Overnight with lows in the mid 50s. Now lets get to tatiana cash for a look at the roads incident freetraffic building dry roads speeds at or above posted Tree Lighting ceremonies for today and tomorrow in waukesha. Today in closures are starting at 9 this morning. From water to Bmo Harris Bank parking lot drive way on wells street then at 3 pm wells st from water to broadway will be closed completely. Tomorrow in waukesha that Tree Lighting ceremony starts at 5 30. Spoke with city hall officials that say there will be brief closures on broadway, gasper are on time for now Brendan Dassey could be out of prison by fridaynight. Dassey and his uncle steven avery were sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. Now. The state and dasseys attorneys are battling over whether he should remain behind bars. Pete zervakis is live in columbia explain who has the final say. That decision now rests with the federal court of appeals in chicago. The federal judge who tossed out dasseys murder conviction over the summer saying his confession was coerced has ruled he can leave this prison in portage while the state appeals that decision. Yesterday. The same judge dasseys release. In that ruling. He says Us Probation Office has already approved dasseys future residence and finished its prerelease investigation. The judge ordered dassey be released by 8 pm friday. The attorney general has now filed a second emergency motion with the federal Appellate Court in chicago. Hes requesting the Appeals Court overturn the judges decision by friday. For complete coverage on the Brendan Dassey case, head to our website tmj4 dot com. Right now. Massive wildfires in North Carolina now threatening tonights thursday night football game. As of this morning. The air quality in charlotte. Where the panthers will take on saints. Is listed as a code red. A heavy air assault is underway on the flames yesterday 26hundred gallons North Carolina are part of more than 80thousand acres of fires spanning across 6 southern states. 5thousand Fire Fighters from as far away as alaska are on the front line panther players are hoping that the smoke wont effect tonights game. You can catch it right here on todays tmj 4. Kick off is set for 730. You hear about it, but to actually read the words and to see how vile they were was completely overwhelming. I was shaking. Two madison area families feel they are under attack. After receiving a threatening and racist letter allegedly from a member of their swim club. The letter tells the multiraced families to go back to their country and stay separate. Not equal it goes on to say quote we won. A reference they say to president elect donald trump. The letter has been shared thousands of times on Facebook Police say they are investigating are among three nba teams abandoning plans to stay in donald trumpbranded hotels. We asked the team about it. A spokesperson declined to comment. Bucks owner marc lasry is a wellknown supporter of Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. In the meantime, this morning we are getting our first look at the new bucks entertainment block. It will be constructed right next to the new downtown arena. Ann sterling is live with your first look construction started months ago and now for the first time we are seeing the complete vision what this entire area will look like. The bucks are calling it an entertainmnet block. It will include a plaza for concerts gamewatch parties festivals a yearround beer garden and a skating rink. According to the bucks, this new entertainment block will span from north fourth st. Between highland ave. And also include a mixture of dining, entertainment and retail. But no word on prospective restaurants or retailers. The entertainment block is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the new area in 2018. Championship dreams are in reach for four southeast wisconsin teams vying for a state tite in madison. This afternoon. The rockets of cedar grovebelgium take on the defending champions in division five. Amherst. Tomorrow. Catholic memorial. Brookfield east. And franklin all get a shot at the gold ball. Our Elise Menaker will be at Camp Randall Stadium for all the games bringing us the exciting up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4christmas is in the air. The Holiday Festival kicking off tonight right here in milwaukee. Then and an arm and a drumstick. How much youll be paying this year for your thanksgiving day meal. And what you can do to plan ahead when before your trip to the grocery store. Today well tell you about a fun cooking class to help you make some Great Holiday pe discusses some great winter . . Life can be messy. But with crayola color wonder. It doesnt have to be. Color wonder. Find it in the crayola aisle. After some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the 50s. Just a few clouds moved in overnight, and a light se breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. We get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the 60s. A southerly wind will increase to 20 mph throughout the day, and will remain windy overnight with thanksgiving is just a week away. That means its time to start planning for the big feast. But you may want to start scraping together some extra cash. Families are expected to spend over 1 point 5 billion dollars on turkey this year alone. Thats about 22 dollars and 44 cents for a 16 pound turkey. To save yourself some money. Plan ahead. A thanksgiving rule of turkey should feed between 8 to 10 people. Music 15 and on turkey day you might see some familar colors on tv during the macys thanksgiving day parade. Greendales marching band will be marching through the streets of manhattan in front of millions of spectators and more than 50 Million