FOX6 WakeUp News at 8 | Nov. 14, 2026

Stories that matter to you. This is Fox 6 Wake Up News. They just canceled, like they just told us to get off. They said that all the planes were like, had to land, and they weren't letting anybody fly out because of like a communication issue. Nowadays, people still looking for answers after over 10,000 flights are impacted by a nationwide ground stop that has since been lifted. We've seen some things that have been on time, delayed, cancels. It's just been a mixed bag here at Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport. We're going to continue to speak with travelers about this is day two after that international ground stop and really just getting a lay of the land here at the airport. Good morning, Milwaukee. We are taking a live look outside. We see it there. Blue skies for everybody. We're sitting now at 33 degrees. Lisa Michaels, it's pretty chilly outside. Yeah, definitely. is a little bit on the cooler side, you know, but it doesn't feel too bad because we've been dealing with it for a couple days now, right? Like at this point, we've gotten a little more acclimated and hopefully you have pulled out the winter coat in time and the ice scraper, Bria. We're not going back. Okay, so I need to bring out my winter coat. Bring out the winter coat if you haven't already and the ice scraper, as I mentioned, there is going to be some cars which will have a minute or two of scraping this morning, especially if your vehicle is parked outside overnight. However, I will say this, That is out. That is going to melt the frost at a quicker rate this morning. So if you just want to cuddle up in bed or on the couch watching us, you can let the sun do the work for you. Let's take a look at our temperatures in Sheboygan. We are 32 degrees, a wind chill of 24. Very similar conditions in Milwaukee. Racine 32 and a wind chill of 25. More of the same for some of our inland spots. 32 West Bend with a wind chill of 32 and Waukesha temperature 30 with a wind chill of 21. So A lot of areas are still feeling like we're in the 20s, even though the sun is out and our temperatures are a little warmer. Winds not necessarily very strong today, but we still have a northwest wind, which will draw in the cooler air, which is why our temperatures will be below average in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow, winds a little bit lighter. We'll have sunshine still around and warmer temperatures back near average in the upper 40s. So not a bad weekend ahead, but I think it looks even better next week. I'll break down what that looks like. Like, in just a bit. A whole family trip, right? A whole family trip. That just... Came to a complete stop after we got the news that all flights were grounded. My dad's birthday is actually tomorrow, so that's why we're traveling. We were waiting at the airport, about to board, and then that's when we heard... It kept getting delayed, so we were just waiting around, waiting around, and then we heard that it wasn't going to get on there, so we decided to look for other options. Our big story this morning, a rare nationwide ground stop has impacted tens of thousands of flights around the country. Although it has now been lifted, we're still feeling those impacts. This morning, our Andrew Moussa, he is live inside Mitchell International Airport with how travelers are still handling these continued delays. Right, Andrew? Now you can hear me. There's been a variety of ways that people have been handling it. Some of them, a lot of it being rooted in frustration, but some leaving to go back home, especially if they're here in Milwaukee. Others are just saying, you know, I'm just going to stay here at the airport. We were able to speak with two people who said that they're just going to stay here, wait hours for their next flight. As you can see here, right behind me here, there is a mixed bag of what you're seeing here, whether it's cancellations, there's delays, there are some that are on time, but it's really this ripple effect, and I was even able to speak. I speak with a Delta Airlines worker who says that they, too, on their end, trying to figure out, okay, how do we bounce back from this? The biggest thing that we're hearing, Bria, is that they're thankful that this is not happening during Thanksgiving weekend. But still, we're still seeing a variety of folks here in the airport, especially here from Mr. Paul. And, Mr. Paul, you're coming from all the way from Tapir. Yes. But you also have sort of the roller coaster of events. Walk us through the timeline from when you left the pier to now where we're sitting here. I left the pier yesterday at 2 o'clock. I got down here about 4.30, checked in, and I didn't have the radio on, so I had no idea what was transpiring. And I go to check in my flight, and they tell me it's canceled. All flights are canceled. So I was like, okay. So I said, well, what are my options? What are we doing? And they said, well, we don't know if it's going to be up and running tonight, tomorrow, the next day. So I said, well, can we book for tomorrow morning? And he said, yeah. So they scheduled me to go out this morning at 5.30. So I stayed in the hotel until 3 o'clock when the shuttle picked me up, brought me over here. I go in to do the whole process again, and they tell me the flight is canceled again. This time, I have no reason. I mean, yesterday I understand, you know, with the breakdown in communications, but today they're not giving any reason. And