melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 5:30 on this friday, december 9th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is the weather center. >> good morning, we have the cold temperatures across region. the radar will be showing quite a bit of snow over the weekend. layer up this morning. single digits and feels like 12 above in milwaukee. feeling like 8 in waukesha. the kids will be greeted by a brisk wind and highs in the mid 20 #s this afternoon. this weekend the kids can play in the snow. minutes. now to matt. >> the roads are dry and the volume is light. things are in good shape on the roadways. no overnight construction leftover. the travel times are looking great. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. melinda: new from overnight, a sheboygan county deputy involved in a crash along i-43 near county highway pp. that's between sheboygan and kohler. the interstate was closed for about two hours early this morning while emergency crews worked to clear the scene. we're told the deputy was trapped in her cruiser but responders we

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. ben has the day off. it's 4:30 on this friday, december 9th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center. snow is in the forecast. there is clearing across the southeast corner of the state. snow showers near janesville and madison. this is the rock sports complex. 21 degrees in franklin. now much wind to speak of there. the winds are a little lighter today but brisk by the midday. the temperatures in the mid 20s. the average high is 35 to see this, i updated the snow forecast, maybe a little higher than you are thinking. >> thank you, jeremy. melinda: when you're on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. just download the wisn 12 news app. it's free for your smartphone or tablet. melinda: new from overnight, a sheboygan county deputy involved in a crash along i-43 near county highway pp. that's between sheboygan and kohler. the interstate was closed for about two hours early this morning while emergency crews worked to clear the scene. trapped in her cruiser but responders were able to get

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 4:30 this thursday, december 8th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is filling in for sally this jeremy: sal is off for today. i amtraking the snow showers early this morning. not expecting accumulation. they are sweeping across the area with the winds that are adding a chill to the air. here is a luke at waukesha. zooming into the street lights to see the snowflakes. 19 degrees and factor in the west breeze at 15 miles per hour and we have single digit windchills for many of inland areas. even though to temperatures are around 20 to start, about 27 this afternoon, flurries across the area and the winds 12-22 and that means a blustery feel across southeast wisconsin. we have snow over the weekend. >> thank you, jeremy. the weather watch 12 forecast with you. just download the wisn 12 news app. it's free for your smartphone or tablet. melinda: right now we're following breaking news. three murders in milwaukee overnight. starting with a double homicide near 107th and appleton. that's on the cit

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 4:30 on this wednesday, december 7th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. good morning, sal. sally: the windchill chart is hauled out and we are keeping it on "wisn 12 news this morning" windy, cold for today, tomorrow and friday. a little snow on the horizon for the weekend. we are talking about that. right now, the wind and the chill. 25. winds are gusting up to 26 miles per hour. look at the feels-like temperature 12 degrees. layer up today. put on the scarf, hat and gloves. plenty of star shine this morning but a clouds throughout the day and the temperatures are holding steady. the low pressure is departing to the north and east. high pressure is to the south and between the two the gusty winds. party sunny, windy, chilly. the readings around 27. lows tonight in the teens. 26 tomorrow. a few flurries in the afternoon. windy. 21 on friday. melinda: when you're on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. just download the wisn 12 news tablet. andy: right now

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 5:30 on this wednesday, december 7th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. sal. sally: you know, we had temperatures 40 or better yesterday morning before the cold front arrived in the transported in overnight and the highs in the 20s for a couple of days. layer them up, it is chilly. the chills this morning single digits to low teens. right now 25. the winds are gusting up to 23 miles per hour. feels like 12 degrees at mitchell. 22 beaver dam. the winds are going to gust in the neighborhood of 30 miles per hour. we call for the highs today mid 20s. i will tell you colder air coming in next week, that is coming up. now to matt they are trying to fly news chopper 12. >> yep, if you are headed out the door yourself, good shape on the roadways. warm up the car and no complaints out there. things are moving the travel times are where they should be for an easy trip. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. matt, thank you. andy: right now, an overnight fire damages a

melinda: today in the u.s. senate, lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would increase funding abuse of addictive drugs like opioids and heroin. the bill also overhauls mental health programs and increases funding for cancer research. vice president joe biden appeared yesterday in the senate to ask for bipartisan support for the measure. >> local students are going to learn about the dangers of texts and driving, there is a virtual driving simulaor to the boys and girls club. the teens get inside to learn about the driving. >> happening now, the sixth day in wisconsin's presidential election recount is coming to a close. six counties completed the work. all 72 counties are on track to finish by monday night. the deadline is a week from today. the county clerks are posting day. >> summerfest merchandise is on sale at five local stores. close to home is featuring a wisconsin theme. you can buy the merchandise at the grand avenue, bay shore, south ridge, brookfield scare and mayfair stores. >> that warms me up

