Reporter breaking news. It will be a tough one for packers fans to swallow. And i ankle injury will keep the a big loss for the team . Reporter it certainly is. With james having knee surgery. Lacy could be out three weeks. Then the determination for his still less than ideal. Its likely the top two runningbacks with zero carries in a packers uniform. At the risk of being negative. Aaron rodgers needs a running game. Thursday night will be greatly appreciated. Reporter parents angry about threats made to students over social media. Reporter the principal sent an email and automated email to let them know whats going on. But many parents and families too late. I think its disgusting the kids have to worry about these things. She is talking about threats and bullying. The principal of author elementary said they were made using an app that allows students to send messages anonymously. I would like to know what the situation was. Was it a threat to another student or to the school . Was i another student . Reporter the superintendent says the initial threat did not come from a district device, but another message was sent from one. The district says the threats were not credible and assured families students are safe. Obviously they have it under control. If they caught it, they are doing what they can. I want to switch schools. I feel like if that kid or knot and had any kind of weapon we would have no idea what was going on. Several families believed the threat happened a few weeks ago. Im assuming they knew something last week. The district says the superintendent was made aware of the most recent threat this morning and says there may have been an unrelated message last week. Kids this age shouldnt have to deal with that. Reporter police say they are investigating these ss they encourage parents to take a close look at the apps and programs their children are using. George two milwaukee girls were among the girls rescued in operation crosscountry. The teenaged sisters said their mother was their pimp. Asked to call police. Harley davidson said 225,000 employees will be laid off by the end of the year. They are cutting costs after a sluggish Third Quarter report. Decision 2016. Ron johnson and Russ Feingold met tonight in their second debate. George Charles Benson is here with a look reporter ron johnson talking about his years of creating jobs in the private sector. That led to a Heated Exchange on raising the minimum wage. Johnson opposes it. All i said was you wont even raise the minimum wage one nickel. Consistently against raising it at all. Thats the regard within thats the fact. For johnson 43 , they had a favorable opinion. 30 unfavorable. 18 isnt heard enough about ron johnson. Here are feingolds numbers. 45 favorable. 40 unfavorable and 13 hadnt heard enough about him. Transpacific partnership. Feingold opposes it. Johnson says hes waiting to learn more before making a final decision. Without a doubt i can see this was the same kinds of thing, a deal that says to our companies in the United States that says why dont you move somewhere else where there is lower wages. You dont have to follow the environmental regulations, and senator johnson has refused to judgment based on a 60page wikileaks version of this thing. He does not understand the private sector and doesnt understand how important overseas markets, being able to ex for the to tour economy to wisconsin. In the last poll voters were asked if they think the candidates are honest. 52 said yes 49 said yes about ron johnson. Reporter republican paul ryan says he will consider a request made by his opponent to debate october 29. He says he will attempt top rearrange other scheduled events. It looks like wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin was among Hillary ClintonsVice President ial contendsers. The list coming from wikileaks in las vegas. The site of tomorrows final debate showdown. George donald trump stumped in an rally today. They want to rig the elections at the polling booth and voter fraud is all too common and they criticize us for sayingt. Final president ial debate takes place tomorrow night at 8 00 and you can watch it here live only todays tmj4. Reporter people in sherman park are working to change the feeling in the neighborhood after violence erupted there. Reporter about a dozen people came out to sherman park to talk about the issues they thought sparked the violence in life has pretty much returns to normal. Ivy morgan has owned his duplex for several years. The violence kept them on edge. People looted and set fire for businesses for two days after a Milwaukee Police officer shot and killed seville smith. They say a lot of people from outside the neighborhood caused the damage, but they with the consequences. Im working on my car. Reporter they say racial bias in their neighborhood is real. Im a tax paying citizen and hes a tax paying citizen but we are treated different. Every time something happens issues. This is the first of what seymour hopes are more meetings. One thing everyone can agree on to say its over, i dont know. Shannon this new group is calling themselves the sherman park initiative. Reporting live outside sherman park, rebecca clark. George this time of year w talk about great sleeping what weather. Rarely does that include throwing open all the windows. Reporter john malan could we see more of this coming . Or at least i could get used to it. This has been an incredibly mild pattern starting saturday. 71 degrees there, 72 sunday. 80 yesterday. 7. One more mild day. Well see 65. Then look at the crashing when you wake up in the Morning Hours you will see sunshine. 