your original mission is to see your sister? Yeah, I was on my way to Boulder to see my two sisters. One was having an operation yesterday, so now I'm not scheduled to go out until 12.30 or so this afternoon. But then instead of going direct like I was supposed to, I'm going from here to Nashville and Nashville to Denver. My concern is I have 20 minutes turnaround from the time I land in Nashville to get my next flight to Denver. So I'm hoping that I'm going to make it. We're remaining optimistic for you. I mean, it is truly a roller coaster of events. Even the folks that we were able to speak with earlier, They said that they're just trying to remain patient, optimistic, and so we've definitely been seeing a variety of events, occasions that people have to go to, have to attend to, not only for today, but for tomorrow. So you heard it right here from Mr. Paul, and I'm sure we're going to continue to hear that all throughout this morning. Well, what we're tracking is chilly temperatures this morning, but one of the spots finally above that freezing mark is Milwaukee at 33 degrees, 31 Kenosha Watertown right now, waking up at 30 in Waukesha. Plenty of sunshine everywhere, though. And while the sun is with us today and tomorrow, we are still looking at having a couple of cooler days in the forecast in the 40s. Then the 50s come back into play as we head through the rest of this upcoming week. Temperatures could be back near the 60s by the end of the week, which will be 15 degrees above. Average. Now what we're tracking and why we have this warm up, it all has to do with the placement of high pressure. Right now, high pressure is off to our west. So that is giving us a northerly wind bringing in cooler and drier air from the north. But once that high continues to move to the east, then we start to see the wind shift out of the south around it. So that's going to supply us with some warmer air and slightly more moist, meaning it's just not going to feel as dry outside. But that's going to supply us with some warmer air and slightly more moist. That's going to bring us the switch. We're still looking at having high pressure, keeping conditions calm, but it has to do with the location of it, bringing us a different wind direction that will change our temperature. We'll break more down in my full forecast in just a couple minutes. All right, thanks, Lisa. Time now for Adopt-A-Pet Becky Gladecki from the Wisconsin Humane Society joins us live now in studio. We have a very special guest here. Milo, hello, my friend. Good morning. This is Milo. He is about two years old. He is neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and available for adoption at our Milwaukee campus. He's very comfortable here. Yes, he's very comfortable. I'm so comfortable. He... It's just a big old goofball. He still has puppy energy, even being two. He's pretty smart. He was giving us his paw earlier. I know, we did get a little handshake. Milo, no? Handshake? No? Okay, he said no. I'm going to lay here. Next time. He was very excited to come, and now he's over it. I've been there. Okay, who is he looking for? He would be good with any family. He did visit our kids last night at one of our programs. Can I have your paw? He did let all the kids shake his paw, too, so he did really good with the kids. He did let me shake his paw before we went live, so okay, that's the thing. See, we didn't lie. But yeah, he did really good with the kids, and we can't always say how they do with the kids, because we don't always know, but we do know he did really good with family, so really for anybody. But if you're interested in him, you can meet with our counselors. They would have more information about him. All right, and let's talk about the annual Hopes Lights campaign. Yes, the Wisconsin Humane Society is starting off the holiday season with our annual Hopes for Light campaign. In December, our shelters will be lighting up thousands of lights in honor of the animals and people we serve in our community. You can purchase... a light in honor of someone you love, a pet, wildlife, animal, it does not matter, anybody, it can also be in memory of them as well. If you do make one in honor of someone, let us know. We can send a personalized e-card to them as well. $25 lights up a single light bulb, 50 a whole strand, 250 is a whole wreath, and then 500 is... He wants another tree. And then $500 is for a whole tree. It's a great present for Christmas as well in honor of your family. So if you're interested in making a donation or learning more, you can go to our website, wihumane.org. All right, Becky, fabulous as always here with our friend Milo. He's just, he's loving on this life. I love your earrings, by the way. Thank you. So cute. All right, Lisa, Milo wants to know, what does he need to wear for his walk outside? Some shorter hair coats, like Milo, maybe need some light jackets. I know a lot of dog owners are starting to pull out to the coats this time of year, especially for smaller dogs as well. And if you're walking the dog in the morning or night, that's when our temperatures are the coolest, certainly going to need the coats, not only for the dogs, but for you yourself. We have sunshine right now. It is a beautiful-looking day out there. Some thicker clouds still over the lake, but the sun is what we need, especially when we're still dealing with some cooler temperatures and a frosty day. We are tracking a nearly calm forecast across the entire state of Wisconsin, a little