♪ melinda: hello and welcome to "quadriga." is it time for turkey and the european union to acknowledge their ways have parted? the e.u. parliament seems to think so. last weekend voiced concern about the waves of repression that followed last summer's coup attempt in turkey. tens of thousands of turkish citizens, lawyers, journalists, teachers, have been arrested or fired from their jobs. human rights organizations accuse the government of torturing detainees. some say the coup has provided president erdogan with a welcome excuse to crackdown on political opponents. he's also threatening to pull out of the refugee transfer deal he made with e.u. leaders. the e.u. parliament appears to have had enough. it is recommending a freeze on membership talks with turkey. can the refugee deal and e.u. turkish relations be rescued, or is turkey getting ready to say so long? that is what we want to talk about today on "quadriga" with three people following the situation closely. it is a pleasure to welcome gokcen beyinli, a journalist from

melinda: also later today, changes coming to summerfest. major renovations to henry maier festival park. summerfest's president and ceo is announcing new features coming to the festival in the coming years. to make the big gig even bigger. 2017 marks 50 years for summerfest. so far, only two headliners have been announced, pink and the red hot chili peppers. tim: new from overnight, doing whatever it takes to score some free chicken. right now dozens of people are waking up outside the new chick-fil-a restaurant in west allis. the business is located near highway 100 and cleveland avenue. the grand open something hour from now. the first 100 people through the doors will get a year's worth of free meals. that is why they are lined up overnight. our crew stopped by early this morning to see how campers are braving the flurries and cold temperatures. >> i just got my nice blanket here. i actually got here late so i didn't get to grab much, but i'm still going to deal with it. >> i'm pacing trying to keep warm. just trying to enjoy these 52 fr

melinda. >> tim, thank you. melinda: the green party requested the recount here in wisconsin. they are paying the entire cost of the process, $3.9 million. each night the recount results will be sent to the wisconsin elections commission. the commission will then post updates online of the results from around the state. those will be handed to the federal government on december 13th. the electoral college is scheduled to meet on december 19th to formally elect the next president. this historic recall on the wisn 12 news mobile app. you can download the app for free to your phone or tablet. andy: president-elect donald trump has been critical of the recount saying the election is over and right now he's taking a victory thank you tour across the country. trump made stops yesterday in cincinnati and indianapolis. in addition to saying thanks, trump touted a deal with a company to save a thousand jobs from going to mexico. the president-elect's thank you tour will continue over the next few weeks. it will include crucial states he won and states trump thought he would have done b

reporter: good morning, melinda. we are in front of the city owned warehouse and in a few and countrying the ballots. things got off to a slow start yesterday when one of the machines was not working. it had to be cleaned before it would take the ballots. that delay pushed the actual recounting back to the afternoon. workers in milwaukee county have to count, recount total of 444,000 ballots. there are across the state. so far, menominee county is the only one to finish. in that county, clinton lost a vote, while trump lost two. green party candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, gained 17. once the other counties are finished, we are going to learn if there were differences between the recount total and the election day total. milwaukee is being done here a resuming at 8:00 a.m. "wisn 12 news this morning." >> hillary, thank you. andy: waukesha county is also counting by machine. tim elliott joins us with how that process going so far. tim: wisn 12 news talked to the county clerk. she says things are runnin

i'm ben wagner. >> i'm melinda davenport. rienth now, a historic morning in wisconsin and what you need to know about the ballot recount taking place. >> no snow yet, why you will soon have to watch where you park. >> and there's rain, even snow falling in southeast wisconsin right now, matt is on deck with the morning commute. but first -- >> we are checking in withmy nelson. >> we have the rain and southwest of milwaukee this morning. the pavement may be a little damp in the city but rain and snow is falling in waukesha, jefferson and walworth counties and drizzle in kenosha county and slowly working through. temperatures are above freezing in almost all of the locations. the pavement is staying damp this morning. now the bus stop forecast could

