except milwaukee, racine and kenosha and walworth county. the rain is limited to central wisconsin and south central wisconsin. still a pretty fair amount of showers, a few thundershowers as well to the north counties. also, stronger storms with heavy rainfall from the west of madison and back to the west of we are going to see this pivoting through southern wisconsin this morning, especially early, likely scraping along 94. right now 71 at the airport. the temperatures into the 80s this afternoon. periods of rain and storms this afternoon and tonight. jeremy is along the milwaukee river. jeremy: that is right, sal, this flooding this morning, but with the flood watch in place, something that we are going to keep tabs on later today. it could dump an inch or two of rain. how about the light show that we were treated to last night with the thunderstorms well north of waukesha and milwaukee counties. if you looked up to the north, the sky was lighting up. the thunderstorms up into the and being lit up by lots of lightning last night and under the storms heavy rain, one to two inches of rain in fond du lac and sheboygan and washington and dodge counties last night. we are live along the milwaukee river. i have the umbrella in hand. this ask a flood gauge and no take the radar on the go, it is free wisn 12 app and track the rain throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you, jermy. some of the strongest storms moved through north of southeast wisconsin yesterday amp and evening. this is video of appleton and the storm damage too. we have more on the damage left behind coming up in the next half hour. >> now to the matt? >> wet out there but light volume. we are seeing things moving along full speeds. travel times... that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, 6:04. debating the future of sherman park. later today a court hearing is scheduling and talking about the hours and the fence up around it. it is nearly a month since the unrest in the neighborhood. now, the county executive and the sheriff don't agree on what to do next. wisn 12 news mike anderson is live with a look good morning, mike. >> good morning, ben, the milwaukee parks are closed 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and there is a lot of debate about the hours and as you mentioned, we are talking about sherman park. last month the sheriff david clark had orange fencing put up around the park after a spike of violent unrest in the that lasted until sunday when chris abele had the fencing removed. sheriff david clark disagreed and had the fencing put back up. later the day a judge issued a restraining order stopping from the sheriff closing the park early add ordering the fence to be taken done. there is a court hearing on this this morning and we today a final decision on what the hours will be. we'll keep you posted on the court hearing. live this morning mike anderson "12 news this morning." >> thank you, mike. >> today we could learn more about a murder, it is the community's second homicide in less than two years. tim is more on the search for the killer. >> the search is on for the murderer. the apartment on the west side. the investigators ruled it was a homicide. the name of the 34-year-old woman is not released. they are not releasing information that could harm the investigation. the suspect is someone close to her, someone who has a motive. the police are looking at the victim's background. this was an isolated incident and that they believe that the public is not in >> a popular milwaukee restaurant could be forced to close for two weeks because of a licensing issue. the city requires owners of a business with a police report to make an appearance at a license renewal hearing and the owners didn't show up not knowing they needed to. they need the common council the >> city leaders are talking about the concerns over the game pokemon go at lark park, there is a meeting this evening, the lawmakers and parks department will be there. some people that live near the park say too many people are playing a game and taking up the parking spots and leaving the trash behind. the meeting is at 6:30 tonight. time now the 6:07. we have been watching dopplar sal, do we think we see dry hours this morning? >> by about mid-morning in a window after 9:00 and before noon i think we are going to see a brief dryer period for a time this morning. but the commute is wet to the north and to the south. we have rain and storms moving across dane county, just to the west of madison and north into columbia county. this is holding together and big picture is looking like this, this front is the focus for periods of rain and storms. especially this afternoon. it is sagging south as a cool front. 69 west allis. 70 bay view. the forecast for today, i keep the temperatures into the mid 80s. showers and storms refiring up this afternoon and tonight. matt? >> choper is grounded because of the weather. wet northbound 43 at good hope road. the squads are with it. the right lane may be blocked. expect minor delays. we are starting to see delays pushing into the bypass construction zone. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. the line of duty will be laid to rest today. he was killed last month in afghanistan. thompson was from brookfield. his funeral is today in washington state. >> a stunning development now to kidnapping and killing of an 11-year-old minnesota boy that vanished 27 years ago. the killer is now confessing to the crime. m case. tim? >> it is a disturbing story, this is danny here. as part of a plea deal, he admitted to abducting and killing jacob back in 1989. the 53-year-old led the authorities to the body last week after initially denying involvement in the death. the case went cold until agreeing to confess to the murder when pleaing out. he's not going to face state murder charges in the death. we are learning he could face up to 20 years in prison for the federal porn charge. >> tim, thank you. >> right now, health officials are looking prevent the spreed of the zika virus in the u.s., what is holding the lawmakers back from reaching a deal. >> plus, helping families to get medicines to children in need. what a local company is doing this month to battle peed yatic cancer. >> it is a star studded cast today on ellen... ellen starts today at 4:00, dan krebbiel: i'm dan krehbiel -- a vietnam combat veteran. we don't need politicians playing games with attack ads. there's a better way. i've read russ feingold's plan. he goes after the terrorists' oil money and arms supplies. better human intelligence. and, he'll work to get middle eastern states to take on the terrorists in their own backyard. russ feingold offers a tough, realistic plan to protect america. russ vo: i'm russ feingold and i >> oh, wednesday wet is covering it for today. we get a live look. a lot of low clouds around this morning, especially over downtown. stationary front is the trigger and the focus. this is going to sag to the south as cool front and providing additional energy for the rain and storms. 71 right now at the airport. rain is tapering off this morning, i expect a couple of dry hours 9-11 and stormy again this afternoon and tonight. flood watch in place for all of us. >> crash on the wet pavement, 43 at good hope road. looking northbound and the squads with it. delays are building on the bypass up to nationaavenue. it is a 7 minute ride from the hale up to the zoo. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. . u.s. lawmakers are fighting for the zika funding. tim is here with the happenings today. >> this morning the democrats in the house and sen the zika funding. yesterday a vote on a bill fell short. the democrats blocked the republican funning bill because of the restrictions on the planned parenthood funding. the bill would have provided funding for treating the disease. this is the third time of defeating a bill. lawmakers are considering adding general spending bill. just yesterday, seven more nontravel related zikaases reported in southern florida and now that number is up to 40. the c.d.c. says much of the money would be used to develop a vaccine to fight the virus. >> in the commitment 2016 coverage hillary clinton and donald trump is focussed on national security ahead of a forum we are live in washington with the latest. >> good morning, ben. and donald trump and hillary clinton are turning up the heat against each other in what could be a preview of what lies ahead tonight. her conduct is disqualifying. >> hiss whole campaign has been one long insult. attacks during the bimi it?z aed sv6?infqme flid a thank you. 6:17 it i big da for today. ery theivnt. but the new phone is ped have better camera. they also tnk no head phone jacksnstead featuring wireless head phones. look f the updates and the new new mac book. pediatricancer research. they aresing mon for the zaon . itas founded by an -year-old girl that lo her twin brother to cancer. they are hoping that customers will donate to last year they raised $4,000 and this year they are hoping to raise $4,500. >> it costsed of thouof dollars?wo?auf for inical trials and search and every little bit counts. >> every little bit does count andtop in at the?d bank locations including highwayne i am wearing the pin heres >> well, it is a tied series between the brewers and the cubs. br hoping ty up las checis ou game.run ties up the ball a three-run homeer in the 6th inning. the brewers win 12-5. 7:10. >> the bucks are kicking off a statewide tour, rookies will make several stops in cities this month. the first event is today at roundies downtown milwaukee. it is outside, so weather permitting at noon. are they going to get the rain on them? >> they could, but i feel like very well could be dry. dryer weather mid-morning, 9:30 to noon, 1:00 before the heat something going and refire up the showers and storms. take a look at this guy. this is mounted concordia university in mequon. the sky has been the showers and thundershowers are fired up this morning. now the rain is tapering off a little bit in the north counties. when i came in it was steady and heavy. right now we are looking at the round of the storms from columbia to madison. now it is moving rapidly to east and if holding together it is scraping dodge and jefferson county in the next hour or so. additional energy and focus for the afternoon rain and storms. 71 mostly cloudy at the airport. so periods of rain and storms. between 9:00 and noon a lull in the action. this is when we see a few peeks of the sunshine and rain and storms again by 11:00, we are getting the heat going again. we go through the 1:00 hour and this is not a widespread rain but pockets of thundershowers. this is true through the evening commute and into the early part of the overnight. once the boundary sags to the south the energy is gone. sunshine the prevailing for us tomorrow afternoon. morning. a lull in the action and rain and storms again tonight. local heavy rainfall is possible. a flood watch is in effect. clearing tomorrow. rain later in the day on friday and friday night. a fairly good looking weekend. >> the first day of school can be exciting and also a little stressful. the teachers that are helping with thisir >> unofficial end of summer is now in the books and some people are waving good-bye, the story packed full of flavor, one pint-sized hero was on a mission. looks like