About the jail deaths to us. Back in octoberwe were the first tv station to report that four deaths happened inside the Milwaukee County jail this year. Emails show. A day . After our report aired. The sheriff called chief medical examiner Brian Petersonthreatening to get his license revoked. For example. In an email sent to county executive chris abele on october 29th. Peterson says he sustained some 20 minutes of against my licensure for. Ultimately no good reason. He says the sheriff took issue with information released on the death of Terrill Thomas. And also. This tweet from oct 28th. Advising the public of an overnight death in the jail. Peterson also said in the email the sheriff was furious that any information had been released on a nondisclosure case. Peterson then cited an email sent to me as proof of no wrongdoing. Saying the mes office sent nothing inflammatory and all in accord responded to petersons concerns over losing his license. Sending an email that reads in part. W
Slow downs on the map looking at racine and kenosha counties on i94 seeing few slow downs near highway 165 otherwise speeds are at or above posted, heading north on 94 no complaints wisconsins recount of its november 8th election vote is underway. It began yesterday. But much later than expected in Waukesha County. Pete zervakis is live to explain why here at the Waukesha County courthouse workers didnt start counting ballots until 10 45 pm last night. The counting continued until midnight. The county clerk said yesterday afternoon that count them. For instance they had to look at all absentee voting envelopes and match the total number to a log of absentee votes. But preparations like that stretched on into the night. The Wisconsin Elections says starting today it will try to gather and release daily recount data from all of wisconsins 72 counties. Showing any tally changes for voting wards. The agency will get an officials for any cases in which 10 or moves are changed in a given, re
An election official here tells me the lawsuit does not stop the recount. Saying well do this until a judge tells us not to. Federal law requires the recount be finished by december 13. One wisconsin county is already finished with its recount. Th memi county. Out of 13hundredand eight votes cast. The recount added 12 votes for gary johnson and another 17 for ji stein. The county blames that on human error two votes were subtracted from donald trump. One from hillary clinton. Michigans elections board will consider Presiden Donald trumps request to block a hand recount of all 4point8 million ballots cast in the state. Right now arguments are being heard on the recount. In pennsylvania, a hearing is scheduled for monday on jill steins push to secure a courtordered statewide recount. Recounts arent expected to flip nearly enough votesto change the outcome in any of thehree stat. A chec the weather now definitely feeling more like winter. Meteorologist brian gotter joins us now and is the