melinda: good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. andy: and i'm andy choi. ben has the morning off. it's 5:30 on this monday, december 4th. if you parked outside, you'll probably have to brush your car off this morning before leaving for work and school. several inches of snow fell in parts of southeast wisconsin. the snow wrapped up overnight. let's start your day with a check of the weather watch 12 forecast. in the weather center. sally: i thought that the snow was pretty and pretty drive in this morning. temperatures are not bad. often after a winter storm, we get much, much colder air, but that is not the case. 34 at the airport. skies mostly cloudy. in fact, a little bit of low clouds and patchy fog early this morning. through the clouds this afternoon. we reach up to 37-39 degrees. we melt a lot of the snow. now the clouds are thickening up overnight and holding the lows in the 30s. >> thank you, sal. 5:31. communities across southeast wisconsin are cleaning up from the snow. before you get in the car, get out the snow brush.

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 6:30 on this wednesday, meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. >> it is a quick step to the car this morning with the temperatures overall between 19 degrees in waukesha and 24 degrees at port. and now 23 degrees in at milwaukee institute of art and design. sunrise is 7:10. we are going to see a little sunshine but chilly, in fact, chilly windy today, tomorrow and friday. snow in the forecast for the weekend and cold and week. right now feels like 12 at the airport. feeling 5 degrees in waukesha. party sunny skies. the temperatures holding in the mid 20s today. tomorrow the same with a few extra clouds. matt? >> we are over the north side, capitol drive over the top of 43. head lights southbound. we are looking good on the rest earlier crash at the bypass is cleared. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> a passenger plane is missing in pakistan. we are headed to tim at the breaking news desk. >> andy, details are starting to come in, the pakistan f

melinda: a par food truck gets an upgrade. andy: the gouda girls just opened their first brick and mortar store. it is inside the old pabst bottling building on 9th and highland. they are still serving up their curbside comfort food with more space to work. huan xi express, tokyo express and bread house, upper crust pizza and meat on the street also opened in the news space yesterday. >> breakfast is on the house today at all area chik-fil-a locations. restaurant in west allis. the locations in brookfield, greendale, mount pleasant and oak creek are giving away chick-fil-a chick-n-minis to every customer between 6:30 and 10:30 this morning. the new west allis restaurant created 85 jobs. it opens thursday. >> wisn 12 news time is 5:41. a wisconsin business hit by thieves. >> hit three times in a week. what he did differently the third time that ledo arrest. >> plus a holiday celebration gone wrong. shots were fired during a christmas parade, what we are learning about the victims this john, we're giving you a raise. that's fant

reporter: good morning, melinda. yes, we are in front of this city owned warehouse here near kk and maple and this is where the ballots are inside for milwaukee county and waiting for the recount to begin. the milwaukee police officers remains secure. each of the states 72 counties can decide for themselves whether to country by hand or using a machine. more half are saying they are counting by hand, but milwaukee county is using electronic machines. the recount is done by county employees and poll workers. the counties have to report the totals every night and then post the numbers online. theis for by jill stien. again, security is tiekt here as the recount locations across the state, including milwaukee county, right here. we have milwaukee police, sheriffs are showing up and they are remaining on guard 24 hours a day. for now, live on the south side, "wisn 12 news this morning." >> hillary, thank you. here is where it is standing now, wisconsin's recount 72 counties, the ballots can be countried by hand or machin

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 6:30 on this friday, december 9th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center. good morning, jeremy. >> we have the cold air in place, not many clouds across southeast wisconsin. a couple of flurries near janesville. temperatures close to 20 degrees check this out, they are making the snow at the rock sports complex. a little glow there on the horizon. sunrise is 7:11. the first cut forecast, have the coffee nice and warm early on. the temperatures not warm today, mid 20s. we look ahead to the snow in the weekend forecast. time to get the shovels out. how much we are expecting coming up. now to matt up in news chopper >> jeremy, we are not far from the rock, by the hale interchange. this is a cool shot from the air. getting the runs filled in ahead of the weekend enhancer. the pavement is dry across the system. in fact, turning the camera to 894 looking good here. no delays on the travel times. everything is in the green. that's a look at the morning >> matt, thank you. melinda:

