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it is not nearly as chilly today as over the weekend. you can plan on just a couple of extra clouds, a weak cool front is moving at this hour. we stay dry toefr next few days. sal, thank you. on the traffic watch 12. miller parkway and it is looking pretty good right now. the super moon is out there. ben: our big story this morning, a wisconsinite chosen for one of the top jobs at the white house. donald trump has named reince priebus his chief of staff. he s currently the republican party chairman. priebus grew up in kenosha and graduated from uw-whitewater. later he practiced law here in milwaukee. choosing priebus could be a sign that trump wants to work with establishment republicans. priebus worked to reunite the gop after the presidential primary caused some deep divisions. counselor. that decision is leading to some backlash because of steve bannon s history with the conservative site breitbart. bannon served as campaign ceo for trump. before he joined the camp ....
into the low 40s. we remain mild on tuesday with highs in the mid 50s and we stay in the mid 50s wednesday but we warm up again on thursday and friday with temperatures returning to the low 60s. it looks like were going to return to more typical november weather by this weekend. today: partly to mostly cloudy. high: 58 wind: w 5-10 mph traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no reince priebus gets a big promotion. the kenosha native will be chief of staff .for president elect donald trump. deandra corinthios is live in downtown milwaukee with the details. reince priebus grew up in kenosha.and worked at a downtown law firm michael best and friedrich now the former republican party president elect donald trump s right -hand man. priebus took over the republican national committee in 20-11. he remained loyal to the trump campaign and has longstanding relationships with republicans, including house speaker paul ryan. he went to ....
hour. the storm sewers couldn t drain fast enough leading to some , flash flooding, with most drivers opting to plow their way through. here at 20th and capitol, the waters rose over the curb and into the fruit and watermelon stand that s stood here for decades. it actually flooded by my watermelon stand. you can see right there. it looked like a little waterfall. as you can see, the stand is rain. dpw tells us they re continuing to respond to surface ponding issues with more than 40 calls for service so far. it hit both sides of the city equally as hard. wisn 12 news ben hutchison is live on 10th and layton on the south side. there are some rocks on the ground pushed away. down so fast that some drivers were unaware of the flooding until they reached the train bridge. one man i spoke with says the water was rushing in from the side of the road. he was on his way to work when he attempted to drive through, dry through. a few cars were going through, and i thou ....
the roadways. there was a flash flood warning in milwaukee county. one driver tried to drive through the standing water on 10th and layton, but ended up getting stuck and had to be towed away. kathy: the strength and amount of rain caused some manhole covers to come off. we spotted the problem in a few spots across milwaukee. air pressure from the water rushing into the storm sewers was able to lift the covers that weigh more than a hundred pounds. the department of public works quickly put them back in their place. the rain is long gone and there is good news moving in. is tracking a cooler less humid forecast. mark: we have had the stick is i can ever recall. dew points at 65 day after day. the dew point right now is 70. that is high for our area. up north, rhinelander, 59. 53 superior. that is only part of the story. the dew point is the measure of are dew points will fall towards morning. i temperatures tomorrow, mid 70 s, a touch below average. patrick: threatening ....
patrick: police were called in as demonstrators disrupted a common council meeting, demanding better conditions for those in milwaukee s inner-city. wisn 12 news kent wainscott is live outside city hall, where it all played out. this was the first common council meeting since the officer-involved shooting in sherman park and the violent unrest that followed. today as community members stepped up to demand action from the city members of the black , panthers briefly seized control of the meeting. either listen to us, or we will force you to listen to us. the common council meeting to an abrupt stop with a loud warning for city leaders. there is no more time for talk. either you get it done or we will make you get it done. milwaukee police and council members allowed the protest to continue as the group vowed to take more action until more is done to address the concerns of african-american s in milwaukee s inner-city. we will force you to make a change. disr ....