somebody's gotta save snack time from a serious case of boring. watch babybel's big taste leap into action in the great snack rescue. you want a piece of me? good, i'm delicious. creamy, delicious, 100% natural cheese. mini babybel. >> good morning, everybody. thank you for this great wednesday morning school shout out. we are stopping by classes visit, head to wisn.com and we have the logo and we'll schedule a time for jeremy nelson to stop by and say hello. >> not everyone though is thrilled to head back to school, so the staff at a texas school figured they would make a party out of it. ymca and the teachers and the staff welcoming the students back to class. it is a jam session. the video has know gone viral with more than a million views. wisn 12 news time now is 6:26. a police officer is usually a good person to flag done for >> plus, connecting millions of people to modern convenience, the mission one of the richest men in the world is bringing to his home country. >> we are on weather watch this morning. rain and storms moved through wisconsin overnight. lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain were reported across parts of the state. causing damage up to the north. some of the rain is continuing to fall in southeast wisconsin. we arera for you as we are headed out. >> good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm ben wagner. melinda has the day off. it's 6:30 on this wednesday, september 7th. i'm in the weather center with meteorologist sally severson. sal, you have been tracking the showers that have been moving through overnight and maybe a little break? >> we may get a little break this morning. the southern counties have been getting a break. on the journal times building. we are not done with the rain just yet. the flood watch is continuing for southern wisconsin throughout the evening hours. the cool front is sagging to the south and providing the energy for the rain and the storms. the showers and storms are central and south central. i am focussed on a little bit of a the northern counties. we have a pretty good little line of rain and storms now pivoting across columbia county and this is scraping across parts of jefferson and dodge county. we are not done with the rain and storms, periods of rain and storms throughout the day a. brief lull in the action now to jeremy nelson. >> good morning, sal, good morning, everyone, you mentioned some of the storms up to the north and west, the skies are getting darker here in mequon area. we are looking to the westerly direction. the clouds are racing by. a lot of the action has stayed up to the north. the severe weather overnight was in really parts of the fox a barn here sustained wind damage and in hortonville. now, our focus across southeast wisconsin is on the threat for quick hitting heavy downpours and if moving over the same location over and over you get the flash flooding no. rise along the milwaukee river here. we have seen it to the four before. we are below the one. again new york city concerns along the -- no concerns along the milwaukee river. back to you. >> thank you, jeremy. >> now to traffic watch 12 and matt salemme. >> it is wet pavement all the way around and incidents, 43 northbound. the tow truck now. it is contained on the right shoulder. you can see slight delays passing the scene. be prepared for that. we have delays building into the construction zone. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> later today, the battle over sherman park continues. a final decision on whether a fence should surround the park is happening this afternoon. earlier this week, milwaukee county executive chris abele and sheriff david clarke argued over the fence. abele wants it to stay down and clarke wants it to go back up. a judge agreed with abele and issued a temporary restraining order bringing the fence down. today, a court hearing will decide if that decision is permanent and when the park will open and close. >> later today, a debate over whether the game pokemon go should stay in a milwaukee park. the game has gotten people across the country more active. players have to explore outside in order to catch characters. milwaukee's lake park has become a hot spot for pokemon players, but some of the neighbors are upset. >> good morning, ben t pokemon go craze is creating a the people living in the neighborhood are concerned about the crowds and leaving behind the garbage and parking ill legally. to help deal with the extra people, the county is bringing in extra trash cans and police are ticketing illegally parked cars in the neighborhood. the county is trying to make the developer of pokemon go get a proper permit sinz the game is drawing people out to this park. players are saying that most people are being respectful, however, neighbors are concerned about the game and the crowds here at the park, so the officials invited them to have a meeting this evening to talk about this, it is starting at 6:30 at the community center here in lake park. people have a chance to come out and voice concerns and hear what about it. >> mike, thank you. 6:36. >> happening now, local students are trying to figure out what to do next when a college closes its doors unexpectedly. tim, what happened to itt tech? the campus in greenfield along with every campus in the country has closed down. itt technical institute is a for-profit college with more than 130 campuses in 38 states. thousands of students are looking for answers about their future now that c the company that runs the school is based in indiana and they've been under investigation. the u.s. department of education issued sanctions against the company including banning them from enrolling new