melinda: right now, four people the death of a seven-year-old boy. the child was rushed to the hospital tuesday with serious injuries and did not survive. authorities have performed an autopsy but are not releasing any information on what they found. wisn 12 news spoke to a friend of the boy, an 11-year-old who lives nearby, and used to play with the victim. >> sometimes he would come across the street and be sad and scared and i would ask what happened and sometimes he would because he died, he was like one of my best friends. melinda: that boy told wisn 12 news that he was scared to go over to the victim's house to play. ben: later today, celebrating the grand reopening of the mitchell park domes. ben: milwaukee county executive chris abele is hosting the celebration tonight. it's free to attend. the event lasts all day. it kicks off at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m. all three domes have been open for more than a month after some extensive repairs. over how to pay for those repairs. a task force met last night to come up with some options to ei

melinda: good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. andy: and i'm andy choi. ben has the morning off. it's 4:30 on this monday, december 4th. if you parked outside, you'll off this morning before leaving for work and school. several inches of snow fell in parts of southeast wisconsin. the snow wrapped up overnight. let's start your day with a check of the weather watch 12 forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. sally, i had to buy a brush. sally: you had to get out and get one, poor andy. we are talking snow melt, in fact the snow melt conditions through tuesday before the temperatures begin wednesday as we move to layers and long underwear. right now at the airport, 35 degrees. a little sprinkles showing up at mitchell international. we are looking at mostly cloudy skies for much of the day. look at the highs upper 30s. close to normal for this time of the year. the temperatures even with the clouds are melting. andy? melinda: communities across southeast wisconsin are cleaning up from yesterday's snow. some p

melinda: wikileaks played a major role. how do you see that role of the platform that you used to work with, how does it become a tool of cybercrime? >> it is a little more complicated than that. if you are on such a platform and your objective is to publish information that has been secret previously are before, then it is hard to decide that you don't want to publish certain information just because it won't fit your clinical agenda. even if you don't agree with what you're publishing, you need to put out what you have. thereou have to ask, were them else from the republican party as well and that is what downlls down to -- boils to. let the they didn't republican emails out to the public. wikileaks took sides. >> that is a problem with the lack of a transparency. been taking a side in this election. being takenis now by donald trump that he rejected the cia claims saying it is ridiculous. you say he needs to decide side he is on, malte lehming, but are you saying there could be intentional cooperation between him and the

i'm tim melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. ben has the day off. it's 6:30 this thursday, december 8th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is filling in for sally this morning. >> 2k3w78. we see the flurries across southeast wisconsin and a couple of know toes the snow is sweeping to the side of the sidewalk or driveways there. just a few flurries. this morning as the windchills are only in the single digits. you will want to hot coffee or hot chocolate. stay warm with the extra layers. the temperatures staying in the 20s this afternoon and a few flurries in the forecast. we talk about the snow for the weekend. first up to matt in news chopper 12. >> the flurries are blowing past the camera lens here, and right now, it is not ground. this is 43 northbound, southbound, locust over the freeway. the pavement is dry. the volume is picking up but it is looking good. we are nice and quiet across the freeways. that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> matt, thank you. melinda: right now we're four people are dead and an

melinda: good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. andy: and i'm andy choi. ben has the morning off. it's 6:30 on this monday, december 4th. if you parked outside, you'll probably have to brush your car off this morning before leaving for work and school. several inches of snow fell in parts of southeast wisconsin. check of the weather watch 12 forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. good morning. sally: we left with a fair amount of low cloudiness. early morning clouds and then the sun will peer out midday. the colder air isov wednesday. right now it is mild across southern wisconsin. 35 at the airport. dew .30. the winds are west at 9. this morning, cruising into the mid 30s. hitting the upper 30s for this afternoon. then mostly cloudy skies. lows tonight holding in the low 30s. we talk about the chilly air and when the first breezes roll in. >> right now, communities across southeast wisconsin are cleaning but you will need to get in the car this morning and probably brush that snow off if it was left outsi

hillary mintz is live in reporter: good morning, melinda. they are going to show up at 8:00, and headed back to the warehouse here near kk and maple, this is where the milwaukee ballots are being recounted. it is starting soon. this is day two. they got off to a slow start yesterday one of the 30 voting machines glitched and had to be cleaned before ballots could be checked. that pushed the actual recounting until the afternoon. workers in milwaukee county have to count 444,000 ballots. there are 2.9 million ballots in the state. so far, menominee county is the only one to finish. in that county, clinton lost a vote, while trump lost two. green party candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, gained 17. once the other counties are whether there are differences between the recount total and the election day total. for now, live on the south side in milwaukee, "wisn 12 news this morning." >> thank you, hillary. andy: waukesha county is also counting by machine. tim elliott joins us with how that process going so far. tim: wisn 12 news ta

