Lows near 60 along the lake and 50s inlandreat sleeping weather. After the cool morning, this afternoon is dry roads, incident free speeds are at or above posted across major highways and interstate slowdowns on 894 northbound because ofthe zipper merge give yourself an extra 5 to 10 and or use alternate route highway 100dot says peak travel times for this holiday labor weekend are noon until 8 pm on friday and monday this weekend Major Construction projects wl be put on pause starting friday at noon and wont resume until tuesday at 6 am still expect congestion in the zoo, zipper merge its crunch time for many of you getting your kids ready for the first day of school. Hundreds of thousands of kids across southeast wisconsin will pack their backpacks and head to class ben jordan is live in Waukesha County following one family doing what many families are doing right now. Unique family. 4 kids ranging from 1st to 9th grade. Kettle moraine district. We are following along from the morning wake up call. All the way up until the kids enter the classroom. So lets start this of. We are going to follow mom to the first wake up call of the morning. Reaction. Were going to let these guys focus on getting ready, but coming up in the next have our were going to continue following along and well also share some of the new renovations wales, ben jordan todays the first day of school also means drivers need to be more alert; watch out for more children walking and School Busses on the roads. Ann sterling is live with more on changes coming to School Busses this year. Every other state in the wisconsin does too. Requiring amber lights on most school buses. The lights alert drivers the bus is about to stop. Once the bus has stopped the usual red lights will kick in. Not all buses will have the new 8 light system but if the bus was made after january of 2005 it is required to have the lights are flashing but if the lights turn red, you could get a stiff ticket and a Police Officer or state trooper doesnt have to catch you. The bus driver can report the violation. Will report the plate. Inspector Thomas Disterhaft wisconsin state patrol8. 30. 10 19 drivers can report it, document it and send it in to local law enforcement. And they will report the plate. So drivers remember if you see the amber lights flashing, you know the bus isut more than 300 dollars and 4 points on your driving record. Classes kick off today at schools in racine. New this year. The Racine Unified School district working with the Police Department to implement a communityoriented policing model in its schools. The two entities will train not only with law enforcmenent issues. But also mental health. And truancy problems. Understanding how to deescslate and build relationships with students so theyre seen as part of the support group that helps all of our students be successful the district will also be upgrading security equipment like cameras throughout this school year. That funding was approved as part of a referendum passed in 2014. Kids across southeast wisconsin head back to school today. As we just mentioned. Racine unified, along with kenosha and st. Francis School Districts all open the new year other districts wont be back until after labor day that includes the elkorhn, plymouth, sheboygan falls, and east troy schooldistricts all start september 6th parents do your kids ever question you when you tell them School Supplies cost . A lot . Of cash . Youre not the only one a new survey by nonprofit Junior Achievement usa found 78percent of notebooks, loose leaf paper and protractors. In reality parents spend 9hundred50 to 15hundred dollars on School Supplies every year 20percent of kids who took the survey admitted their parents have trouble buying what they need. This morning, Nicolet High School is rolling out the red carpet to welcome students to the start of a new school year. A yearly tradition since 2008, administrators and teachers will line the red carpet to greet students rings to start classes. Up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4the Area Business thats turning their lights gold in recognition of Childhood Cancer awareness month. Then books at the barbershop. The local business teaming up with the library to encourage young boys to read. Today why a former soap opera star is on a mission to make College Accessible to everyone. Plus fun facts about our national parks. And how to get more fiber into a 17yearold is now facing charges for a deadly car crash donte barnes was driving at a high rate of speed when he crashed into a tree, splitting the car in half. 15yearold latrey hale and Demetrus Batchelor were killed in the crash. Another teen was also in the car and was minorly hurt. A milwaukee teen is accused of breaking into four Car Dealerships in two counties. 