters also lives near the scene. He says he understands the about excessive vigilance. I think, in america, people need to, yes, keep an eye open, but, at the same time, just look out for each other, enough, you know, dont go overboard. The companys cfo tells me the warehouse has a key card access system, and that only employees have key cards. Meanwhile, Germantown Police continue to investigate. This is Justin Williams, fox 6 news. The badgers Football Team has surprised most of the country with their success. To be in the running for the four team playoff is remarkable. Much like the path of one of their leaders. Tom pipines goes beyond the game. 18 35 23 every time i practice, every time i go on the field, i dont take that for journey for badgers senior running back dare ogunbowale. The former standout at Marquette University high school has had to work for every one of the tough yards hes gained for his home state school. Perhaps thats why he appreciates every moment of his 5 years in madison. Come in here not knowing really how i got on the field, being one of the last guys accepted in the fall camp. Then kind of earning my way on the field and earning a scholarship and then the best part of my whole journey is to be voted by my teammates to be a captain. Theres not a lot than means more to me than the guys on this team 18 35 18 dare started as a defensive back before being switched to offense. His willingness to play any role for the good of the team isnt lost certainly on the field. But off the field, hes a guy that everyone knows in the locker room they can go to. That dares got their back the number of things that he does that arent on a stat sheet, and what he brings to this team. Its huge. 18 11 29 gifted redshirt freshman Bradrick Shaw shows signs of being a feature back in the near future. Hes one of several Young Players whove benefited from ogunbowales guidance. 18 25 38 dares a great dude. When i first came in here i was a little iffy about plays. He basically taught me some of the plays, 18 25 47 18 34 15 its something ive always wanted to do is make sure i impact people in the right way. 18 34 39 i try to make sure im a good leader for this team. And hopefully ive been doing a good job for these guys. 18 34 44 the respect that dare ogunbowales has among his teammates extends to his opponents. Last summer, he was selected to speak at the big ten conference preseason meetings in chicago. In our world, the things that makes us different, the unique things that each member of our team brings to the table arent things that divide us. Theyre pieces that come together to make us complete. Pieces that make us a team. But why not carry that mindset beyond the locker room, or beyond the stadium . And carry that mindset in our everyday lives . Ogunbowale hopes to continue his on field journey in the nfl. But if it doesnt happen, the economics major wont be thrown for a loss. He wants to work in Wealth Management and provide Financial Guidance to athletes. But ito dare. 18 36 02 regardless of what happens with my career, i plan to just continue to be a role model for people and maybe inspire people whatever aspect im able to do it in. Thats big for me. I just want to be a good person in the world. 18 36 14 tp; fss dare and his badgers teammates take on penn stateon foxwith the big ten championship at stake coverage from indianapolis kicks off saturday evening at 6. Here on fox 6. If youre excited for the new star wars movie. You are not alone. The records it is breaking before its even out in theaters and she is one of president elect Donald Trumps most talked about appointments. Why his top education pick is drawing scrutiny in wisconsin. We have light precipitation falling on our new weather deck tonight. Well take a closer look m the newest star wars movie is already breaking records and its not and ed sheeran has to get stitches in his face. The details in tonights buzz. Pope francis meeting with film director Martin Scorsese at the apostolic palace. The meeting comes a day before the film silence makes its World Premiere at the vatican. The movie documents the persecution of jesuit missionaries in paintings with the theme hidden christians. The empires building a weapon, capable of destroying an entire planet. Rogue one a star wars story has broken a Box Office Record and it isnt even in theaters yet. The Hollywood Reporter says the movie has the biggest number of ticket presales for 2016 for both fandango and movietickets dot com. The film is tracking to open above the 130million dollar mark when it hits theaters decemb princess beatrice is apologizing after hurting ed sheeran. The singer was partying at princess beatrices house. When he had to be rushed to the hospital for stitches in his face. Princess beatrice accidentally slashed him with a ceremonial sword while mockknighting fellow popstar, james blunt. And thats the buzz. Still ahead a trip to wisconsin ends up saving one womans life. The rare and unconventional treatment she could only receive in two and we are taking a live look at the new fox 6 weather deck a closer look after the break 10 00. the finishing touches are being put in place on the Northwestern Mutual building in milwaukee. Crews are installing the company 7foottall letters on the 32nd floor of the new downtown officer tower. Poblocki sign company of west allis was contracted for the job. Workers began installing the sign last week but had to pause work for a couple days because of windy conditions. The entire width of the sign including the logo and company name spans about 140 feet. Despite employees at Ohare International airport protesting yesterday airlines say the work stoppage had little or not affect on operations at United Airlines which operates its largest hub out of ohare says delays were minimal and American Airlines says it saw no disruption. For more information on this and other stories in the business journal, we have link to their site on ours, fox6now. Com. New developments from gatlinburg, tennessee where the death toll from the dozen wildfires continues to rise. Right now the total is up to 7deaths. More could be dead. As search and rescue teams continue to scour burned neighborh storms dropped some muchneeded rain into the area. Helping firefighters as hot spots continue to flare up. Its damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings in the eastern part of the state. Mayor larry waters sevier county, tn and we are updating our numbers from 150 structures either damaged or destroyed in the county to we think structures in sevier county. The fires are considered the largest in 100 years in tennessee. President