cloud cover up north near the UP and still tracking some lake effect precipitation impacting Michigan and Indiana, but not much happening here locally. So let's take a look at Sky Vision Plus. Sky Vision is going to overdo some of the cloud cover, but we are still expected to maybe have a few clouds here or there throughout the day. We will see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with northwesterly winds. to 10 miles an hour and winds will gradually start to weaken as we head into tonight. But because we're consistently going to have a northwesterly wind, that is going to draw in chilly air from up north, bringing it into southern Wisconsin, which will keep our temperatures below average for today. We'll get more into the temperatures coming up, but lack of clouds tonight means our temperatures looking to drop below freezing into the 20s again. But even though Even though we still are going to be chilly, we welcome back Sunday with more sunshine. slightly weaker winds with us. We briefly talked about the high pressure before Adopt-A-Pat that is to the west of us, so that is drawing in a northerly wind, which is keeping our temperatures cool here locally in the Midwest. The coldest air is actually sitting in western Wisconsin and into Minnesota, but we still are dealing with our dose of temperatures near and below that freezing mark as well if you are waking up and heading out the door right now. Temperatures will start to warm More above freezing mid to upper 30s by 10 o'clock. 7 o'clock reaching the low 40s for some by 3 and then we start to drop our temperatures back into the 30s by this evening. So 7 o'clock some areas inland could even be at that freezing mark. So make sure you have some sort of layers tonight if you have plans and especially the later you head out. We'll still be incorporating sub freezing temperatures into Sunday morning. Now speaking of Sunday, we get a little bit warmer. Actually, this is pretty much spot on for average this time of year. Upper 40s on Sunday. Lots of Sunshine throughout the week, but the winner is going to be the temperatures. We warm up each and every day into the 50s, possibly near 60 degrees by the end of the week, and that is when we're tracking a slight chance for some rain showers. All right. Thanks, Lisa. There's just under an hour to go in this morning's Coats for Kids event at Landmark Credit Union Headquarters. So if you have a new or gently used coat collecting dust in your closet, make sure to head over to Landmark Credit Union Headquarters to drop them off right now. Now, Melissa DiGicco is there once again with details on how you can be a part of this special cause. That basket, it's full now. It is. I would say we've gotten hundreds of coats so far. We have plenty of room to take more, so please come on down to Landmark Credit Union's corporate offices at 555 South Executive Drive in Brookfield. We will be here until 9, collecting coats. I have some friends here. We have Roscoe from the Milwaukee Admirals. We have our mascot, Blinky. They're happy to come and welcome you as well. So yeah, make sure you get down here and help. Kids stay warm this winter because, yeah, it's getting warmer, but it's still pretty chilly out here. I was going to say, I love the fact that we have seen the progression over the last hour of the box just progressively getting more and more full there. Talk to me about the need and why it's so important for you all to be a part of this. Absolutely. At Landmark Credit Union, we've been a part of the Wisconsin community for well over 90 years, and it's very important to us that we give back and we make sure we're taking care of, you know, our neighbors, our members, our employees, that we're making sure that we're... giving back to those communities. But especially when you're driving down and you see kids at the bus stop, you want to make sure they're in a nice warm coat during the winter. So there is a big need for this. We were able to collect about 3,600 coats last year. So we're hoping to beat that goal this year. And if you can't make it this morning, although we hope you do, you can stop by any of our landmark branches. You can find those at landmarkcu.com and you can donate coats there or money if you would like as well. I don't know, you guys have had a chance the people donating. What are they saying? I know it's something about the holidays that usually warms people's hearts. It absolutely does. We had one very, very generous donor. He donated 150 coats and he says we have that the ability to do it. So it's our duty to do that. And that's how we feel here too at Landmark Credit Union that it's our duty to give back to the communities that we serve. It's just the right thing to do. And the other thing that we will give you though. If you do donate two coats, you drive through, we're waiting for some more cars. If you drive through and donate at least two coats, we'll give you two tickets to go see Roscoe at Milwaukee Admirals game. So make sure you stop by and you can get those two tickets this morning. We're here until nine. Okay, you're there until nine today. How long will the collection of buckets be out? The collection buckets will be at our branches through the end of the campaign, so the campaign ends on December 6th, so again just stop at landmarkcu.com and look for that list of our branch locations. We have 35 in Wisconsin that you can stop by, drop off those coats, and we're happy to take them during our normal operating hours. All