About an hour and a half. Lawyers for Green Party Candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, are arguing that the entire statewide recount be done by hand. The state Elections Commission says that would costly, time consuming, and is unnecessary, and that stein has shown no evidence of any irregularities or tampering. The court now hearing phoned in testimony from witnesses for stein. The first witness inhouse was a Computer Science professor who testified that it is possible for wisconsins Voting Machines to be hacked. The only way to be sure they were secure is to recount by hand, but he also acknowledged hes seen no evidence of any irregularities with the vote. This hearing started around 4 30 which was also the time that the , Stein Campaign wired its payment of 3. 5 million to the Election Commission to get the recount off the ground and rolling. The process will begin on thursday. We dont know how that will play the deadline. She could end up paying more. The estimate now i
Tonight. The chilling new image of the coworker who killed his coworkers, this just minutes before he opened fire. Good evening. Its great to have you with us. We begin with president elect donald trump. His victim ary tour. Tonight, hundreds of American Factory workers are thanking mr. Trump. The president elect in indiana today, walking into the carrier plant that had been set to close and send those jobs to mexico. Tonight, carrier says hundreds of those jobs will be saved. Not all of them. But a significant victory for so many families in that community. Tonight, what did mr. Trump offer that company to keep it here . Abcs tom llamas traveling with mr. Trump. Reporter president elect donald trump, touching down in Important Message in person. Telling hundreds of workers at the carrier factory he just saved their jobs. People are crying. I mean, theyre all crying. Theyre so happy. Theyre going to have a great christmas. Most important. Reporter the factory becoming a symbol of corpo
Suspended. Reporter in part, the federal lawsuit accuses water street brewery of violating federal and state minimum wage and overtime laws. So we could work a 50 hour week, but only but on paper it only looked like 42 hours. Reporter its not just being underpaid for overtime. Shes also accusing them of not paying correct minimum wage. In wisconsin, law allows restaurants to pay servers 2. 33 per hour, plus tips. He plus tips earned dont add up to at least 7. 25 an hour, the employer must make up the difference. Angela says she wants the lawsuit to help other workers,. Im doing it to create a fairness with all the serving staff. Reporter the restaurants director of operations wouldnt he said we vigorously denied them, and will be eager to defend them. Saying of angela and the complaint, he said they have some of their facts wrong. Terry sater, wisn 12 news. Kathy you can read the entire lawsuit by clicking on this story on the 12 news app and on wisn. Com. Big story coverage tonight, t
Circumstances. One of the deaths was ruled a homicide. Milwaukee county supervisor supreme Moore Omokunde is calling on sheriff david clarke to step aside. I am calling for the resignation of sheriff david clarke jr. , who is responsible for operations of the Milwaukee County jail, where four people have died in a sixmonth period. Omokunde says he and the county board have repeatedly asked for more information into the investigations of these deaths, but has received no answers. Hes more interested in creating a public persona for himself, travelling around the country. 38yearold Terrill Thomas died of dehydration in the jail late this spring. Thomas was accused of opening fire at potawatomi casino. The medical examiners officer determined his death was a homicide. Over the summer and fall two more inmates died and one gave birth to a stillborn baby. 12 news reached out to sheriff clarke. He replied, supervisor who . In a Science Fiction comic book and hes upset that i helped donald j.
Homeowners tonight. What this woman is doing inside someone elses home and what shes looking for. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. First, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. From virginia, up through new england, d. C. , baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the storms. Its a system that already brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. This one in howard county, indiana. And in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. A state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. Meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. Reporter tonight across are still rising. This is historic. Its unprecedented. And we are seeing unprecedented levels as the waters move south. Reporter south of ba