. >> i'm melinda davenport. breaking news, in milwaukee and what we are learning. >> plus, making sure your car is getting through a wisconsin winter, the thing to grab before headed to the roads this weekend. >> we are on track and weather watch and matt is on deck, and we beginning with jeremy nelson. >> good morning, a few snow showers and flurries. dancing downtown. 22 degrees in milwaukee right now. look at the brisk wind. westerly at 16 miles per hour. this is the coldest windchill we have seen for the season so far. plus 8 that is all it is feeling like in the city. the bus stop forecast, it is a blustery one. a couple of snowflakes around. have the extra layers around. we'll see a high we look ahead to the weekend forecast. matt, you just got in and the snow is not sticking the the roads.>> it is swirling around and blowing around. it is not sticking at this point. we have light volume out there. that equals travel times all in the green. 10 # minutes eastbound. >> that's a look at the morning melinda: t

reporter: good morning, melinda. we are in front of the warehouse and at 8:00 the election workers are returning to recount 400,000 ballots electronically. yesterday there was unexpected delays starting out. machines. there was a problem on one of the machines and fixed in the afternoon that the counts began. the recount is being down by the poll workers and county workers. anyone can show up to observe the recount process, just bring a photo id. the deadline for finishing the recount is december 12th. there is a lot more work to be done here in milwa state. day two of the recount beginning here at 8:00 a.m. "wisn 12 news this morning." >> thank you, hillary. >> more than half of the counties in wisconsin are counting them by hand. menomee finished. graen party candidate gained 17. counting the ballots until mid night each night. >> all counties are expected to send the results to the commission each night. the commission is posting the updates online from the results from around the state. the deadline is december 1

melinda: the salvation army is family feast. between eight and ten thousand people are expected to show up for a free holiday meal this year. it will consists of ham, turkey, dressing, potatoes, yams and all the fixings. as you can imagine, it takes a lot of effort to put this together, >> we are in need of volunteers to help with that both a little bit in preparation but especially in serving and helping guide people to their tables, etc. melinda: volunteers are asked to register in advance. the christ from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on christmas day. it's happening at the wisconsin center in downtown milwaukee. melinda: a popular milwaukee food truck gets an upgrade. andy: the gouda girls just opened their first brick and mortar store. it is inside the old pabst bottling building on 9th and highland. they are still serving up their curbside comfort food with more space to work. huan xi express, tokyo express and bread house, upper crust pizza and meat on the street also opened in the news space speaking of food, breakfast is on t

melinda: good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm melinda davenport. andy: and i'm andy choi. ben has the morning off. it's 5:30 on this monday, december 4th. if you parked outside, you'll probably have to brush your car off this morning before leaving for work and school. several inches of snow fell in parts of southeast wisconsin. the snow wrapped up overnight. let's start your day with a check of the weather watch 12 forecast. in the weather center. sally: i thought that the snow was pretty and pretty drive in this morning. temperatures are not bad. often after a winter storm, we get much, much colder air, but that is not the case. 34 at the airport. skies mostly cloudy. in fact, a little bit of low clouds and patchy fog early this morning.

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 5:30 on this wednesday, december 7th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. sal. sally: you know, we had temperatures 40 or better yesterday morning before the cold front arrived in the transported in overnight and the highs in the 20s for a couple of days. layer them up, it is chilly. the chills this morning single digits to low teens. right now 25. the winds are gusting up to 23 miles per hour. feels like 12 degrees at mitchell. 22 beaver dam.

melinda go into the field. why do you feel you need to go into the field in africa or latin america -- and actually meet people you are giving money to and learn? bill: i have chosen to spend my time, and melinda spends her time, building the foundation. and it really has an impact. -- i get a lot of enjoyment taking everything i've learned from microsoft and the position i'm in, and helping to drive the strategy and go out and see what is going on. that is my full-time job. and it is a wonderful job. has a your foundation certain life, 20 years after either you or your wife, the last one to live, dies? bill: that's right. managing thee institution, and keeping it excellent, and designing it to solve problems that we can totally solve -- we worked on malaria. this foundation should be able to produce a page in getting rid of that. all these infectious diseases that so disproportionately hurts the poor and displaying most of the difference y a poor child has a 50%hance -- greater chance of dying than a child in