right, Melissa, thank you so much for your time. Folks, there is still time for you to head out to Landmark Credit Union in Brookfield to drop off those codes for kids. We want you to join us here at Fox 6 as well as Landmark Credit Union for this special drive-thru codes for kids collection event. Landmark Credit Union headquarters is on Executive Drive in Brookfield. You can drop by anytime now until 9 this morning to donate your new and gently loved codes. And if you hurry, you may be able to get in on this added bonus you heard there from Melissa. The first 100 cars to come through and donate. At least two coaches will receive a pair of ticket vouchers. Good for an upcoming Apples hockey game. More Weekend Wake Up coming right up. You're watching Fox 6 News with Bria Jones. We'll be right back. Welcome back. We can wake up. Cybersecurity month in Wisconsin may be over, but staying safe online is important no matter what time of year it is. Cybersecurity enthusiast Raya Jones has some tips to ensure you and your information will be protected. Good morning, Raya. Good morning. How are you? Good thing you're with us. OK, let's get right into it. Everybody has social media. How can we be aware on social media? Essentially, just being mindful of the things you post. I know the holidays are coming up. Folks will be traveling, not oversharing. You know, you have gifts in your home. You don't want malicious people to have the information and the intel to essentially do malicious things to you while you're on vacation. Just being mindful of your children. We know back to school, people post their kids, their homes, keys of that nature when you're moving into your new home. Just being mindful of those things because they can be copied and used against you in a malicious way. And especially heading into the holidays, we know that could potentially even be a bigger problem with people posting their vacations and whatnot. Absolutely. You want to just be mindful because even though you may not feel like there's people watching you, there's always someone watching you. It may be cybersecurity, people who are malicious. There may be people that aren't. ...looking or have the best intentions for you in regards to your personal information as well. And I think at this point in time, I'm sure everybody has asked themselves this question. Is it AI or is it real? Okay. Absolutely. What can you tell us about those AI scams? Because sometimes they can be hard to spot. When it comes to as far as like phone calls, things of that nature in the tech world, we call that spoofing. Where someone may call you and act like there's an emergency and there's someone of importance to you. To be aware of that, you want to just hang up immediately. Don't make any drastic decisions. And essentially call that person that they're pretending to be. If you guys have any safe words, use those safe words. Just having those precautionary measures in order to protect yourself. What would you say, what maybe would be your biggest piece of advice? Because I don't want to, you know, maybe point out some of our seasoned folks who may be watching this morning. Absolutely. But that is a challenge, truly. Is there maybe a good identifier or something you would recommend? Yes. You know, you can't solely depend on what we call. Caller ID because spoofing is a real thing. So essentially, as I stated, just making sure you have those safe codes with family members and essentially not making any drastic decisions right at that moment because that's what the hackers and the malicious people want you to do. They want you to make drastic decisions on a quick measure and you don't wanna do that. You wanna take time, you say, hey, this isn't who I think it is, I'm gonna hang up and I'm gonna call that person and make sure they essentially called me. And we want to get into the phishing as well as the smart home security. Yes, with phishing, that can be voicemail, that can be text messages, that can be emails. And as we just know with the whole thing with Microsoft being down. People may prey on that, and there are vulnerabilities within that as well. So you just want to make sure it's the little things, especially when it comes to phishing emails, certain characteristics, certain letters that may be different. You want to check those. Essentially, select banking emails, for example. Let me give you an example. You know, you just want to verify that it is your bank indeed contacting you. Look at the logo. Google your bank. Make sure they are emailing you and also calling your bank to say, hey, is this you emailing me? And if it isn't, just send it to your spam. Yeah. And I want to know, what advice do you have for people? Because you are a cybersecurity enthusiast. This is what you're studying. This is your path in life. You're passionate about this. What do you want folks watching to know? Because you brought this idea about wanting to share with people in our community. Absolutely. Just staying vigilant, especially in the growing digital world that we're living in. Staying vigilant, staying attentive. That's the key. Being attentive to detail because the smallest things we overlook. And it is important because that's how most folks are getting hacked because they're missing small details or they're making drastic decisions on a quick instant. And if people want to reach you, they say, hey, maybe I need a little bit more advice. How can they do so? Absolutely. My Instagram handle is TheRyeWay, the T-H-E