barack obama has spoken with tennessees governor to offer support for residents gravely affected by the wildfires. Fema has also approved a grant to help mobilize resources. Its been two months in the making. And our weather deck renovation is now complete this timelapse video weve put together shows just how much has changed in that r time. We completely knocked down the old one and started from scratch. Theres now a gazebo. Some new deck furniture. And even a fireplace you can see the complete video on our website fox 6nowdotcom. Adlib to wx weather a few light rain or snow possible this evening and overnight. Lows will drop into the low to middle 30s. Cloudy and breezy thursday with chilly high temperatures in the low 40s. Staying mainly cloudy friday into saturday with highs into the upper 30s. The chance for rain and snow returns by sunday but temperatures gradually warm back into the middle 40s next week. Tonight light rain and snow showers. Thursday cloudy and breezy. High 41 wind w 1020 mph friday mostly cloudy. High 38 wind nw 510 mph saturday mostly cloudy. Am low wind w 510 mph sunday mostly cloudy with the chance for rain snow showers. Am low 26 high 42 wind w 510 mph monday mostly cloudy. Am low 29 tuesday mostly cloudy with the chance for rain showers. Am low 32 high 44 wind se 510 out of state is grateful to doctors at aurora st. Lukes Medical Center who kept her alive long enough to get a transplant. The treatment is rare and unconventional. Its used for patients in liver failure fox6s Deandra Corinthios has the story. You can see your liver has serosis and changes related to that the side by side images. Show diane wings end stage liver. After the transplant this past july. A transplant doctors say she was only healthy enough to become eligible for. Thanks to this. Its called the mars machine. Mars stands for molecular adsorbants recirculating system. It essentially washes a patients blood of toxins this device is designed to not only do dialysis for your kidneys but also dialysis for your liver the machine was initially designed to allow the liver to heal and prevent some patients from needing a transplant. Wing was hop visiting the area from texas. She was hooked up to the mars machine for 22 hours a day. And was barely conscious. I was here in the hospital for 4 months and probably the last month is when i became more aware of people and certain nurses according to doctor sahajpal. Only one other transplant center in the country has taken this approach. Theyre located in maryland. The treatment healed wing enough to get a liver and kidney transplant. It saved my life basically Aurora Health care has a hepatitis c Screening Program they have tested more than 35 tested positive and are now receiving treatment. Reporting in milwaukee Deandra Corinthios fox6 news. Doctors say baby boomers are most at risk for hepatitis c. They say often people dont realize they have the disease. Until they suffer a flareup. Like in wings case. A snowplow in maine getting rid of the snow in an unexpected way. This truck caught fire in front of the Maine Warden Service office causing several explosions. No one was injured in the explosion but employees were not able to put out the fire on their own. They tried using an extinguisher but the flames were too intense. Volunteer firefighters later arrived and put it out. A pipeline explosion lit up the night sky near kansas city, missouri overnight. People who live nearby say they could see the bright flames but 10inch line carrying liquid propane was buried underground. Officials arent sure what caused it to rupture. The louisanabased company was able to shut the pipeline off. And the fire was out in two hours. No one was hurt and no property was lost. A Michigan City has decided to take down its own nativity scene outside city hall shortly after it was put up. Officials say they made the decision after realizing it was a violation of city policy in regards city Officials Say a madisonbased group called the freedom from Religion Foundation sent numerous complaints to the city the past couple years. This year the city decided to enforce the policy. Tony graff were willing to work with faithbased organizations in the community to put it up where its not public property, because of the issue of constitutionality, its been discussed all around the country. The city is still looking to shes one of the most talked about cabinet appointments in president elect trumps administration. Betsy devos is a billionaire Businesswoman Philanthropist and supporter of School Vouchers something drawing scrutiny in wisconsin. Our Jonathon Gregg heard opposing view points on marquettes campus today. The advertised voucher discussion there are kids who are getting into like a debate i wouldnt say its as strong as you would point out. Between the opposing views of underwood and jensen. Unfortunately what i see all too often happen in this town is adults defending failure. I dont think the causation of school improvement, i dont think that you can lay that at the feet of each played a role during the inception of voucher schools in leadership on the way, jensen and like minds are apprehensive. I think lots of educators believe that its an indication of a triumph of ideology over evidence. Betsy devos does not have a degree in education nor extended experience with Public Schools and was the chair of a Group Promoting School Choice and voucher programs. Well, like the rest of the Trump Administration establishment, not a former principal, shes not from the educational establishment, she is someone who has worked with schools to improve them but she is an outsider. Admittedly, jensen says the president s proposal is pretty vague other than pledging 20 billion to education, theres a lot more to hash out, and why again, advocates of Public Schools, worry. And a decline for students who really need help like in special education and english language learning. Jonathon gregg fox so much of the news has been portrayed around the dancer. He has a huge crush on her. You know . Kissing and looking cozy in the hawaiian surf. It is on for mariah and her dancer brian tanaka. Im liz hernandez. Have katie and orlando just taken the next huge step in th im humbled. I kind of hit a wall. Are you pregnant . A picture of me with a bump and a circle. Shes put up with baby rumors for well over a decade but a line has been crossed for jennifer. Im natalie morales. Her new plea to end the madness. We just got to break out of that and go, whoa whoa. Were kim and kanye having major marriage problems before his breakdown . We head straight to paris with gigi, bella and other angels