17yearold javan vdillie faces a number of charges. Including half a dozen counts related to burglary and criminal damage to property. According to the criminal complaint he told investigators he in the july breakins at pacaro ford, cine hyundai and palmen dodge in racine county. And also 5 corners dodge in ozaukee county. Northwestern mutual is going gold this month in recognition of Childhood Cancer awareness month. Nml has done this in the past to show support for different causes. Through the month of september, both the downtown and franklin campuses will be lit up in gold every night. Sending kids home with a Fresh Initiative to get young boys to read one haircut at a time. You keep that book you read it then when you come back for your next appointment you swap it out and get another book. Local barbershops and ci leaders are working together to improve literacy in milwaukee. Wisconsin is home to the largest reading achievement gap in the nation between black and white students. So far two barbershops are involved in the program with the books being supplied by the milwaukee public library. Tomorrow, vince will once again rappel down miller park olympics wisconsin. This is video from when he did it last year. Vinces goal is to raise fivethousanddollars for special olympics. Hes about half way there. If you would like to help out and donate weve posted a link on tmj4 dot com. Up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4the ty that could replace chicagas the next host of the nfl draft. Work on the nations capitol . . Theres a cool, new spin on one of wisconsins favorite lotto games. Its supercash fivell get ya six. And receive a bonus play ticket with two additional plays for the next drawing. Only during september this exciting offer from the wisconsin lottery is going fast. Beyond wisconsin. Later today well find out if philadelphia becomes the next city to host the nfl draft. The draft has been held in chicago for the past two years after decades in new york ci drawback to philly as the host for 2017 is that the eagles dont have a firstround pick. For the second time in two weeks, wisconsin native and astronaut, Jeff Williams, will conduct a spacewalk. Hell be joined by fellow astronaut kate rubins. Among other tasks outside the International Space station williams and rubins will be retracting a thermal radiator that is part of the stations cooling system. Restoration work on the us capitol dome is nearly republican, paul ryan, the two year project will be ready ahead of januarys president ial inauguration. Work on the capitol dome included fixing thousands of castiron cracks. The work will not only be complete on time, but under budget. In florida, heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm hermine are causing problems across the tampa bay area. The storm is expected to make landfall somewhere on the northwest florida coast tonight. Before pushing into georgia. And then the carolinas. In the pacific ocean, downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Its not expected to make landfall. Right behind madeline is hurricane lester. Which may hit hawaii over the weekend. After so many warm and very humid days, yesterday was brisk ne breeze and highs only in the mid 70s, with a lot of sunshine. This morning is mostly cloudy and cool with lows near 60 along the lake and 50s inlandreat sleeping weather. After the cool morning, this afternoon is partly cloudy, breezy and with highs struggling to reach 70 thanks to a brisk ne breeze to 20 mph. Some areas will stay in the 60s today. There is a chance for a few sprinkles near the lake. Tonight is clear and cool with mostly sunny and pleasant with highs in the low to mid 70s, and the comfortable air will continue on saturday with highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the 50s. Sunday is mostly sunny, humid with highs near 80, and labor day is partly cloudy and humid with highs in the lower 80s and a few isolated afternoon showers. As we say goodbye to summer, this Great Northern wisconsin during the long holiday weekend. Donald trump is back in the u. S. This morninte laying out his immigration plan. Hes taking a hardline on millions of immigrants in the us. His message send them hometracie potts live in washington this morning with phoenix, arizona 00 04 donald trump in arizona last night sot donald trump r president ial nominee 05 10 mexico will pay for the wall {cheer} 100 percent mexico city, mexico 11 14 and trump hours earlier in mexico with the countrys president sot donald trump r president ial nominee 15 17 we didnt discuss who pays for the wall. We didnt discuss it. He later sot donald trump r president ial nominee 18 21 they dont know it yet they are going to pay for it. Clinton Campaign ad 21 28 super burned in out with a new web video this morning claiming the great negotiator choked. Then lied about it. The Mexican Government tweeted that they did discuss who pays for the wall that mexico wont do it, and thats not negotiable. Clinton claims trump failed his first foreignpolicy test. sot Hillary Clinton d president ial nominee 40 54 it certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours, and then flying home again. That is not immigration plan immediately deporting 2 million criminal immigrantsverifying that workers are legalcrking down on those who over stay visas. The focu trump says should be on americans, not immigrant families. sot donald trump r president ial nominee 1 111 16 no one will be immune or exempt from enforcement. Politico reports several of trumps latino surrogates quit after the speech. One tweeted he feels di misled. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj 4 the tobacco ban that even most smokers support and their reason why. Also the effectiveness of using an online resource or Smartphone App to change your the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old. My dream is to help kids living on the streets with education. Charles whats up man . Whoa how can we help . Ah man wait, is that a basketball player . Yes wow my hearts about to jump out my chest man. Charles you ought to be proud man. Im just extremely grateful they were here giving them some encouragement thats something that these kids are going to remember for a lifetime. Did you see his big old feet . Look. In todays health. A new thirds of adults support tobaccofree pharmacies. While 14percent strongly oppose such a policy. Surprisingly. About half of smokers believe pharmacies should ban tobacco sales. Experts say thats because people look to pharmacies to improve their health. A new survey reveals more American Adults are using marijuana. As fewer people consider the drug to be harmful. Overall marijuana use increased from nearly 10percent in 2002 to naearly 13percent in 2014. The prevalence of doubled. During this same time period the percentage of people who believed pot was harmful dropped from about 50 to 33percent. New Research Suggests internet programs and mobile apps can help promote a healthy lifestyle. Data from over 200 studies shows internet interventions and Smartphone Apps helped people improve their diets and exercise levels, lose weight. And cut their use of tobacco and alcohol. Programs that included goalsetting, selfmonitoring and included interaction with up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4 it costs a lot of money to get your kids ready for the new school year. How much the back to School Supplies industry is raking in. Also what Milwaukee Public Schools is doing to help promote diversity among teachers. Taking a live look outside. Russ feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Narrator listen to senator johnson on Student Loans ron johnson its just kinda free money, young people dont really, necessarily understand finance. Narrator what senator johnson n 800,000 wisconsinites have Student Loans. But he wants to eliminate federal Student Loans and keep Interest Rates high. Johnson its just kinda free money. Narrator with senator johnson, opportunity for middle class kids would disappear. Ron johnsons not for students. Not for wisconsin. Coming up on look famous people we catch flo, the progressive girl, at the supermarket buying cheese. Scandal alert flo likes dairy . woman busted [ laughter ] right afterwards we caught her riding shotgun with a mystery man. Oh, yeah [ indistinct shouting ] is this your chauffeur . What . no, i was just showing him how easy it is to save with snapshot from progressive. You just plug it in and it gives you a rate based on your driving. Does she have insurance for being boring . Laugh bigger. [ laughter ] woah youre not taking these. Hey, hey, hey youre not taking those. Woah, woah youre not taking that. Come with me. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Mom, im taking the subaru. Dont be late. Even when were not there to keep them safe, now at 6 30 starting a new school year right now 75thousand Milwaukee Public School students are getting ready for the first . Parents and students can expect today then finding peace in sherman park. One womans solution to help ease tensions in the neighborhood rocked by violence weeks ago. And taking a live look outside welcome to live at daybreak. Its im bridget shanahan. And start with a check of your weather and traffic together with meteorologist brian gotter. After so many warm and very humid days, yesterday was beautiful with low humidity, a brisk ne in the mid 70s, with a lot of sunshine. This morning is mostly cloudy and cool with dry roads, incident free speeds are at or above posted interstate starting to see slowdowns on 894 northbound and 94 eastbound because of the zipper merge give yourself an extra 5 to 10 and or use alternate route highway 100, greenfield ave, bluemound rd dot says peak travel times for this holiday labor weekend are noon until 8 pm on friday a lot ofar going off early this morning as hundreds of thousands of students get ready to go back to school. That means a lot more traffic on the roads. Mps will have more than 75 thousand students making their way to 158 schools across the city this morning. Ann sterling joins us live at Sherman Multicultural Arts School today is day one for students here superintendent barrett will help the kids get ready here starting at 7 30 this morning sherman is one of the four schools selected to participate in turnaround arts its the Signature Program of the president s committee on arts and humanities. Mps is the only district in the state selected to receive turnaround Arts Education resources as a strategy to close the achievement gap. As for all of Milwaukee Public Schools educators say the focus for the 2016 17 school year include algebra readiness literacy across all subjects including incorporating readind subjects such as science and social studies to boost literacy. World languages increasing the number of of including sign languageand expanding advanced placement courses remember drivers more than 75 thousand students are making their way back to class this morning. Watch out for kids at bus stops and students riding as the new school year begins. A recent report shows a lingering disparity in the number of minorities working as teachers. According to the brown center on education policy. 