R-I-Y-W-A-E, or you can find me on LinkedIn at Rye, which is R-I-Y Jones. Alright, thank you so much. We appreciate you. Thank you for your expertise this morning of cybersecurity keeping us safe, folks. That's important information heading into the holidays. We'll be right back after the break. I'll see you there with more news and weather. With stories that matter to you, this is Fox 6 Wake Up News. Well, we are standing by to a beautiful day outside, at least in the looks department. It is full of sunshine and blue skies right now, but temperatures still on the cool end. Yes, we are 33 in Milwaukee, one of the few spots that's above freezing. Northwestern winds not helping it feel any better because we are feeling like the 20s instead. Temperatures, yes, will be impacted this morning, at least with a wind chill that could be in the 20s for most areas. We're heading outside anytime soon. Thankfully, visibility is perfect and we are seeing pressure rise as high pressures in control. That's going to give us a nice day overall. And temperatures might only be a degree or two cooler in some spots compared to yesterday at this time. But we are pretty similar. What's going to be a beneficial factor again today is the plentiful amount of sun. And we could have a few upper level clouds moving in this afternoon. Not going to completely block out the sun, but we should still see temperatures warming into the low end. In mid 40s today, that's below average, but this is the only below average day this week before the warmth returns. We'll have more on that warmth and how warm it's looking coming up. Alright, thanks Lisa. After the longest nationwide ground stop since 9-11, planes are back in the air this morning, but travelers across the country are still feeling the ripple effects of these delays. Our Andrew Muzu, he's live this morning for us at Mitchell Airport. Andrew, how is the energy over there? We know this stemmed from a communications issue. Are we expected to learn anything more about how this all transpired? Well, that's surely something that I know a lot of travels are hoping that they can get that answer from as of right now, especially with that press conference from yesterday with Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary Mullen. He mentioned right off the bat at the beginning of his press conference saying, listen, this is not necessarily a cyber attack, but they are not ruling that out. There's still a lot of investigations with that. There have been questions even. Is this related at all to the Microsoft outage that happened just a couple days ago? They're ruling that out, but still a lot to be seen and a lot of answers that will need to be brought up, especially in regards to the authorities, from what we're waiting to hear from them, but even the travelers here. Here at Mitchell International Airport, it's been a pretty quiet scene over here, so a lot of flow, there's been people coming and going. I was able to speak with some airport staff here and I've asked them what was yesterday like, what has this morning been like. They said that there's a lot of people that came here super early in the morning around 3 or 4 a.m and once they realized that their flights were canceled they just went back home. So you're not really seeing a whole lot of people here because if their flights were canceled or delayed they're just leaving the airport deciding whether to come back or not. Or if their flight is on time, they're just deciding, I'm just going to wait. So we've seen people where their original flight starts at 6 a.m., but it's got moved to 12. I even spoke with one man who says that he was trying to get to Denver because his sister had an operation, an important operation today. He's from De Pere. He traveled all the way over here. He was caught by surprise. I even asked him, and you'll hear it soon. I asked him, how are you feeling during this moment and keeping that optimism alive? This is what he had to say. At this point, all you can really do is just hope that it's going to work out. But, you know, if yesterday and today is any inclination, I wouldn't bet the farm on it. So all you can do is just, you know, hope and pray that, you know, it'll work out. Because, you know, I'm not the only one. You know, there's thousands of people who are in the same boat. yeah and you're definitely seeing how many people are in that same boat with the variety of delays cancellations there's even some that are on time i was trying to find a pattern okay are there certain airlines that are more on time especially if you look at chicago that's the closest city from here not really much of a trend and i'm trying to figure out out of this board. And Bria, with your original question, I also wanted to mention that the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary Mullen, he even mentioned that we're built to handle crisis like this. I even was trying to find, okay, the problem and solution. Again, they are saying that the ground stops then from communication issues impacting air route traffic control centers and that a national emergency has been declared in order. To start updating those systems. So you're seeing some work already being done, but it's a domino effect, and people are still going to feel that effect, even going into today and early next week. Bria. Andrea, I was looking at FlightAware. They have created this misery map, really tracking all this. This morning, hundreds of cancellations. At this point, does that mirror any