Viewers watching at home. Theyre one up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4its hard to have christmas without a Christmas Tree. Why thats a possibility for many living the south. Also big decision. Who president elect donald trump has in his sights to fill some top we dont have a lot of Grocery Stores here in our neighborhood and we want our neighbors to have access to good things at affordable prices. The only thing easy in our community is fast food. . . Were here to offer some help. Welcome retirement, huh . laughs i mean, look at the size of this thing who doesnt need a sweet potato that size . They took the time to care what our project was about. Here you go. And that was something drought is impacting Christmas Tree farmers in georgia. After nearly 2 months of no rain, the trees at many tram have had very little growth. No growth means no buisness for those farmers. If your scouting your perfect tree this year. Expect to pay about 50 bucks for a real tree. According to national Christmas Tree association. That was mean average for the price of a real tree last year. The Salvation Army hopes youll consider ringing bells for them this holiday season. If youre interested candidates can apply in person tomorrow at one of the Salvation Army locations. Money raised by the red kettle local communities. Its starting to look a lot like christmas. Heres live look from the holiday lights festival. Now to your weather and traffic together. With meteorologist brian gotter. After some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. Just a few clouds moved in ni breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. We get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. A southerly wind will increase to 20 mph throughout the day, and will remain windy overnight with lows in the mid 50s. This weekend is the deer Season Opener and we are tracking a storm for friday and saturday that will bring afternoon showers with highs in the mid 60s and a sw wind gusting to 40 mph. A chance for scattered showers is possible friday night with lows dropping into the 30s with the cold front. Saturday will have a few rain snow showers before noon, then clearing, very windy and much colder with nw winds gusting to 45 mph. If you are looking for accumulation snow, areas north of wausau could see 12 of snow by accumulation in southern wisconsin. Sunday is sunny, breezy and cold with highs in new names are emerging as Donald TrumpsTransition Team continues working torwards putting together a cabinet. And more unconventional choices are being rumored. Tracie potts joins us live from washington with more tracie. There are some expectedly. Unexpected trumps transition been characterized as in dissaray, which he soundly denied. Do we know when he might announce key cabinet up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj 4 wisconsin hunters are preparing for the start of the gun deer hunting season the deadline to buy your license. And what you can do with your deer to help wisconsin hunters counting down to the start of gun deer season. This year deer hunting license sales are actually down this year. But if you are going hunting. You should buy license by tomorrow. Opener, saturday. Youre hunt could help those in need. Wisconsins dnr is once against puting on its deer donation program. If you bag deer you can donate it to the dnr which will process it and give to to families in food. To find out how. Just head to the dnrs up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4 a helping hand. The national nod milwaukee is getting for helping others. Where the Brendan Dasseys brother as he waits for brendan to be released. The message he has for wisconsins attorney general. Pze reads i think the court and brad should just seriously back off. Brendan is not a violent criminal we hear from Brendan Dasseys he has for the Wisconsin Attorney general. And how he describes his brother still to this day. Happening now and youre taking a live look welcome to live at daybreak. Its im susan kim. And im vince vitrano. Lets get a look at your weather and traffic together with storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter. After some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. Just a few clouds moved in overnight, breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. We get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. A southerly wind will increase to 20 mph throughout the day, and will remain windy overnight with lows in the mid 50s. Now lets get to tatiana incident freetraffic building dry roads speeds at or above posted Tree Lighting ceremonies for today and tomorrow in waukesha. Today in milwaukee at city hall road closures are starting at 9 this morning. From water to Bmo Harris Bank parking lot drive way on wells street then at 3 pm wells st from water to broadway will be closed completely. Tomorrow in waukesha that Tree Lighting ceremony starts at 5 30. Spoke with city hall officials that say thwi times for now one of the convicted killers spotlighted in the Netflix Series making a murderer could be out of prison by the end of the week. Brendan dassey and his uncle steven avery were sentenced to life for the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County in 2005. The state and dasseys attorneys are now sparring over whether he should remain behind bars. Pete zervakis is live in Columbia County to explain. Correctional instutition. His fate is now in the hands of the federal Appellate Court in chicago. A federal judge tossed out dasseys conviction over the summer saying his confession was coerced. The same judge ruled dassey can leave prison while the state appeals that decision. The attorney general filed an emergency motion to try and keep dassey