in racine, brian niznansky, today's tmj4. >> if you'd like to donate toward future warm coat delivery to students in racine, we put a link on our web site at tmj4.com. >> we're all going to need our winter coats this weekend, but hunters are going to want to know what four expect. john malan is here with this. they're going to be concerned about the wind. >> john: they've got wind, cold, it is going to be a chilly one. saturday, down here, 38?, with a little bit of a very minor mix in the morning hours. check out t though, right here in northwest wisconsin, they could see tracking snow, 32 in ladies smith, 30 in antigo. a lot of sunshine, still a little breezy, up north, 29 eagle river, 31 ashland, and where there's tracking snow, about 33 in hayward. there's your deer hunter forecast. if you're going to minnesota, there's a lot of tracking snow. not for hunting but just for visiting. northeast part of the state, winter weather advisory for northwest counties, where the snow is right now, pretty much pounding northeast minnesota. some snow mixed with sleet in the northwest part of our

the storm the storm chaser is out-- and storm teamr meteorologist brian niznansky has your share holiday travel tips .. d show off some prohibited items at general mitchell airport.last week, the t-s-a confiscated 94 fireas, --83 of them loaded -- around the country.they also found two swords, black powderfake grenade and several knives. none of those items was found in milwaukee. marquette university will dedicate its new college of nursing location day in pleasant prairie. prairie student learning center boasts a state-of- the-art simulation lab, and lecture rooms. the school says students can earn an accelerated master's in nursing degree in as few as 18 months.the ceremony will begin at 4-30 this afternoon still ahead this morning: ahead of the game: which retailer is releasing its black friday deals today and how people can find out what they are. plus... deal on iphones. what apple is now offering for the first time in looking ahead the transition begins.president- elect donald trump is set to visit president obama at the white house later this morning. the president phoned mr. tru

brian niznansky forecast in just a few moments... but first... it's your wisconsin weekend.today is the last day of the craft and relic fair in franklin. more than 150 vendors will be there to sell their work. admission is seven dollars.. but kids 12 under are free. parking for the fair is also free. the event runs from 10 until 4 today at the milwaukee county sports complex. trainfest wraps up today. it's america's largest operating model railroad show. trainfest railroads of all popular sizes. organizers say the event appeals to people of all ages. trainfest runs from 9 a- m until 5 p-m today at state fair park in west allis. there is free admission for veterans and their families at the harley-davidson museum today. all active military, veterans and their families are invited to attend. the museum opens at 10 this morning and will be open until six o'clock tonight. we're waking up to temperatures about 10 warmer than yesterday morning and we're in for a warm and windy sunday. with blues skies and sunshine, highs climb to around 60 this afterno

meteorologist brian niznansky joins us.. and brian -- this is the coldest morning of the season so far? it's the coldest morning so far this season for many locations, including right here in milwaukee. lows bottomed out well into the 20s the teens. we'll see a slight improvement in our weather today with more sunshine and less wind. however, temperatures will still only reach the upper 30s by this new this new this morning.. police investigating a deadly crash near 27th & capitol. it night. police attempted to stop a chevy impala for a traffic offense. the driver sped off heading north on 27th. the driver swerved into southbound traffic near capitol.. striking another car and a light pole. a male passenger in the chevy was killed. six others were hurt but are expected to survive. strong winds fanned the flames of a car fire in kenosha county...police say it shaking the d-o-t camera. deputies had to close three southbound lanes while the fire was put out. no one was hurt. wind also causing some problems on the roads in wauke

meteorologist brian niznansky is here with a check on the holiday forecast. we've had lots of clouds today and skies will remain cloudy heading into tonight. temperatures will fall from the 40s into the 30s this evening. there is a weak disturbance approaching us from the west, which may may bring a few flurries to the area well after midnight and into tomorrow morning. you can skip the department stores and head to lake front brewery. it's hosting its its black friday brew. th beer was brewed back in february and then aged in bourbon barrels. it's only available tomorrow starting at eight a-m, but fans are known to line up the night before. the pfister hotel kicking off the holiday season with its annual tree lighting ceremony. the tree lighting happening tomorrow at 5:30, with special guests santa claus and mrs. claus arriving on a fire truck. guests will be treated with holiday treats, music, hot cocoa, eggnog and bubbly. the pfister will also open its holiday marketplace later that evening. the holiday the holiday train will be heading to the badger state