of at all what we're seeing at Mitchell? I was able to see the departures or arrivals rather online, but I can't see any departures listed right now. Is anybody leaving the airport this morning? There have been a lot of people that have already left but as of right now since we've been here a lot of people have either stayed and then they're going into past TSA I should say over here to grab meals and everything like that. That's what people have been telling me. There's only a Starbucks right here that's open as of right now. So there have been people that have left only because they're seeing those cancellations and I'm glad you mentioned it because I was going to mention it too. A lot of the arrivals are still on time, even the pattern from Chicago, as I was mentioning. The majority of those are still on time, but departing, even those popular destinations, one Delta employee told me Chicago, Minneapolis, and Atlanta are their popular destinations from this airport. A lot of those are either canceled or delayed as of right now. Yeah, Andrew, really a mixed bag. You're looking at some of the arrivals that are delayed or either canceled, some of them with Delta as well as Southwest. We know you're still on top of it. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. All right, folks. Well, for more on the ground stop and the ripple effects it has, make sure to check out Fox6Now.com. All right, a Brewers star has found a new home. Also, reports say that Jake Bowers has signed a four-year, $58 million deal with the Boston Red Sox. Bowers had a breakout year in 2026 and was also a huge boost for the crew in the playoffs, winning at LCS MVP. The Brewers will get a compensatory pick at the end of the first round because Bowers' deal is worth more than $50 million. A million dollars. And the Packers are back in action tomorrow. That's part of an NFL Sunday tripleheader right here on Fox 6. The Patriots and the Lions, they will be facing off in Germany before the Vikings head to Lambeau to take on the Packers at New Bed. That's the 49ers in Dallas against the Cowboys. And stay tuned for postgame coverage and the Fox 6 Sports Blitz. That's at 10.30. All of that tomorrow right here on Fox 6. And after the break, I wish you guys could smell this. It smells so amazing in here. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we have got you covered. We've got some helpful tips to make sure your mac and cheese is the talk of the dinner table. Kelly's Catering is here, so stay tuned. You're watching Weather First with meteorologist Lisa Michaels. Well, good Saturday morning. We're stepping into a nice looking start of the weekend. Lots of sun still with us this morning and will be throughout the day. Now, what we have to still worry about, though, is the cold temperatures. We are 33 in Milwaukee, 31 Kenosha and 30 in. Waukesha, but notice our temperatures are going to feel a lot cooler, more like we're in the 20s because of the winds out of the northwest. So bundle up this morning. Despite the fact we have the sunshine, we could see a few more upper level clouds move in this afternoon, but temperatures overall should still reach the low to mid 40s today. That is below average, but a big warm up is with us yet again. We'll break it all down in just a couple minutes. Alright, thanks Lisa. All morning long we've been taking you out to Landmark Credit Union headquarters for the Coats for Kids Donation Drive. Folks have been rolling in to donate new or freshly used coats for children in need. Major Beverly Gates is there now live once again giving us a final look at this morning's event. How's it going? I see you got a coat in hand right now. I do have a coat in hand and it's been a good morning. We've had almost two Gaylords filled but we still need coats. We are out here at the Landmark Credit Union at 555 South Executive Drive collecting coats for the Coats for Kids drive that's happening right now. We want to make sure that we've got kids in warm coats that are able to keep them warm I was informed during this Wisconsin winter, and we need your help to make that a success. And I think an important question that we haven't gotten to, what if you're watching and you're in need of a coat? How does that work? You know, if you're in need of a coach, you can go to samilwaukee.org and you will find a link on our site there that will take you to the location closest to you that's distributing coats. And it is important that if you need a coach, please let us know and we'll be able to fit you up with a coach. And people sometimes do well with numbers. Do we have a goal that we need to reach here? You know, our goal this year for our Coats for Kids drive is $60,000 and if you don't have a coat you want to donate, if you want to go to fox6now.com, there is a button there where you can donate for monetary money. And, um... One twenty five dollars will buy a brand new coat that will keep a child warm for the season. Oh, wow. The Salvation Army does so much for so many people. What can you tell us about the need? How what is the need for these coats in our community here? You know, the need is great. We were, we have already done one distribution, a big distribution for coats. And so far this season, we've already given out over 2100 coats. But I know that from last year there were over 5,000 coats that were distributed. You know, kids grow every year, so last year's coat may not fit them this year. And so it is so important to be able to... Have coats and get