Risk for Severe Weather in our area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Today heat index near 100. Increasing clouds. Hot and humid with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Storms likely overnight. High 92 dewpoint 74 wind se 510 mph angelica adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays breaking news a 19yearold man is dead after drowning at the Washington Park pool overnight. Police say the man and a group of friends climbed over a into the pool which was closed. The 19yearold jumped into the pool. And then began having trouble swimming and sank to the bottom. A Milwaukee Police officer jumped in and grabbed the victim from the water. He began doing cpr. But the man died on the scene. The medical Examiners Office says ann autopsy is expected to take place today. A milwaukee father is charged with murder. For allegedly drowning his three month old son. Sean flowers is scheduled for a preliminary hearing this morning Deandra Corinthios is live from the Milwaukee County courthouse with more. Complaint. Those who know sean flowers say he has a history of violence and domestic issues with the babys mother. And the day this happened. Witnesses told Police Flowers drowned the baby boy. After an argument with her. This happened on sunday july 31st. At a pond near an apartment complex off 76th and brown deer road. Milwaukee police say flowers waded into the pond. And held the three month old underwater. A witness swam in trying to grab the baby. Lunged at him. Took the baby. And swam even deeper with him. Police could not revive him. Last week. A group of public officials, clergy and members of Domestic Violence organizations held a vigil in memory of the baby boy. Named sean flowers the third. After his father. They said they want to spread awareness about the prevalence of child abuse. i just like to help defenseless children that cant defend themselves it tears me apart because children dont deserve not to be treated and sean flowers has been charged with first degree intentional homicide and if convicted, could face life in prison his hearing is at 830 am. Reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news a sheboygan bartender continues to recover after being shot during an armed robbery. That left the suspect dead. Suspect. He was shot by police. 37yearold Kevin Higgins was standing in a side door when Police Arrived at the union tap on july 17th. They shot and killed him. But bartender kurt klessig got caught in the crossfire. And was shot in the arm. He was flown to the hospital. And his medical bills have started adding up. Sheboygan police referred him to the states victim assistance program. And while he doesnt blame the officers who fired at the suspect he would like more help from the city. They hit my buddys car with a snowplow, last winter, and they recouped all of his losses to through the arm, they disable me, and, seriously, i havent even been contacted by em. If you would like to help klessig we have a link to a gofund me page on our website fox6 now dot com. Milwaukee police chief ed flynn discussing crime and policing. It comes just days after the deadliest day of shootings in chicago in 13 years. Monday alone nine people were killed across the city. Flynn along with Top Police Officials from nearly a dozen other major cities discussed National Trends in crime, and the problems many departments face. If we were to draw and elipsis and a density map around our highest poverty neighbors with our highest rate of unemployment highest rate of School Drop Outs and the highest number of abandoned home with that elipis would be the location of our highest rates resort for the poor. Flynn went on to say that he and others feel like theyre located in states that are hostile to their interests. Ahead on wakeup former badger jj watt visits his hometown fire department. See how he does as a firefighter for a day coming up. Plus if you got a ticket parking near the state fairgrounds last coming up. And after the break deltas ceo speaking out after this weeks computer outage grounded more than a thousand flights. . . Ava, your bike is fixed. Thanks mom . . Dad to captain ava dont go too far remember when we were children, and we believed any dream was possible . Was it because there was always someone there giving us the confidence to believe. 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We are now hearing from the ceo of Delta Airlines about the carriers massive computer outage earlier this week. He says it was pretty much a worst Case Scenario for the airline. Ed bastian ceo, Delta Air Lines apart from an actual loss of a hull and human lives, absolutely. Weve never experienced this level of outage before in our history. We own it. I own it. Im personally responsible for this happening and ill personally mak delta flights are now back to near normal operations. A small fire caused a power outage at deltas Main Operations center monday. And knocked critical Computer Systems offline. Airline officials are still trying to figure out why the backup system didnt work. And it could take weeks to get that answer. The us air force is dealing with a major shortage of fighter pilots. This as the us is battling isis from the skies in iraq, syria, for about 700 pilots. The air force is looking to authorize to pay pilots 35thousand dollars a year in Retention Bonuses to encourage them to stay in the service. The air force has struggled