meteorologist brian niznansky joins us with the weather.... happy thanksgiving everyone! and skies wi remain cloudy y headininto tonight. temperatures will fall the 40s into the 30s this disturbance approaching us from the west, h may may bring a few flurries to the area well after midnight and itooks like most of the midwest will steer clr owhe nex wibig errsrtrn parts check out w inisno"eau to oniors the right kan ofmi also ak is beatins rey carric e volunteers have been busy getting 'lambeau field' ready for its annual thanksgiving day dinner.the meal is organized by a christian outreach program. they expect to serve around nine hundred hot meals to people who may not have a place to celebrate the holiday. the dinner has been overwhelmed with people wanting to help... about 400 volunteers help make the day possible. "makes you feel like there's hope in this world. not everybody is bad, mad. it's neat to see families cond work togethe nt turkey yet or have some questions-- the butterball turkey talk line is open. you can call the talk line at 1-800-butteball-- now throu

in waukesha ..brian niznansky today's tmj4. for more information on how to donate and volunteer...head on over to tmj4 dot com slash the iconic red kettles and bell ringers are now out in full force.the salvation army launched its red kettle campaign this morning at the public market.they're hoping to raise 4-million-dollars.if you would like to sign up to be a bell ringer we have a link at tmj4 dot com slash links. the city of chicago is still lebrating the cubs world series win over the cleveland indians.they held a victory parade earlier today and there were plenty of fans from we caught up with some of them as they were boarding the train this morning to the windy city. "it's my hometown my family's always been big cubs fans, so it's just a super exciting thing." "our great grandmother was a huge cubs fan and never got to see something like this - so for a lot of our family members it feels like a once in a lifetime, this is history, this is it kind of thing." the parade wrapped up with a rally in grant park.and check this

here's meteorologist brian niznansky with a first check of your forecast. brian, good morning. it's one of the colder mornings of the season so far with lows bottoming out around freezing lakeside and the 20s inland. widespread frost has been reported throughout the area. sunshine is back again today, which will help us warm into the lower 50s. we'll have a decent southwest breeze new this morning... milwaukee police are searching for suspects after a man is shot and killed in riverwest. this happened near weil and meinecke just before one this morning. police are still looking into what lead up to the shooting. a woman is recovering this morning after being beaten while walking her dog in bay view, for no apparent reason. and questioning what happened. kate o'keefe was walking her dog thursday when she noticed a parked car on south clement avenue she'd never seen before. the driver stayed inside, and kate says a man and woman got out. 19:28:23- and they just kept getting closer and saying why is he aggressive and the man kind of leaned down to him and then the next thing i kno

meteorologist brian niznansky is back with the latest on our it was quite a gloomy black friday with cloudy skies, temperatures hovering around flurry here and there. we should start seeing a few breaks in the clouds later tonight, setting up more sunshine this weekend. lows tonight will be in the lower of clouds and sunshine on saturday and our temperatures should bump up a few degrees and eventually top out around sunday with lots of sunshine then clouds again in the afternoon. if the sun hangs on long enough, we'll climb near 50 degrees. overall, for late november standards, the weekend is looking great.the next significant storm system arrives suay monday. we'll stay on the warm side of the storm, meaning periods of rain for us starting sunday night, monday, disney hired an unknown musician to write the songs for it's latest animated feature "mo-ah- na". he turned out to be "hamilton's" lin manuel miranda. mike wilber the film was a dream come true for it's star dwayne johnson. (sot: dwayne johnson, actor) "a disney animated movie with music was the bucket list" (nats: clip)and b

in milwaukee ...brian niznansky today's tmj4 milwaukee mayor tom barret and lieutenaoverner rebecca kleefisch made atop at today's event. the student's were also treated to a performance by the milwaukee bucks rim rockers. milwaukee for more than a million dollars.. shanno n ms is in the newsroom with a story w at six. thanks george and carole.not only is he acced of skipping out of ping property taxes, but s alhiged scam put tenants in danger. night. how it nearly landed an innocent woman in jail.. that's coming up new on live at 6. we have late spngweather in early fall. this is a live look through the lense of our autumn? john malan's focast is next. putting a wife to work is very dangerouthing. when i come home and dinner's not ready i through the roof. grab 'em by the p****". when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. more accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. and everyo's getting dressed. donald trump walked into the dressing room while contestants, some as young as 15 were changing. standing there with no clothes. yi'd look her r