them out into the hands of those to our children so that they keep warm. You know, if you're cold when you're going to school, you're not going to want to learn as well. So it's important for the coats to... All right, I see somebody pulling up right there behind you. I'll go ahead and let you do your job. We've got a full screen, folks. You've got 15 more minutes. We want to let you know exactly where this is happening. Major, thank you so much for joining us live this morning. Hopefully we can get those event details for you. But, again, you have 15 more minutes to head over to 11 Heart Credit Union headquarters in Brookfield as we are collecting coats for kids. Thank you so much, Major. We appreciate you. Lisa, you have been out to this event so many times. This is really. It's really a time for us to come together and support those children who, as we've said throughout the show, that are at the bus stops, that are walking to school, that are going to need a little warmth with them. Yeah, and certainly this time of year, you know, we've been feeling the chill from the past couple days now into the weekend of sub-freezing temperatures in the mornings and evenings, and the coats are so important. So you can go out there, donate today. There's bins at other landmark locations as well, and we'll have more events coming up. As we move into next week, we'll talk that in just a bit. But let's take a look outside. Beautiful, lots of sunshine. It is going to be a really nice-looking day, despite the fact there's a little more cloud cover near Kenosha with some lake-effect precipitation impacting areas to the east of us. Here locally, things are calm, and that's a good sign as we move into the weekend. We're going to take a look at our Sky Vision Plus because things could change. We know that, but the change, I think, will be a good change as we move through today and tomorrow. We'll still have maybe a... Maybe a few clouds moving in during the afternoon, but winds overall will continue out of the northwest. That is going to be driving in cooler air from the north, so still expect some of the chillier conditions today, but we will get a little warmer as we head into tomorrow. Tonight, if you have any plans, you'll want to bundle up again. Now, depending on the thickness of the clouds, we could either be a little warmer in the low 30s by Sunday morning or a little cooler in the upper 20s. Either way is still going to mean you need the layers if you have plans tonight or you're heading out to church. early tomorrow morning, but Sunday overall, we should incorporate more sunshine in the forecast because high pressure is in control across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions and will continue to be sitting around over the next few days. Because this high pressure is to our west, it means we have a northerly wind, which is keeping temperatures chilly. We've certainly seen that and felt it recently, but at least we don't have the coldest air that is going to be to be off to our west in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Still sitting at 30 degrees in Juneau, 33 in Milwaukee, 31 Kenosha, and temperatures will eventually start to hit more above that freezing mark by 10 a.m., then looking to reach the low to maybe some mid-40s by the afternoon. Now, again, if you have plans tonight, we should be dipping near that freezing mark between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight and then continuing to fall. Again, depending on the cloud cover into the upper 20s or low 30s by tomorrow morning. The good thing about tomorrow is we still have plenty of sunshine. So whether it's cool or not in the morning or cooler, I should say, we are still looking at having sun and temperatures warming into the upper 40s. That's going to be average for this time of year. So it will at least be better to note that. We'll be at average instead of the lower 40s like we had yesterday and today. 50s will be back, though, through the upcoming days this week. And yes, we continue to warm even more into the upper 50s by Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Now, we are going to watch with the warmth of frontal boundary moving our way. So that might bring us a few chances for some showers Thursday, Friday. We're still going to have to watch that. But right now, not looking to be too widespread. Otherwise, you'll have a really great week. Ahead to maybe do some shopping, spend some time outside before, oh, we know it, the cold will arrive again. I don't know. Maybe you're in need of some comfort food. This smells great. Comfort food right in the cold weather? What pairs better? Okay, so whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving or, again, as we just said, looking for something to warm you up in the cooler months, you cannot go wrong with some mac and cheese. Well, actually, you can. That's why she's here. Kelly Davis, the owner of Kelly's Gatorade, is here to help us make the perfect mac and cheese. Just right for every occasion. Good morning. Good morning. I did two different mac and cheese today. I did one where I doctored a Kraft box mix, and then I did one that is milk. Some heavy cream, some eggs, and then the cheese. And just in case you don't know, a great mac and cheese starts with freshly grated cheese. And I use a number of cheese. Some people only use one cheese, but I do, depending on how I feel, about eight or nine cheeses. So I do smoked gouda, a sharp cheddar, Monterey Jack, mozzarella. Oh, wow. I