with pilot retention, particularly as Airlines Look to hire them, promising higher salaries and benefits. Chicago police are on high alert after getting word of Death Threats against them. Whey the department believes its being targeted. If you got a parking ticket near the State Fair Grounds last friday you may not have to pay for it. What you need to do to get it voided. To baseball. After having neck surgery. His emotional farewell coming feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Johnson ive always said ill be the calmest guy on my election night. I win either way. Narrator if he loses, senator johnson falls back on the ten Million Dollar bonus he paid himself as ceo. A big corporate payout for him. Johnson ive always said. I win either way. Narrator if he wins, he gets another six years to support tax loopholes and bad trade deals and multimillionaires like him. Johnson i win either way. Narrator if johnson wins, wisconsin loses. High pressure is making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. Ahead of that low, we warm into the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low overheat today. Storms arrive this afternoon and remain into the overnight. There is a risk for Severe Weather in our area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Today heat index near 100. Increasing clouds. Hot and humid with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Storms likely overnight. High 92 dewpoint 74 wind se 510 mph traffic check red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays be released today on a terror suspect who was killed by police in ontario, canada. Police say the man allegedly planned to carry out a suicide Bombing Mission in a public area. He was killed in southern ontario yesterday. A Senior Police official identified the suspect as aaron driver. The man. Who is in his mid20s. Was reportedly under a court order to not associate with any extremist and in Chicago Police are on high alert after reports that local gangs have put together an alleged plot to kill them. They say it could be in retaliation for Police Shooting and killing 18yearold paul oneal last month. Police shot the teen who was speeding towards officers in a stolen a car. Oneal later died. The officers involved are all on administrative leave. This all comes as Chicago Police are investigating more than 430 murders this year alone. The State Fair Grounds last friday. You may not have to pay it. City Officials Say they made a mistake. When drivers on 75th street near main street parked friday they saw a 3 hour parking sign. When they returned, a new tow away sign was on top of it and a 60 dollar parking ticket on their windshield. A city official says tickets werent supposed to be handed out until saturday, but there was miscommunication with the Milwaukee Police department. Police say call the number on the back patrolling the fair. One well knownand well respected fair lieutenant is saying goodbye to the job he loves. Lieutenant greg friberg has been patrolling the fair on horse back for 42 years. He says hes encountered everything from unruly crowds. To kids wanting to meet him. And his horse titan. The news of his retirement is bittersweet for many fairgoers. And for his coworkers. I get to ride a horse and i get what better job could you ask for . Who gets to do that . No body . Its just something thats been fantastic. The chance to to do police work off of a horse. Friberg says he will be back next year with his family. But will walk the fair on foot. Which will be very High Pressure is making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. Ahead of that low, we warm into the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low 70s, it will be very hot care not to overheat today. Storms arrive this afternoon and remain into the overnight. There is a risk for Severe Weather in our area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Today heat index near 100. Increasing clouds. Hot and humid with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Storms likely dewpoint 74 wind se 510 mph tonight rain and a chance for thunderstorms. Low 74 dewpoint 73 wind sw 37 mph friday breezy, hot and humid with rain and a chance for thunderstorms. High 86 dewpoint 74 wind wsw 1020 mph saturday partly sunny, still 84 dewpoint 69 wind nw 510 mph sunday mostly sunny, cooler and less humid. Am low 65 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind nw 510 mph monday mostly sunny. Am low 63 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind se 510 mph 62 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind se 510 mph High Pressure is making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. Ahead of that low, we warm into the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low 70s, it will be very hot and humid. Take care not to overheat today. Storms arrive this afternoon and remain into the area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Today heat index near 100. Increasing clouds. Hot and humid with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Storms likely overnight. High 92 dewpoint 74 wind se 510 mph tonight rain and a chance for thunderstorms. Low 74 dewpoint 73 wind sw 37 mph friday breezy, hot and humid with rain and a chance for thunderstorms. High 86 dewpoint 74 wind wsw 1020 mph saturday partly sunny, still warm and humid. Am low 70 high 84 dewpoint6 510 mph sunday mostly sunny, cooler and less