Transcripts For WITI FOX 6 News At 11 20160817 : comparemela

Transcripts For WITI FOX 6 News At 11 20160817

Sherman park neighborhood. But what remains of this burned up gas station is a reminder of the unrest over the weekend. The atf is offering a 10thousand dollar reward leading to information that leads to arrests and convictions. The investigation covers a total of eight commercial fires that were set. Besides the bp station. Those include an Oreilly Auto Parts store, a bmo harris bank, a Beauty Supply store, a supermarket and three liquor stores. Three of those fires are near the intersections of 35th, du lac, and burleigh. The feds say the are working with the milwaukee fire department, and the state department of justice among other agencies. The owner of the bp gas station that was torched on saturday night. May not rebuild at the corner of the sherman and burleigh. There had been tensions earlier in the month but this weekends unrest made the situation much worse. T his Attorney Says his client now fears for his safety with his future unclear. For his safety with his future meanwhile. City leaders are talking through longterm solutions to end the turmoil in sherman park. Officials met at a ceremony for local mutual tower yesterday. Mayor tom barrett described this weekends violence as the most difficult time hes experienced as mayor. He says hes committed to bringing more work to families in the northcentral part of the city. Barrett says because i want this city to grow, i want this city to be safe, and i want us to close the gap, the income, inequality gap that Common Council members yesterday behind closed doors to brief them on the latest information. Meanwhile the milwaukee black panthers visited Common Council president ashanti hamilton. One of the leaders asked hamilton what he was going to do, now that the community has quote made its point. Hamilton says the city has a plan in place. Mayor barrett outlined his proposed 2017 budget last night. Barrett says the cost of police pensions. And dwindling state fortune. He says he supports pensions for city employees. But this year alone, they cost taxpayers 30million dollars for police. The Police Budget has increased nearly 100million dollars since 2004. Thats nearly double the entire tax levy. State shared revenue, meanwhile, has dropped 12million in that same time period. Barrett says. Consider this. In 2010 mpd Staffing Levels were at 1 thousand 878officers. This year. There are 10 more dollars. you can see why this can become a tense conversation. The one thing you cant do at the city level is you cant print money. this was just the first of several listening sessions planned. The budget will be presented to the citys finance and Personnel Committee in october. Police are searching for the driver in a fatal hit and run. The crash happened last night about 7. Near fond du lac and oak street. Police say a 28yearold woman was hit by a vehicle when she was running across the street. She later died from her injuries. The vehicle was located a couple blocks away. But police havent found the driver yet. Police in new berlin are investigating, after they were called about someone possibly being stalked. When they arrived at the scene suspect hiding in the bushes. He then gave a fake name and ran away from the officers. He was caught after an officer tased him. After the pursuit. Officers located a stolen car from chicago. With a handgun and heroin inside. The suspect also had onethousand dollars cash on him. A man, sitting in his car, was shot last night. The shooting happened near richards and center. About nine last night. Were told the shot multiple times. And taken to a hospital. No word yet on any suspects. The Trump Campaign doesnt like the term shakeup but thats what appears to be happening this morning. No one has been fired. But he now has a new Campaign Manager and a new chief executive. Yesterday trump made stops around the milwaukee area. Several times during his speech last night, trump referenced the recent violence, saying quote right here in milwaukee even though he was speaking to supporters near west order candidate, saying Hillary Clinton is antipolice. Donald trump r president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is against the miners. Shes against the police. Believe me. You know it and i know it, and guess what . She knows it. Those pedaling the narrative of cops as a racist force in our society a narrative supported with a directly in the responsibility for the unrest in milwaukee and many other places within our country. Trump was more than an hour and a half late for last Nights Campaign stop in west bend. It grew very warm inside the expo center, but still about three thousand people stayed for the speech. Meanwhile, today trump is preparing for his first intelligence briefing conducted at an fbi democratic Vice President ial nominee tim kaine was also in wisconsin yesterday. Supporters hosted a private fundraiser for kaine in madison last night. Kaine and Us Senate Candidate Russ Feingold also stopped to talk to supporters at a Hillary Clinton campaign office. A College Student is accused of killing a couple in florida. What officials found the teen doing when they arrived on scene. And historic flooding in louisiana. The latest on how many homes were damaged as well. Plus a growing wildfire burns more than 28 square miles in california. How many people had to be evacuated. Across america. A college [ tires screech ] [ laughs ] jaaaaamie, the name your price tool can show you Coverage Options to fit your budget. Tell me something i dont know oh ohhh ahh this is probably more of a breakroom activity. Ya think . Background accused of two savage murders. Sheriffs deputies say the 19yearold may have been high on hallucinogenic drugs when he attacked a couple, at random, outside their home. When deputies arrived they found the teen biting the face off a man. Tasers were deployed even a k9 was sent to stop him. But the student kept biting. Eventually they were able to subdue him. But both victims were declared dead at the scene. Reached eleven. After recordsetting rain and flooding. Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate and at least 40thousand homes are damaged. Rosa flores reports. Nats fire fighter radio in some parts of ascension parish. Roads look like rivers. Rosa flores baton rouge, la we are in one of the hardest hit areas today we are going out with First Responders to check out a community that flooded over night. As we venture in, we see people homes are under water and the tops of cars peak out of the flood zone. The First Responders we are with are checking for the welfare of the owners. Nats First Responders the first house they check. There is no answer. Rosa flores baton rouge, la that woman lost power, her cellphone died so they were knocking on her door to figure out if she was okay. First responders document their findings and move on to the next parish is one of twenty parishes on the list of areas under disaster declaration. People here say the water rose so quickly, many had to rush out of their homes leaving everything behind. Nats rescuee some are going back into their communities on boats, to salvage their belongings. And also checking in on neighbors they havent heard from were going to head on over to our house and see what we can salvage and were going to help anybody else in need. Nats First Responders on boats more than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes. Many are staying with family and friends or in shelters, like jessica may. She and her six children were rescued by boat. Jessica may evacuated resident i was like how are we going to get out of this . I didnt want to get trapped. They said the more it kept raining, the higher the minds was like i gotta get out of there. Thats something i dont want to get caught in. This family decided not to evacuate. Instead staying inside their mobile home. Nats First Responders in this case First Responders offer them water and provisions. Thats all they can do for now. A fastmoving wildfire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 28squaremiles in a short amount of time. Causing tens of thousands to evacuate. Caif has declared a state of emergency for the area. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, battling the blaze that started yesterday. More than 34thousand homes are threatened by the growing flames. Droughtstricken california has been hit with waves of wildfires this summer, fueled by dry conditions heat and dead brush. Before the latest blue cut fire broke out tuesday, eight thousand california firefighters had already been battling eight large and a Colorado Firefighter captured this incredible picture of a fire tornado near walden, colorado. Crews are battling the beaver creek wildfire. A fire tornado or fire whirl usually occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind condition form a vortex. The beaver creek fire started on june 19 and isnt expected to be fully contained until october. Around the world. Police say th Joaquin El Chapo guzman was abducted. This, after several people were kidnapped from a restaurant in puerto vallarta. They say the men that were taken. Were part of a crime gang. Right now. Authorities are struggling to identify the other men who were kidnapped, because several have false identities. As for el chapo. The drug lord is in a mexican prison. Facing possible extradition to the us. About responding to civil unrest in milwaukee and the former chrysler plant in kenosha could be re developed. Sean ryan headquarters. Lets start with the discussion on sherman park. On milwaukee foundations meeting to discuss sherman park unrest 1. Who organized yesterdays meeting . To discuss sherman park unrest 1. Who organized yesterdays meeting . 2. What topics were going to be discussed . On kenosha funding to redevelop former to redevelop former chrysler engine plant 1. What new development does the city hope to attract . 2. What would the city money pay for . Carl is hitting the links the 2nd annual phc classic. Get a better nights sleep. How you can fight insomnia. Without having to take sleeping pills. And. Already planning for snow. How one company is gearing up to keep at at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a Digital World full of possibilities. Connecting with family, friends and the things that matter most. Heres a look at this mornings a federal investigation is underway. After several businesses are damaged during civil unrest in milwaukee. How much is being offered for more information. Plus were learning more about the Milwaukee Police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith. New information about what he wrote in a twitter account. For a second night in a row the Milwaukee County sheriffs for a second night in a row the Milwaukee County Sheriffs Office closed sherman park at 6. While maintaining a 10 00 curfew overall for teens. The park reopened again earlier this morning. Officials say those measures are helping keep things quieter in