1 2 the countrys Public School students are minorities but only 18 percent of teachers are. Here in milwaukee the gap is much bigger 86 percent of students are minorities and just 24 percent of teachers. The district is hoping to better that about . Of the teachers of color we recruit are actual employees who come back to us after Teacher Program those employees typically work as paraprofessionals before they get teaching degrees. The district provides financial help for the needed schooling. So that they can be promoted to the the first day of school is the start of a new routine for parents and students. Ben jordan is live in wales where were following one local family getting ready for the first day plus some new upgrades for two schools in high schoolsecurity cameras Door Security featuremiddle school group space wall back to school time is a . Multi billion dollar business. Back to School Spending has grown about 55 percent in the past decade and its on pace to go up. The National Retail federation is predicting parents and students will spend about 27 billion dollars on back to School Supplies the nrf says deep discounts will drive the most shoppers to stores. Spending will also be up at department and later today some milwaukee elementa school kids will be getting a welcome back today from a special guest judge derek mosley . Just had a kiey transplant. Hes n ready to be back on the bench just yet, but he said he couldnt miss wishing kids well on the first day. Hell be at siefert elementary. At 730 this morning. Your kids arent the only ones heading back to school. Team usa ld medal olympic swimmers Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky will be getting their knowledge on now that rios over. Theyll both be at stanford university. Ledecky is a frhman. And both will be on the swim team up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4the top milwaukee employer set lay off hundreds of workers. Then the one demand being made by the brother of syllle smith. As crowds continue to gather outside a memorial after so many warm and very humid days, yesterday was beautiful with low humidity, a brisk ne breeze and highs only in the mid 70s, with a lot of mostly cloudy and cool with and s inlandreat sleeping e weather. After the cool morning, this afternoon partly cloudy, breezy and cool with highs struggling to reach 70 thanks to a brisk ne breeze to 20 mph. Some areas will stay in the 60s today. There is a chance for a few sprinkles near the lake. Tonight lows in the 50s. A milwaukee man that pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an 82yearold woman is expectedo entenced today. 30yearold Stephen Ray Robinson pleaded guiltythe rape of the elderly woman back in may. The milwaukee Police Department was heavily scrutinized afr it tk them three hours to respond to the milwaukee based Harley Davidson says they plan to layoff 200 employees because of slow sales. A Company Spokesperson tells todays tmj4 . No positions are imcted at the companys Menomonee Falls plant. The layoffs could begin next month. The Walworth County fair will reopen at 9 oclock this morning thats after a suspicious item forced the entire fair to be evacuated last night. Officials tell us someone spotted a suspicious looking plastic pipe with end caps. Elkhorn police and deputies cleared the area. A bomb squad verified the item contained a set of drum sticks. The all clear was given around 10 p up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4recall alert. The popular snack being pulled off store shelves. Then extra headaches. Why driving to the badgers Season Opener in green bay may be worse than local news now. People continue to mourn the milwaukee nun stabbed to death inside her mississippi home. Resurrection church in allenton will hold a mass and visitation tonight for sister margaret held. A memorial will follow. Another take place tomorrow at st. Joseph center in milwaukee. Police arrested one suspect in the death of held and another nun. The attorneys for Morgan Geyser are asking a judge to move their clients trial to another courtroom. A motion was just filed in Waukesha County. Geyser and anissa weier are accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times as a sacrifice to the fictional character slenderman. Geyser plans to plead not guilty due to a mental defect. The former Cudahy Police court later this month. After pleading not guilty to charges of stealing cash meant to pay parking tickets. Prosectors say Melissa Mueller failed to record at least three different payments in july. The alleged theft was caught on surveillance cameras. A recall alert to tell you about this morning. Snyders lance is recalling four ounce bags of diamond of california macadamia nuts and 2 and a quarter ounce bags of diamond of california macadamia halves and pieces. They say those bags . M the foodborne illnes can be serious and sometimes fatal in kids and older adults. Its apparently never to early to start thinking about the winter holidays. Starting tomorrow, walmart will allow you to . Shop now . For your Holiday Gifts and pay them off in installments. Customers can put items as low as ten dollars on layaway with a 50 dollar minimum basket and will have until december twelfth to pay off their account. Now to your weather and traffic together. With after so many warm and very humid