melinda: not only the chancellor but also the justice minister and interior minister. all of them at pains to talk about how good the coordination and efficiency of security services have been both here in germany, cooperation between th% federal and local levels throughout the country, and also coordination internationally. including with other countries that have also been targets of terrorist attacks in the past. that would probably be france and belgium. the reason for that emphasis is in part to meet criticism that perhaps more could have been done by security services to have prevented this attack. indeed, that has been the subject of some public to be. -- public debate. when you talk to the german public you do not hear a lot of anxiety about the fact he is still at large. people seem to be taking that in stride, perhaps because in other manhunts after those attacks in belgium or in france, it also took in some cases a number of weeks before all of the suspects had been found. i think in general, people are not in need of a great deal of reassurance on that poin

my name is melinda drayton. melin-e-l-i-n-d- m-e-l-i-n-d-a, drayt-r-a-y-t-o- battalion fire chief for oakland fire. i took over at approximately 9:00 to start our night off operational period which lasted 12 hours ending at 9:00 this morning. our goal was to work collaboratively with public works to breach the b 5, would be the left side of the warehouse building, the fire building in order to gain access for our firefighters and alameda county sheriffs to be able to remove debris systematically from the building, the vacant lot next to the building, literally bucket by bucket in a methodical, thoughtful, mindful and compassionate way. we had firefighters with basically cover alls and buckets and shovels taking bits of debris out into the vacant lot to then be loaded into dump trucks and removed to an off-site location. in order to do this we had to gain access by breaching the walls with heavy rescue equipment, specialized tools that turned out to be a very successful operation. we have gone from one end to the

i'm melinda davenport. ben: and i'm ben wagner. it's 4:30 on this thursday, december first. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center filling in for sally. good morning, jeremy. >> good morning. a lot more rain than the snow in southeast wisconsin. just a few wet snowflakes mixed in and melting on here is the radar network, a little drizzle out there. currently 37 degrees at ka theed bral square. a west breeze. here is the planner, cloudy skies in milwaukee and a little drizzle at the moment. maybe a lit el wet snow flake trying to mess in.

melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 5:30 on this friday, december 9th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is the weather center. >> good morning, we have the cold temperatures across region. the radar will be showing quite a bit of snow over the weekend. layer up this morning. single digits and feels like 12 above in milwaukee. feeling like 8 in waukesha. the kids will be greeted by a brisk wind and highs in the mid 20 #s this afternoon. this weekend the kids can play in the snow.

david: you are on the board of the bill and melinda gates foundation now. mr. buffett: true, but they run it. david: what would you say are some of the details or highlight -- deals are highlights you are proud of? one of them was the gas parts $37 billion. , mr. buffett: yes. between $32 billion and $33 billion of cash, and then we assumed about $4 billion of debt. david: so how much -- you spend $37 billion, did you spend a year studying the company? mr. buffett: no. david: how much time did you spend with the coo? david: i met the ceo i think on july 1 of last year. and he happened to be calling on certain shareholders. and one of the fellows in our office had had a position of the stock for some time. it was an accident i met him. if i had been out playing golf it never would have happened. but i like him, i heard him talk for 30 minutes. and i then said to the fellow in office, i will call tomorrow and say, if you would like to receive a cash bid from berkshire hathaway, we would supply one. if you would like not, forget we ever called. david: do you ever

david: let me ask about the philanthropic things you have done with bill and melinda. how did the idea of giving your money to somebody else's foundation come to you? mr. buffett: i originally had planned that my first wife would handle the disposition of, well, everything we had. we came to that conclusion in when we were in our 20's. we started the buffett foundation over 50 years ago. but i did not give away a lot of money during those intermediate years because i thought it was compounding at a rate that i could give away billions instead of millions if i waited a little while. she died in 2004, so that plan disappeared. then i was faced with the question of, how do i give away this money in a way that goes to the people i want without me doing all the work? david: so you called bill or melinda one day and said, guess what, i am going to give away the bulk of my fortune? mr. buffett: it was not as elegant as that. at some point i did call them up. it was done over the phone. david: you did not ask them to call it the bill and melinda gates and warren buffett founda

good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning" i'm melinda davenport. andy: and i'm andy choi. ben has the morning off. it's 5:30 on this tuesday, december 6th. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. >> early morning temperatures showing up 31-39 degrees. a few more hours today for the colder air alives later and tonight. we time out the weekend snow chances. a little snow is possible this afternoon, just a few flurries. the window is between 1:00 and 4:00 as it is moving through. there is the holiday train visiting milwaukee. right now 39. the winds are south at 5. the winds will shift out of the west and the temperatures will be falling.