sherman park. Following a volatile have cooled off. There is a lot of rebuilding to do. After angry crowds set fires to businesses over the weekend. Federal authorities are now investigating. Our Deandra Corinthios has the details. Our Deandra Corinthios has the details. It was a quiet night in the sherman park neighborhood. But what remains of this burned up gas station is a reminder of the unrest over the weekend. The atf is offering a 10thousand dollar reward leading to information that leads to arrests and convictions. The investigation covers a total of eight commercial fires that were set. Besides the bp station. Those include an Oreilly Auto Parts store, a bmo harris bank, a Beauty Supply store, a supermarket and three liquor stores. Three of those fires are fond du lac, and burleigh. The feds say the are working with the milwaukee fire department, and the state department of justice among other agencies. The owner of the bp gas station that was torched on saturday night. May not build at rner of thesherman and been tensions earlier in the month but is weekends unrest de the situation much worse. T s Attorney Says his client now fears for his safety with his t for his safety with his future unclear. In the midst of the unrest. Governor scott walker. Made several stops at churches in the city. He and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch met with people at the greater praise church. They thanked Church Leaders for their efforts the past few days talking to people on the streets about governor also met with another group at city brook church. That group is trying to reach out to those who are frustrated and turned to property damage, injuries and looting. Were certainly going to continue to make sure in the immediate future that happens and long term issues about safety are addressed here and across the state and were also be working as we have before with local officials, Community Officials on ways we can continue to improve employment, housing, here and elsewhere the governor stressed that sherman park is a good neighborhood and the violence is not a reflection of the neighborhood as a whole. And were learning more about the Milwaukee Police officer who fired the fatal shots at Sylville Smith on saturday. Hes a young, black male who says he chose a Law Enforcement career over selling drugs. But fox 6 investigator bryan polcyn shows you the surprising things he wrote in a nowdisabled black male. Bragging about getting wasted and blowing money at strip clubs and casinos. Were not talking about Sylville Smith, the 23yearold shot saturday by a Milwaukee Police officer. Were talking about the officer himself. Fox 6 news has learned the identify of the officer, but because the investigation is ongoing and the officer has not been accused of wrongdoing, we are choosing not to name him in this story. The 24yearold was first appointed to the Milwaukee Police department he became a probationary officer in 2013. And his probationary period was extended for 97 days in 2014. A twitter account he used from 2012 to 2014 shows the aspiring cop felt he had a lot to prove. That the dope game wasnt for him. Instead he was chasing a career and a degree. But during his time as a police aide, he also tweeted about thug love. Girlfriend. In january of 2013, he wrote, if your not comfortable with a pistol, its not worth having it, so use it play wit err chance u get so when its time u ready. And the next month, he tweeted, karma comes quicker for a racial slur on the other side of the gun. His last tweet was in december of 2014, but the account remained open until tuesday. A search now shows the page no longer exists. Polcyn says relatives of Sylville Smith say with smith, a claim a Police Source confirmed on monday. Bryan polcyn, fox 6 investigators. Milwaukee police would neither confirm nor deny that the officer we described is indeed the one who shot Sylville Smith. Police are not releasing the officers name at this time because he is getting death threats. Milwaukee Police Association president Mike Crivello declined to discuss it at this time. Police are searching for the around 7. Near fond du lac and oak street. Police say a 28yearold woman was hit by a vehicle when she was running across the street. She later died from her injuries. The vehicle was located a couple blocks away. But police havent found the driver yet. You decide coverage now. Donald trump is expected to receive his first classified intelligence briefing today. This comes after the republican president ial nominee made a stop in wisconsin yesterday. Our political reporter theo keith was at his rally. In front of 3thousand people inside a warm expo center, donald trum milwaukee voters, to inner city voters, to black voters. Even though he was speaking in Washington County where African Americans make up 1. 2 percent of the population nats trump walkup donald trump says hes the law and order candidate and his opponent, Hillary Clinton is antipolice. To every voter in mke, to every voter in the inner city, im better job trailing clinton by 15 points in wisconsin, the Republican Party brought out the heavyhitters to try to help trump. Governor scott walker introduced him. Gop chairman Reince Priebus was here, too. Trump was more than an hour and a half late. As the expo center warmed, people tried to stay cool however they could. Some left, reducing what had been a capacity crowd. For those who remained, trump delivered even speaking from a trademark of

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