students who use federal financial aid. once that decision came down, the company closed down. that affects around 35,000 >> now that school's back in session, people up north are waving goodbye to summer. locals in minocqua took that literally they waved goodbye as summer tourists headed out of town on labor day. a steady stream of cars, rv's, trucks and more passed through on their way out of town. residents set out lawn chairs to wave goodbye. on memorial day, locals will be out again saying hello. wisn 12 news time now is 6:37. still ahead. after an out-of-this-wo ground. his record-setting trip to space that ended overnight. >> and it's been a rough few days on lake michigan. two more swimmers had to be rescued from the water. the training one good samaritan >> up and out, it is a wet one, and the rain isn't done. several rounds of storms once again for today and heavy rainfall is the primary concern central and south central wisconsin. the north counties wet overnight. across the northland, a little more in the way of diminishing tendencies. we have a pocket of rain and storms across dane county and up into dodge county. this has not only associated with it but the heavy rain. this afternoon showers and storms. grab the umbrella. the temperatures if we break out the sun, into the upper 80s, if cloudy it is a little cooler. tonight rains and storms. lows at 70. >> a crash by good hope is expect brake tapping between good hope and brown deer. delays into the usual places. travel times... >> right now, a wisconsin astronaut is back on solid ground after spending six months in space. jeff williams left the international spst landed here on earth last night along with two russian astronauts. williams holds the american record for the longest time spent in orbit with 534 days over four missions. >> new this morning, a michigan woman comes to the rescue when she sees a boy and his father struggling in lake michigan. the lake was dangerous over the holiday weekend with strong currents. sherri talcott is a former lifeguard. she noticed an 11-year-old boy waves so she grabbed a life jacket and went out to help. talcott helped them stay above water until a boat came along and they all climbed aboard. wisn 12 news time now is 6:42. >> let's get right to tim in the newsroom. he's following some of today's big stories. >> right now the police on the scene of an an incident on the denny's restaurant near howard avenue. they are investigating inside and outside an armed robbery was reported this morning. it is too early to say exactly what happened here or injuries in this. stay with us wisn 12 news for dan krebbiel: i'm dan krehbiel -- a vietnam combat veteran. we don't need politicians playing games with attack ads. i've read russ feingold's plan. he goes after the terrorists' oil money and arms supplies. he combines targeted military force with better human intelligence. and, he'll work to get middle eastern states to take on the terrorists in their own backyard. russ feingold offers a tough, realistic plan to protect america. russ vo: i'm russ feingold and i >> welcome back. it is wednesday, september 7th. here's a live look outside and it is beautiful. some of the folks in port washington and sheboygan are getting hit now. >> yes, fond du lac and washington county. just to the south of beaver dam at this hour you are seeing the storms with heavy rainfall associated with it. no storm warnings associated with these. the cluster is stretching from dodge county back to dane with these storms and moving east, northeast rapidly. this front the providing the rain and the storms. right now 72 at the airport and dry there. it is dryer across racine and kenosha and walworth county. i do think in the neighborhood of mid to late morning a lull in tonight. >> so drying off and wet in the afternoon and be prepared for that. we had one incident that is cleared up. the pavement is struggling to clear off at highway one hundred and 94. right now, you are going to find delays aloss the bypass northbound and 94 eastbound and westbound. the travel times are up travel times... that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> thank you, matt. >> happening now, the last patient being treated after the pulse nightclub attack is back home. tim is here with the latest. >> the hospital in orlando confirms that the last survivor has been released. it's been months since the attack on pulse nightclub which killed 49 people and hurt dozens more. from the shooting and performed more than 75 operations. last month, that hospital and florida hospital both announced they will not bill any of the survivors for medical care. the hospitals could end up paying $5 million out of pocket. benning back to you. thank you, tim. 6:49. >> 20 million dollars. that's the settlement that 21st century fox is offering gretchen carlson a former fox news anchor. she sued the network accusing the head of fox news of sexual harassment. roger ailes has since been forced out of the company. he denies the accusations. fox news not only settled with carlson, they also issued an apology for the way she was treated. >> companies like fox do not pay $20 million settlements when there's no there there. the murdochs, who own fox, are convinced ailes was harassing >> more than 20 women have reportedly come forward and made similar accusations. ailes' attorney says he's not contributing any money to the $20 million settlement. >> happening now, india's richest man is giving back handing out free internet to one billion people. only 20 percent of adults in india currently have internet access, but the owner of a mobile network is now offering free 4g internet to anyone who signs up in india. next