humid. Am low 65 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind nw 510 mph monday mostly sunny. Am low 63 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind se 510 mph tuesday mostly sunny. Am low 62 high 80 dewpoint 64 wind se 510 mph big weather Aaron Rodgers ran the scout team at practice wednesday. That could be a sign that he wont play in friday nights exhibition opener against the browns at lambeau. Receiver ty montgomerys ecstatic to be off that physically unable to perform listand back on the practice field i was happy. I felt like i was waiting on christmas, waitin on santa claus, you knowe good news about being able to return back to practice. One thing the at the hands of the lowly braves at miller park. That team came to town with a major league high 70 losses and won the first 2 games after ryan braun ripped a run scoring single, chris carter put that easy swing on a pitch and clobbered one off the scoreboard unlike 2 nights ago, the ballpark couldnt hold it. His 26th homer19 of em have come at home. 41 hosts. How about two off the scoreboard. Freddie freeman gives a chase anderson offering a ride. Its 42. Freeman hit a cut the braves deficit to 43 in the 8th. But new closer Tyler Thornburg earns the save. With help from rookie orlando arecia. That young mans a magician with the glove 43 brewers; they go for a series split tomorrow afternoon. By the way, stunning news out of houston where the astros have designated tomorrow afternoon. By the way, stunning news out of houston where the astros have designated former Brewer Carlos Gomez for assnment from stunning to just plain sad in in the case of prince fielder. The rangers made second neck surgery, doctors will not medically clear the ex prolific brewers slugger. Its just too dangerous. No one played harder or loved the gameand his teammates more. You know im reall going to miss, going to miss being around those guys cuz i you know theyre a lot of fun. Ive just been in a big league clubhouse since i was their age so its a you know to not be able to play is going to be tough. Heres a lighter story to end on. Unless youre nfl superstar jj watt. The former badger personifies tough. But jj really experienced tough when he and his father john visited the fire station in his hometown of pewaukee. Dad was a fire fighter in waukesha for close to 3 decades. Jj pulled water hoses, climbed flights of stairs and put out fires in 86 degree weather. With an ensemble weighing 50 to 75 pounds i work my ass off in my job everyday because i love it but at the end of the day if i screw up, i have a bad play. Theirs is life or death; to me headlines you know and were playing a game. These guys dont get the headlines but theyre the ones that save lives, between them the police and the military, i mean that, those are people that are doing stuff that matters cuz they are true heroes, im just a guy that chases a ball around, thats all. True heroes indeed. Have a terrific thursday. See ya soon. Pilot and fight evil creatures at six flags well show you the new Virtual Reality ride opening able to become helicopter pilots and fight off evil creatures. Of course this all done using riders will board the demon rollercoaster and wear vr headsets throughout the entire ride. Its called rage of the gargoyles. The interactive adventure debuts on saturday. A toucan is getting a new lease on life, thanks to a 3d printer. Grecia the toucan was found bloodied with his upper beak shattered and brought to an Animal Rehab Center in costa rica. Through a crowd funding campaign, the center was able to raise the money to designed by a California Firm and manufactured in costa rica. Grecia has become a symbol in costa rica for animal cruelty crusaders. Its not uncommon to see horses in arizona, but it is a little strange to see them in the streets of downtown phoenix. Two horses got free of their trailer and started to make a run for it. Police provided Traffic Control until the owners could catch up and lasso the wild horses. Creating quite plane initial reports said a passenger smuggled the animal onto the Frontier Airlines flight. But now airport Officials Say the monkey was an Emotional Support Service animal and the passenger had all the right paperwork to bring it on board. But that doesnt mean other passengers were any less confused. Its still not clear if the monkey actually was running loose on the plane. Or just got away from its owner. All anchors chat toss to 6am wakeup news. We are part of a club we would rather not be members of. Milwaukee police chief ed flynn. Calling the state of wisconsin hostile to officers interests. In the teenager dies after drowning at a local pool. What we know in just one minute. Good morning and welcome to wakeup robs weather High Pressure is making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. Ahead of that low, we warm into the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low 70s, it will be very hot and humid. Take care not to overheat today. Storms arrive this afternoon and remain into the overnight. There is a risk for Severe Weather large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Today heat index near 100. Increasing clouds. Hot and humid with a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Storms likely overnight. High 92 dewpoint 74 wind se 510 mph tonight rain and a chance for thunderstorms. Low 74 dewpoint 73
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