want to be the taste tester in here. Okay, scoop them up so we can get a little look at the cheese pull. So this is the doctored one where I used those two boxes and I added... Oh, look at that. The milk to it. That cheese has the stringiness to it. Oh, I love seeing that. And then this one, because when I... And it's not dry. You can see how creamy it is. No, it's creamy. So this other one, I didn't do it as cheesy. Okay. This one has the milk and egg and... Now, her mac and cheese, if you don't know, it is so good. It's amazing. It's not just good. It is probably the best thing I've ever had. Now, and this is great because when you think of, you know, mac and cheese in the store, I'm like, oh, man, it doesn't taste anything as good as yours. But you're saying that, you know, people can either order from you, let's say they want, if they don't want to do it their own and let the professionals do it. But there's fun ways that you can mix stuff up to make better mac and cheese. I always feel that you can make a recipe your own. What better way to start than with craft? Okay, so we're looking at the box here. We want to get into the do's and the don'ts because this can get, I mean, you can be banned from the kitchen, folks, if you don't get this right. It's true. Where do people go wrong with the mac and cheese? Because there's so many recipes online. I think using pre-shredded cheese. Okay. It has that, some sort of flour or something on it to keep it from sticking together, and that changes the flavor. of the cheese also sometimes people start mac and cheese with a roux or a bechamel which starts with flour and they either have too much flour or not enough flour they don't let the flour actually mix all the way with the cream that they're using And I personally struggle with that. So I start with a garlic Alfredo, which is heavy whipping cream. I don't know if I've ever heard of this before. That's how I start my cheese sauce, with an Alfredo. No wonder why it's so good. Now, one of the things I also see with recipes is there's milk that you can use, or you're saying using a cream. Now, that cream is going to give it a better texture, right? It has more fat in it, and it's more flavorful. So we're going with the cream. Yeah, I use heavy cream. Heavy whipping cream or you can also use... Evaporated milk, not sweet and condensed. Those are two different things. I'm sorry about that. That's where I would have messed it up, right there. Don't do that. Don't do that. My mom was probably embarrassed at this moment. Okay. And remember, calories don't count around this time of year. Not at all. Right? Holiday season's all about the flavor, being with family, being with friends. Okay, have you had a confidence tip? Because it can be a little intimidating bringing the mac and cheese to the Thanksgiving spread. What's maybe one piece or maybe two pieces of advice? She would give somebody who's maybe getting in the kitchen and they're cooking this mac and cheese for the first time. Believe in yourself. It's simple. People often, they're afraid and they psych themselves out of doing something. Mac and cheese is the simplest thing, especially when you're just doctoring an already mixed box. Now, is this going in the stove or is this a stovetop? Because these are typically stovetops. I only... Do in the oven. Okay. See, and that's how it's done. Okay. That's how it's done. And then normally you'll get like a brown top to it. Yeah. These, I didn't have them in the oven that long. I just had them in the oven long enough to melt the cheese and then get over here. Okay. So you can kind of pick and choose if you want that crusty brown top or not. Yeah. So the stove top can go in the oven? Yes, ma'am. Love that. Let's go. That was done in the oven. All right. Well, thank you so much, Kelly, for those. Like Lisa said, maybe they just want to order from you. That's what I'm saying. She does it her own way. I have a website. It's Kelly, K-E-L-L-I-E, and catering with a K. K-A-T-E-R-I-N-G. All right. Thank you so much. So kellycatering.com. We appreciate it. Lisa's got a final look at your forecast right after the break. And we've got to get into some of this mac and cheese, folks. Look at this cheese pool here. Oh, my goodness. It still has plenty of cheese. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll take one last look at our six day planner. Sunny over the weekend, but it will be a little cooler. 44 today, 48 tomorrow, and then we warm into the 50s, close to 60s even by the middle and end of next week. So a nice dry stretch and enjoy some sun outside while you can. Alright. Looks good. Well, you know what? We were just talking about mac and cheese. It's not even Thanksgiving yet. I know. But some folks are ready for the new year. Thinking ahead here. I'm not because it's going to be colder, but okay. People are taking home crystals from New York's New Year's Eve ball. Barks of the 2025's Constellation Ball were transformed this week into personalized mementos. That's actually really cool. These sparkly mementos, they range from $140 to $195. Five dollars. Interesting. I know. Kind of cool there. I wonder if you'd ever get your piece or it's, you know. I love how they just keep reinventing things. Yeah, I agree. All right, and my mom says I haven't seen that Christmas movie. I just don't remember it. What was it called? All About Something? I don't know. Okay. It's a Wonderful Life. Have a wonderful Saturday, folks. We'll see you right back here tomorrow.