behind bars. But the judge denied it and ordered dassey be released by 8 pm friday. Saying the u already approved his future residence. Wisconsins attorney general has now filed a second emergency motion with the us court of appeals in chicago. Hes asking the court to overturn the decision on dasseys release by friday. Live. Pz. Tmj4 brendan is not a violent criminal hes honestly a loving person who has a heart and soul just like anybody else. Brother. Who says he and is family are tired of the back and forth with the state. To give you some background on the case. Dassey and his uncle, steven avery, were convicted of murdering Teresa Halbach back in 2007. A judge overturned his conviction saying investigators tricked dassey into a confession. For complete coverage on the Brendan Dassey case, head to our website tmj4 dot com. A search is underway this morning for a suspect phone store in west allis. It happened at the Cricket Wireless store at highway 100 and national. West allis police tell us a person was taken out of the store by ambulance and that the victim was shot during a robbery. Multiple Police Departments are helping search for the suspect. The person who was shot went to the hospital and is expected to survive. The minnesota officer who shot and killed a black motorist during a traffic stop is slaughter. This is cellphone video Philando Castiles girlfriend streamed live on facebook after it happend back in july. Officer Jeronimo Yanez stopped the vehicle for a broken tail light. Castile told yanez he had a handgun. Shortly after that information, castile was shot. Prosecutors say shooting castile was was not justified because castile never reached for his gun. Here in milwaukee were still waiting on the Police Body Camera video from the shooting death of sylville it was kiilled back in august. The District Attorneys Office says it will not be made public until a decision is made on possible charges milwaukee is getting a national nod for its giving ways. Volunteering and civic life in america report. Ranked milwaukee number three in the nation among large cities for volunteering. Numbers show more than 380 thosuand area people volunteered last year. Whiched totaled about 47 million hours. This years tmj4 macc star. It was designed by 11 year old bailey dove. The star costs tendollars and is now available at balistreri sendiks food markets and Buddy Squirrel stores. Proceeds benefit the macc fund, which raises money to fight pediatric it doesnt feel like winter yet but the city of milwaukee is getting ready for christmas. The 103rd annual christmas Tree Lighting ceremony is today and organizers say families are in for a big treat this year. Ann sterling is live downtown with your first look some say that big treat this year the Christmas Spirit returns to city hall. Other say the big treat is theres a rumor santa will be here. The design of this 38 foot tall tree will be a celebration of our city decorated in ornaments that represent each and every neighborhood. Right after the Tree Lighting the citys your patience this morning in downtown milwaukee. Here are the roads that will be affected. East wells street water street broadway the 103rd christmas ceremony will afternoon at 5 p. M. Again were told here at well as free hot chocolate. Up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4we take a look at how our nations insurance compares to other nations. The costs. And state of health in america. The advertisement was meant as ve c this is a punk bar. Then bar backlash. A controverial ad has area students demanding an apology. Why one Walkers Point bar owner says theres a bigger problem at hand. And youre taking a live look right now. New into our newsroom. A new report is showing americans pay more for health care yet are sicker than those living in other highincome countries. Nearly 27thousand people in 11 countries including australia. Canada. The netherlands. And other western european nations. Those of us in the us are less likely to have health care. See a doctor. And fill Prescription Medications because of costs. There is main difference between the countries. 23million americans do not have health insurance, while the other countries have universal health coverage. The advertisement was meant as very crude, shocking this is a punk bar. Students at bradley tech demanding an apology this morning for an ad for a tavern in Walkers Point that took aim at teen pregnancies at the school. This is the ad in question our back alley where 50percent of bradley tech pregnancies start and end. The ad was put out by the sabbatic bar. Someone posted a pic of the ad online. And it went viral with plenty of mixed reactions. Howeversabbati hand. He says sabbatic, and other neighboring businesses, have been the target of teenagers. This is a predominantly white and hispanic neighborhood. The only time theres people around here between the ages of 1520, of African American descent, are when theyre leaving or arriving at police say theyve found no apparent connection to bradley tech, besides the suspects being of school agethe bar owner has issued a public apology on social media. Hed like to meet with mps leaders, to come up with solution problems, we have a responsibility to stand up when false statements are made about our students. We will not stand by when they are being degraded. We are reaching out to the naacp and lulac to discuss this with them. Up next on live at daybreak on todays tmj4staying young. The secret to Feeling Healthy later on in life. What you can do starting today. Then hitting the breaks. The lawsuit between mps and a pick up the bill for state required transportation. Introducing the reuben from subway a sandwich as full of intrigue as it is flavor. Some say it was invented by deli owner arnold reuben. Others, by Reuben Kulakofsky during a poker game. And some insist it was hollywood starlet Marjorie Rambeau in a fit of crazed hunger. Seriously. The reubens past may be debatable, but its great taste is not. Stacked with lean corned beef, bavarianstyle sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing on new freshlybaked rye bread. Get it. Only at subway. Imagine a world where instead of rushing to buy we gave thanks for what we already have. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods were closed on thanksgiving because family time comes first. Quality of life is important as you age. Experts say for engage in 75 to 1 hundred 50 minutes of aerobic activity every week and muscle strengthening exercises at least 2 days week. Health experts say pushups, situps and squats can also help seniors maintain their mobility. If youre a winter lover here in wisconsin. There are signs our unseasonably warm fall is coming to an end. Take a look at the snow coming up in parts of utah and california. Overnight. Today. That same storm system is expected to make its way towards us. Hitting the northern part of the state over the weekend. Now to your weather and traffic together. With meteorologist brian gotter. After some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. Just a few clouds moved in overnight, and a light se breeze with a warm front has another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. A southerly wind will increase to 20 mph throughout the day, and will remain windy overnight with lows in the mid 50s. This weekend is the deer Season Opener and we are tracking a storm for friday and saturday that will bring some rain and very gusty winds. Friday will have a few afternoon showers with highs in the mid 60s and a sw wind gusting to 40 mph. A chance for scattered showers is possible friday night with with the cold front. Saturday will have a few rain snow showers before noon, then clearing, very windy and much colder with nw winds gusting to 45 mph. If you are looking for accumulation snow, areas north of wausau could see 12 of snow by midday saturdayo accumulation in southern wisconsin. Sunday is sunny, breezy and cold with highs in incident freetraffic building dry roads speeds at or above posted Tree Lighting ceremonies for today and tomorrow in waukesha. Today in milwaukee at city hall road closures are starting at 9 this morning. From water to Bmo Harris Bank parking lot drive way on wells street then at 3 pm wells st from water to broadway will be closed completely. Tomorrow in waukesha that Tree Lighting ceremony starts at 5 30. Spoke with city hall officials that say there will be brief closures on broadway, gasper and south street drive times a milwaukee private high school is threatening to sue the Milwaukee Public School district for not providing transportation to dozens of students. St. Joan antida high says it was forced to pay a private bus company more than 100 thousand dollarr to pay for transportation. Mps says it is reviewing the request. Excitement this morning in kenosha. The citys dream playground reopens this afternoon. It sat unused for months. While crews worked to fix faulty rubber flooring. The all inclusive playground is welcome to kids of all abilities. The official reopening is set for one. Still ahead on live at daybreak the four things you spirit youre taking a live look at Milwaukee City Hall where the switch will flip and the city Christmas Tree will be glowing red and green whats on tap if you want to now its time for your four to know this morning. We start with pete zervakis. Hes live in portage this morning with a look at where the Brendan Dassey case stands this morning. That decision now rests with the federal court of appeals in chicago. The federal judge who tossed out dasseys murder over the summer saying his confession was coerced has ruled he can leave this prison in portage while the state appeal yesterday. The same judge denied the Wisconsin Attorney generals request to block dasseys release. In that ruling. He says Us Probation Office has already approved dasseys future residence and finished its prerelease investigation. The judge ordered dassey be pm friday. General has now filed a emergency the federal court in chicago. Hes requesting the Appeals Court overturn the judges decision by friday. Vicepresident elect mike pence meeting with congressional leaders today in washington. As new names emerge for a possible trump cabinet. Among them senator ted cruz as attorney general and South Carolina governor nikki haley as secretary of state. The game will go on even as smoke from wildfires could be seen hovering above the stadium in charlotte the Carolina Panthers and new Orleans Saints face off tonight on thursday night football. Weve got the game. Nbc pregame show begins tonight at 6 30 with kick off on todays tmj4 at 7 30 expect Traffic Congestion ahead of todays city christmas Tree Lighting in milwaukee. The 38 foot tall tree will be decorated in ornaments that represent each and every neighborhoodmayor tom barrett and a choir will join in the incident free dry roads high traffic volumes speeds at or above posted to some ways, choices. Good morning. Choices. Sources tell nbc news, mike flynn is at the top of to Donald TrumpsNational Security advisor. The president elect gets set to governor nikki haley today. Will she be the next secretary of state . Or is it rudy guiliani, as Hillary Clinton speaks out publicly for the First Time Since conceding the election. There have been a few times this week where all i want to do is just curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. This morning, what she is saying about where she goes from here. Deadly blast. A gas explosion rocks an