Completely near the zoo interchange starting at 11 00 tonight, and possibly lasting until sunday morning. Wisn 12 news Kent Wainscott shows us what will be done this weekend. Wisconsins busiest interchange is rising to new heights. Giant cranes will be moved into position to set in place four of those enormous blue tub girders, as theyre called. That actually holds the roadway up. They are the support for what will be the eastbound to northbound ramp in the zoo systan construction project manager, mark klipstein, says the interstate has to be shutdown because the work will be happen far up above the roadway. Theyre going to be lifted up and then theyre going to be airspliced up in the air. This would have actually gone over eastbound 94 traffic, so we cant allow that to happen. Its playing out so high above to road, in fact, that it marks a milestone of sorts for the project. This system ramp is the highest system ramp in the interchange, so were going up the top of the interchange goi
Thats one of the pictures. Avilas van was filled with donations. He drives to poor children in his home town in Mexico School supplies, wheelchairs. Thats what your van was for . Now what . I am struggling a little bit. Police arrested one of the teens a few blocks from the pick n save, and say 19yearold dale folley explained we wanted to do the same thing here that we did on sherman boulevard. No one at folleys home cared to comment. Im not going to get involved and im not going to answer any , questions. You all can get away from my door now. The negatives, we must turn into positives. That is the thing ive always turn into a positive. Without his van, avila doesnt know how hell get the School Supplies to the kids but hes not giving up hope even on the kids who did this. I think this is somehow a lesson that even those kids can learn from that theyre only hurting themselves and theyre hurting innocent people, cause if i bump into any of them and they need help i am one for sure , tha
If youre out here protesting because you think something is wrong, you will stand on that and not destroy your city. A lot of people dont know where to go. World wide dg is a 21yearold singersongwriter who grew up in sherman park. . He sings about the hardship of living without a father who abandoned him. One thing i learned the most about struggle iu . Musicians, poets, and barbers. Lets stick together around here, all right . These are people who believe it takes love and kindness to heal. This is their prescription going forward. Kathy two young men from west allis were touched by what they saw in sherman park over the weekend. Felix barros and everett weymier went to a donut shop and bought treats for officers at the 7th we want to sort of show people that you dont have to be part of the community to feel like a community. We might be 20 minutes away by car, that it is deathly not out of our way to come and help. Kathy there is also a prayer vigil tomorrow night. It was organized b
Adrienne the group thought if they could get musicians that kids in the inner city look up to maybe children will listen to , their message of peace and positive choices. Were the voice of the city. A lot of the artists have a lot more influence than they think, so a lot of the kids listen to them and everything they say. Adrienne the hip hop artists also handed out Free School Supplies to the children. Quiet tonight, but people around the world saw images of milwaukee on fire last week so are those scenes enough to keep new busin jobs that come with them, away . Sheldon local Business Leaders tell wisn 12 news terry sater theyre already responding in a way that might surprise you. This is not something thats going to get glossed over with a nice brochure. Terry the president of the metropolitan Milwaukee Association of commerce, tim sheehy, is talking about these images from milwaukee broadcast around the world this week, and the impact it has on companies thinking about bringing jobs
So a lot of the kids listen to them and everything they say. Christina perry organized this event. Hes not only a rap artist, but a Current National guardsman. He wanted the kids to hear from them and get some free School Supplies. I asked 8yearold montiahya wilson why she wanted to be here. Because peace. Christina of course sherman park is Still Closing at 6 00 every night, so the group had to hand out School Supplies quickly before everybody had to leave. Chris camacho is a gospel hip hop artist who goes by the name just chris. He says he used to rap about guns and drugs, now his music is full of prayer. Who best to tell them they can make it out than guys who really made it out . Christina at sherman park, christina palladino, wisn 12 news. Sheldon a group of activists also came together in sherman organizers said they are standing in solidarity with young people who they say are targeted by police. We need to provide more jobs for the communities here. This is one of the highest i