year, it will cost about $2.25 a month. something i think a lot of us here take for granted. if our internet is moving at lightning speed we are upset. >> but $2.25 is reasonable. >> i will take that. >> we are looking at partly cloudy skies this morning. much wetter to the north. flood watch. a stationary front is sagging to the south as a cool front and providing the energy for the periods of rain and storms persisting this afternoon and tonight. we shall still wet. we have been wet much of the sniekt in the north counties. showers and thundershowers are tapering off temporarily. dodge county, boy, you are getting it again with a strong they have very heavy rain and light anyoning associated with them. they are stretching from dodge back to madison and moving to the east and northeast. all of it associated with a boundary. this boundary is sagging to the south adds a cool front and providing the energy for the afternoon showers and storms. a peek or two of the sun. we'll see it. throughout the afternoon. we get to 10:00, fairly quiet. holes in clouds and allowing the sun. lunchtime daytime heating. we move to the late afternoon, this is not a widespread rain, but pockets of thunderstorms and heavy rain. through 7:30, 8:00 tonight, the boundary is sagging to the south and the winds shift out of the north. we have a clearing by afternoon and sunshine. the forecast for today, we are on weather watch. we going up to the mid to upper 80s with the sun. the rain is not done, rain and storms throughout the day today and tomorrow. clearing tomorrow. 77. showers on friday. the weekend is cooler and pleasant. matt? >> wet pavement to the north. holy hill road here. wet pavement on the system there. right now delays into the regular spots, especially 94 westbound, heavier than normal. they have taken away a lane. merging from 94 westbound is a squeeze there. the regular stuff on the bypass and 94 eastbound. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, k custody after escaping. tim is in the newsroom where new details have been coming in overnight. tim? >> right now, a homicide suspect is back behind bars after getting away from police last week. police tracked down alonso perez at a home in north las vegas. he escaped from a police station in the same area on friday. police say he broke out of his handcuffs. perez is the suspect in a shooting that happened late last benning back to you. >> happening now, firefighters are working to get a wildfire under control as it threatens 300 buildings in california. we told you about the saddle fire yesterday morning. since then, it's more than doubled in size. it's now burning 850 acres and is only about a third contained. there are mandatory evacuations in place for the area this morning. >> developing this morning, protesters gather on a runway at a london air d flights. police arrested nine protesters who had locked themselves together on the runway. the uk branch of black lives matter was behind the protest. they say they were protesting the uk's treatment of black people. >> happening now, in north dakota, a protest against an oil pipeline is gaining support. protesters sprayed construction equipment with graffiti and attached themselves to the machinery. they're trying to delay so that costs will go up and the company will give up. protesters say the pipeline will put the local water supply in serious danger. >> we're going to protect our water and we're going to protect our native women from these man camps, the drugs, the sex trafficking. >> among the protesters yesterday, presidential candidate jill stein. she's the green party candidate. and now she could face criminal charges after spray painting construction equipment. after flagging down a deputy and asking if he could charge his phone. this all began saturday morning. officials say brendan duffy got a deputy's attention and asked if he could charge his phone. the deputy stopped and duffy pulled out a bunch of credit cards. the deputy noticed that the cards were not in his name and arrested him. police called the owners of the card. one woman didn't even know hers card in custody and they wanted to know if mr. brendan duffy was authorized to use it and i said he most certainly is not! if i had a pocket full of someone else's cards, i definitely would not pull that pocket out! >> you would think so, right. she got her card back before it had been used. "g.m.a." is coming up. first, weatherwatch 12, this is a live look at dopplar 12 radar, po w they are getting rained on right now. we are seeing it later. sally says just a couple of dry hours are coming our way too. >> areas south of milwaukee the pavement is drying off. we delays on the byss eastbound, west bound. you get it. plan on extra time. earlier crash is cleared. >> i am looking at the rain and storms off and on throughout the day today. i expect a peek of the sun. heavy rainfall is possible. >> do we need the rain? it could come as a soaker would be better. >> take wisn 12 news good morning, america. donald trump and hillary clinton on attack. >> the secret is he has no plan. >> putin looks at her and he laughs, okay. >> trading sharp jabs over her e-mail, his taxes and isis. a war of words even before the debate. tropical storm alert. heading for arizona on its way to making history as the southwest and the midwest brace for dangerous rain and flash floods. fox news fallout. former anchor gretchen carlson gets $20 million in a massive settlement after those bombshell sexual harassment allegations against ex-chief roger ailes. the secret recordings that could be behind the deal and why is another top star leaving unexpectedly.

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