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it came from center melinda bush and actually having us relocate at headquarter in illinois. so not only traditional semiconductor labor, but also engineering the new wave of folks to work on materials in competitive labor and manufacturing. the site is the world's first compatible eight inch diamond semiconductor line. no other line is specifically readily insert bable into today's marketplace to be able to address and process other materials and as a part of that signifying this, we actually are the recipients of an incentive package as well as the local county and city. we're proud to announce this sum e, we brought back key elements

credit from that name, it came from a senator, melinda bush, very instrumental with the village and actually having us relocate and headquarter in gurney, illinois. so not only traditional semiconductor labor, but also engineering the new wave of folks to work on materials in competitive labor and manufacturing. the site is the world's first compatible eight inch diamond semiconductor line. no other line is specifically readily insertable into today's marketplace to be able to address and process other materials and as a part of that signifying this, we actually are the recipients of an incentive package as well as the local county and city. we're proud to announce this sum

i'm melinda davenport. ben: and i'm ben wagner. it's 4:30 on this thursday, december first. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center filling in for sally. good morning, jeremy. >> good morning. a lot more rain than the snow in southeast wisconsin. just a few wet snowflakes mixed in and melting on here is the radar network, a little drizzle out there. currently 37 degrees at ka theed bral square. a west breeze. here is the planner, cloudy skies in milwaukee and a little drizzle at the moment. maybe a lit el wet snow flake trying to mess in. falling to stick. we look at the weekend forecast coming up. now to morning ride with matt.

melinda has the day off. it's 5:30 on this tuesday, december 13th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center. >> early this morning it is all about the temperatures. the skies are clearing nicely. we had a cool front that passed through. we are looking at fair skies. now, we have a fair amount of sunshine for today, but it is right now 15 degrees. feels-like temperature at 4. we hold the readings nearly steady in the low to mid teens. fair and cold. we call for the temperatures settling 13-16 degrees. tonight star shine. low around 4 degrees. windchills during the day today 0 to minus 5. the coldest air coming in tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night as the highs near

." >> i'm melinda davenport. ben has 5:00, december 2nd. a busy day for election workers across the state. the late ets on the recount and the one county is that already turned in the results. >> the milwaukee county sheriff under scrutiny, the reason a supervisor wants him out and how sheriff clarke is responding. >> first to the commute and weather. >> now to a check on the forecast with jeremy nelson. network closely. the rain and snow showers are moving through and lingering near the state line areas in walworth and kenosha county and pel lake and twin lakes, in this area, a passing rain or snow shower. we look toward downtown racine, it is dry at the moment there. 36 degrees. a west to northwest breeze at 7. as the kids go out to

credit from that name, it came from a senator, melinda bush, very instrumental with the village and actually having us relocate and headquarter in gurney, illinois. so not only traditional semiconductor labor, but also engineering the new wave of folks to work on materials in competitive labor and manufacturing. the site is the world's first compatible eight inch diamond semiconductor line. no other line is specifically readily insertable into today's marketplace to be able to address and process other materials and as a part of that signifying this, we actually are the recipients of an incentive package as well as the local county and city. we're proud to announce this sum

gates: we talked about it a lot, so that was a decision melinda and i made. melinda and i made. we wanted to take the greatest injustice in the world, something we could make a huge difference in and that is health and we brought that by doing agriculture, sanitation and other things. we wanted to take a cause that would help the u.s. be as strong and improve educational opportunities. david: you go into the field. why do you feel you need to go into the field in africa or latin america, or any part of the world giving away money and meet the people? mr. gates: i have chosen to spend my time and melinda spins -- spends her time building the foundation so it has an impact. i get a lot of enjoyment. this is how i have taken everything i have learned from microsoft in the position i am and helping to drive the strategy and go out and see what is going on with this work. that is my full-time job, and it is a wonderful job. david: your foundation has a certain life. it is not perpetual. i think it is 20 years after either you or your wife is the last one to live dies, it would end? m

the next chance for snow headed >> melinda: new information about why space pioneer buzz aldrin had to be evacuated from the south pole. tim elliott is live in the wisn 12 newsroom with those details. >> 87 years old and checking out