48 degrees. Rollercoaster pattern hit us once again. Ill talk about that coming up in a few minutes. The color purple in politics. Shannon wisconsin is being called a mix of red and blue. But is it really . George lance allan will have the bears. Lance one of the states topranging volleyball ss has been disqualified from postseason play. Reporter the cal phones Volleyball Team played in one too many tournaments, deeming them ineligible. The School District has since appealed the decision. Its hard because its been such a fun team to play with all year. Hear if their appeal was granted by friday. But time is running out. George president obama hosted this final state dinner at the white house. Comic Jerry Seinfeld and mario andretti. Mario batali included carting plates f large tent yard away. George we discovered one party appears to have an advantage that comes with a struggle. Reporter the true i am of wisconsin elections, the more people who vote the better chance democrats have of winning. We looked at data from the last four november elections and discovered that legend is backed reporter in 2014 we saw there is no coasting to the finish line. Both republicans and democrats work until the last minute to get their faithful to the polls. You cant come out april and be relevant. Reporter in wisconsin the key to winning is motivation. We see a continues between midterm elections and president ial. Its 500,000 or 600,000 more voters elections. Reporter Charles Franklin says that truth is apparent in the numbers and it helps explain why the 8 that elected president obama in 2008 and 2012 gave us Governor Walker in 2010 and 2014. In the 2010 election wisconsin democrats lost 82,000 voters compared to the 2008 president ial election. Republican leaning turnout was dunes well. 2008. Enough democraticleaning voters sat out. Republicans became the majority. The conventional wisdom in wisconsin is there are more democrats here. Its simply a matter of tunning them out to vote. Wisconsin is not as big a battleground as you think. The battle is consistently motivating voters who lean democrat. Some of it is organ dominate our lives in the conversation in a way that gubernatorial or Senate Elections dont. Democrats were better than that in 2014. Republic cab leaning turnout was 148,000 votes lower. But enough democrats stayed home in a state that went blue for president went red for governor. So how. The state gop overcome a spokes says its about winning over persuadable voters while also turning out the republican base. A base Charles Franklin sees as older and better educated which makes them more reliable on every election day. The demographics work to advantage republicans to have relatively high turnout in both midterms and president ial years. If you want to slice it thin you could argue less of a Battle Ground than it used to be. 2000 and 2004 were virtual ties. Both times the democratic candidate was the winner. It may not feel like halloween outside tonight. By the sure looks like it in river west. We found dueling haunted houses directly across the street from one another. They like to eat, drink and be scary. Wasnt on one of those signs there. Shouldnt be because the weather has been great. A warm october day today. Normal high is 59 degrees. Our record 84 in 1950. We can still get warm air this time of year. But look whats coming in from the north and west. The northwest had mid60s, thats coming in for tomorrow. 57, and 42 in any not. In minot. 57 here. Upper 40s overnight. Dew points are very low. Thats how the temperature will drop off quickly. Dry air in milwaukee county. We are not looking at much as far as the satelliteradar north and south and most of the rain is there also. Here is whats going on. The one front that passed through block all the moisture. We stay dry and clear overnight. Sunny to partly cloudy. Here comes the colder front. It rolls through thursday morning. Well see sunshine. The cool air really settles in. For tonight, mostly clear skies, 48 degrees, winds will be very light. For tomorrow still a nice day, 65 degrees, mild temperatures. Our average high, 59, sunny to partly cloudy skies. The cold air hits. Thursday partly cloudy skies and a high of 56 as the winds turn to the north. Its incolder into friday. 51 degrees, morning frost also possible into saturday. 54, but we warm up to 60 sunday with plenty of sunshine. Week as we get back to seasonal temperatures in the 50s. So this mild spell rolling on. But there is some colder air coming. Shannon lance allan explains the newscast. Lacy looking for a Second Opinion on his ankle injury. They wont have sam shields for the foreseeable future. Cornerback goes on injured reserve for his concussion issues. The hidden reason why the packers trade for nile die advice for a touch chiefs. The postseason victory over the sexans. The packers can use some of that. The 32 green bay packers. Chicago bears at lamboe field. One guy looking to turn things around. Here is his take on whats been going wrong. I missed a couple that im hughesed to hitting. And you know, being able to hit some things on some of those plays instead of tending and throwing the ball away is where we need to be. I have got to be exactly as i know i can be, and we have to make sure we are as details as we can be. Rod rogers wont be the same running game. But the packers did pick up nile davis in a trade from t our next segment, how the could show his stuff right here. Hosting one of wisconsins biggest sporting events ever. The 2020 ryder cup. I think legends are formed during the ryder cup. Someone your casual golf fan may or may not be aware of. He made a name for himself and shines in the intense of the ryder cup. Not a significant tour career. Sergio garcia, they shine in this competition. Toronto gets this Josh Donaldson homer in the third inning. Blue jays beat cleveland 51. Joan john . John yes, georg tomorrow well see temperatures jumping into the mid60s. 6 at sunshine. 65 at 6 00. Forget the 60s for a few days because the 50s are going to return. George the basebalam lance jake in the fourth. Dodgers win in l. A. 60 over the cubs and they lead the series 2 games to 1. Which is how cubs fans have to announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. It is booze day tuesday. Uhhuh. October 18th. It sure is. What is that sound . That was all wake up . . And i want to wake up where you are . By the state of sound. Do you know them. Let me hear for a second. . . No. But i likey. I like that. Wait. You know what . Actual music. I like that bounce. All right. Another great show in store today. Before we begin, we do want to