days, yesterday was beautiful with low humidity, a brisk ne breeze and highs only in the mid 70s, with a lot of sunshine. This morning is mostly cloudy and cool with lows near 60 along the lake and 50s inlandreat sleeping wer. Morning, this afternoon is partly cloudy, breezy and cool with highs struggling to reach 70 thanks to a brisk ne breeze to 20 mph. Some areas will stay in the 60s today. There is a chance for a few sprinkles near the lake. Lows in the 50s. Friday is mostly sunny and pleasant with ghin the low to mid 70s, and the comfortable air will continue on saturday with highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the 50s. Sunday is mostly sunny, warmer and more humid with highs ne 8 labor day is paly cloy and humid with highs in the lower 80s and a few isolated afternoon showers. As we say goodbye to summer, this great weather is the same for northern wisconsin during the dry roads, incident free speeds are at or above posted across major highways and interstate starting to see slowdowns on eastbound because of the zipper merge give yourself an extra 15 to 20 and or use alternate route highway 100, greenfield ave, bluemound rd dot says peak travel times for this holiday labor weekend are with less than two weeks to the start of the regular season. The cleared Clay Matthews and julius peppers. The nfl says it found no credible evidence that either player named in the al jazeera report was provided with or used banned substances. Pittsburghs James Harrison was also cleared but former Packer Mike Neal was not. Tonight marks the final preseason game for the packers as they take on the kansas city chiefs. Coach Mike Mccarthy will then be faced make up the team. That could be potentially stressed in the game. And as we just mention tonight is the final preseason game for the packers. Kickoff is at seven. Watch here on todays tmj4. Your official station. And once again Aaron Rodgers does not disappoint when it comes to dressing up for the annual welcome back luncheon. This year he went with a cowboy outfit. Complete with hat, bolo tie and belt buckle. He wasnt alone. Offensive linemen josh sitton and David Bakhtiari also joined in on the fun. The badgers open the season on saturday at lambeau filed. Right now crews are putting on the finishing touches. Traffic is expected to be a traffic will be worse than a packers home game. Both the badgers. Ansu have huge fan bases that travel ll. Combe that with the start of labor day weekend. And ongoing road construction. Still ahead on live at daybreak a final check of your weather and tr together. And the four things you need to know as you head out the door. Including. Back to school youre taking a live look fr chopper four this morning. The first bells will start to ring in a half hour. What you need to know before you send your now its time for your four to know this morning. We start with ann sterling shes live at one mps school where kids are getting ready for the last day of class today is day one for students here superintendent dr. Driver and mayor tom barrett will help the kids get ready here starting at 7 30 this morning participate in turnaround arts its the Signature Program of the president s committee on arts and humanities. Mps is the only district in the state selected to receive turnaround Arts Education resources as a strategy to close the achievement gap. As for all of Milwaukee Public Schools educators say the focus for the 2016 17 school year include remember the wauwatosa School District heads back to class today. And one . Major rule will be strictly enforced. Absolutely . . No . . Cell phones in the using phones in school could be . Expelled Governor Scott walker will be the groundbreaking of the new Charter School at la casa de esperanza. This is video from lker reading to kids last september. Former governor Tommy Thompson will also be at todays ceremony. For the second time in two weeks nasa astronauts Jeff Williams and kate rubins will conduct a spacewalk. They are among the crew of expedition 48 currently on board the internatiol space station. Retracting a thermal radiator that is part of the stations cooling if your kids ride the bus to school, theyll be leaving for the day, right about now ben jordan has been following a Waukesha County family all morning long. Now its go see you in 25 minutes for your next check on weather and we asked u. S. Cellular customers to show us all the beautiful places they get coverage with our strong signal. You posted from the seashore. You showed us this sunset. You posted from the farm. And you adventured way out there. A lot of amazing places. . . U. S. Cellular put towers where the other guys dont. So join our network, and start sharing your moments good morning. State of emergency. Florida braces for the worst with Tropical Storm hermine expected to become a hurricane as it bears down on the gulf coast. Evacuations now under way there and then its set to slam nearly the entire eastern sead. How will it affect your labor day plans . Were tracking it all live. Whos telling the truth . Donald trump meets with the president of mexico and then says this about that wall he wants to build. We didnt discuss payment of the wall. But the mexican president says it not only came up, you told trump mexico isnt paying for any wall. Back in the states, trump is back to his biggest applause