When begin tonight with a tragic crash in racine county. A father and daughter are dead after being hit and killed by a drunk driver. Another little girl survived the crash. And this isnt the first time this driver has been caught driving under the influence. Fox 6s ashley sears is live in the newsroom with the latest. It is heartbreakin and old farm road around a 4 45 tonight. Investigators say two vehicles were traveling east on 4 mile road. A sedan with a father and his two daughters stopped to turn onto old farm road and was rear ended by a truck going very fast. Police say the driver of the truck was intoxicated. First responders rushed to the scene. Sadly, the 39yearold father and his and called it in to dispatch. When our officers got there, they tried to render aid to the little girl and the father. Sadly, the little girl was already deceased on the scene. A 6yearold in the car survived with what police say are minor injuries. The driver was arrested for two counts of intoxicat
First stein must come up with 3 and a half Million Dollars by tomorrow to pay for it. We just got that new cost estimate its triple what was initially thought. Also within the last hour, stein has sued the Wisconsin Elections commission in dane county court, asking a judge to force clerks to do the recount by hand. Gore now, its wisconsins turn for a recount. Its going to reassure wisconsin voters that we have a fair system, that were not counting illegal votes, were not counting dead peoples votes at a special meeting, the Wisconsin Elections commission lays out the timeline after Green Party Candidate jill steins recount request. Stein must pay a fee up front, by 430 pm tuesday. Clerks in all 72 counties would then start recounting federally mandated december 13th deadline to certify the results. Right now, president elect donald trump has a 22thousand vote lead over Hillary Clinton in wisconsin. If a recount contest is not completed by the 13th, federal law provides that congress is
Dont exist anymore. I just close my eyes and have that memory in my heart. Pray for us thats the one thing i know will work. God will take care of the rest. Im mary moloney reporting its time for your news and weather together. A dane county judge is deciding whether or not wisconsins election recount will need to be done by hand or not. This comes after Green Party Candidate jill stein paid the 3pointfive Million Dollar recount fee thi filed a suit they want the judge to force a handcount. Some counties had planned to use machines. Whichever way the judge rules results must be completed by the december 13 th deadline. A bomb threat at Lincoln Intermediate School leads to an evacuation and the closing of classes for the day. West allis police say the threat was found in the bathroom shortly before noon. Students were moved to jordan evangelical lutheran parents. All evening events at the school have also been canceled. Fight for 15 rallies taking place around the city and the country t
The recall the way that they intended. Again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. And that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i dont have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. So thats my decision. The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a st wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys concerns over a possible foreign hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the
The recall the way that they intended. Again, i think everyone would strongly encourage them to do the hand recount. And that is legislative function is to make the statute and this situation, i dont have any authority to decide what is the best for those counties. So thats my decision. The states Major Political parties differ in their response to the push for a recount. State republicans call the green partys effort absurd and a st wisconsins electoral votes. The Democratic Party says it hasnt been contacted by any campaign but has sought volunteers to monitor the recount. Some share the green partys concerns over a possible foreign hack. I think a lot of us want to make sure we can have confidence in our elections and this may give us a chance to do that. I dont have a problem with them doing a recount as long as the recount gets done on time and as long as the race is certified. Election Officials Say there is Voting Machines adding the machines themselves are not connected to the