brian niznansky is out this morning and what are you tracking? >> we're tracking clear skies out here this morning. it is a fantastic morning. we're live with the tmj4 storm chaser at the a beautiful morning along lake michigan this morning. milwaukee's only mobile weather lab. 42 degrees currently at the storm chaser, your forecast for your town for racine. by 8:00. 42. by 4:00, 57 degrees. i know it is not the 70s that we had just a couple of days ago, hey, i mean 50s for november. >> 6:18. wisconsin voters have sken and many big money decisions, how big? nearly a half billion dollars in new taxes. that's just for southeast wisconsin. about $489 million in additional spending coming in local school referendums. germantown schools asking for $84 million for district wide building and improvement projects. a decisive win for the yes vote. yes voters getting 52% of the vote. >> they will spend $28 million for improvements and renovations at its middle school and high school. >> you may remember this video from a water main break back in october. w

the greendale high band should reach the macy's store front at 11:34am..brian niznansky today's tmj4 be sure to join today's matt lauer, savannah guthrie, and al roker.for the 90th macy's thanksgiving day parade starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow morninright here on todays thanks for joining us today at four.there's more news now at 4:30 - let the holiday traveling begin.drivers are already out on the roads in force... making their way to their thanksgiving destinations. millions of people have hit the road... as you can see in our d-o-t traffic cam. meteorologist otstee joins us with how the weathers is holding up for those

meteorologist brian niznansky joins us with the weather.... it was quite a gloomy black friday with cloudy skies, temperatures hovering around 40 degrees, and a sprinkle or flurry here and there. we should start seeing a few breaks in the clouds later tonight, setting up more sunshine this weekend. lows 30s. now to the other big story of the day --black friday shoppers were out early here in the milwaukee area... southridge mall officially opened at 6 am...although a couple stores there remained open overnight. it's a fun day for sh it's a really fun exciting environment people are happy they're in a good mood we do this every year - we like to spread a little joy, we don't really come for anything specific we just like to be together southridge will be open til 10 pm tonight. here is a look at just some of the malls and stores open tonight for black friday shopping.mayfair mall and brookfield square are open until 10 tonight.bayshore town center is open until 9.major is open 24 hours.for a complete list of all store hours, visit our website t

here's brian niznansky with a first check of your forecast. brian, good morning. we're waking up to a little bit of fog this sunday morning. the fog should diminish during the morning hours and we'll see some sunshine again today. clouds increase again later this afternoon as a storm system approaches from the west. aided by a south wind, our temperatures should climb near breaking news now.. a man is dead and at least 9 people are hurt after a shooting on bourbon street in new orleans, louisiana. police haven't released any further details. we'll bring you more updates as they come in. that shooting comes after a gunman opened fire at a busy intersection in new orleans.. injuring four people friday night.authorities say one woman and three men were shot. casings on the street. police placed more than 60 evidence markers in the area. no word on the victims' condition. no arrests have a crash in mukwonago shuts down a road for hours.. and several ambulances are called to the scene.an emergency responder says the medical examiner was called.. and a female relative o

brian niznansky is ready for the holidays.. and ann sterling will show us plans for the bucks entertainment block just east of the new arena site. welcome to daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm vince vitrano.and i'm susan kim. let's get a check of your weather and traffic together... here's storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter. after some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. just a few clouds moved in overnight, and a light se breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. we get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. a southerly wind will increase overnight with lows in the mid 50s. incident freelight trafficdry roads speeds at or above posted brendan dassey could be out of prison by fridaynight.dassey and his uncle steven avery were sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of teresa halbach in 2005. now....the state and dassey's attorneys are battling over whether he should remain behind bars. pete zervakis is live in co

and storm team 4 meterologist brian niznansky is in the storm chaser this morning-- predicting-- the presidential race in wisconsin. ann sterling is live-- to explain why wisconsin's getting so many candidate visits-- ahead of election day. you're watching live at daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm susan kim.and i'm vince vitrano. let's start with a check of weather and traffic together... yesterday' s highs were near 70, typical for november 1st, plus it was sunny with a light breezeerfection. clouds increased overnight with the next storm system that has brought scattered t'showers already this morning with lows in the 50s. clouds and showers are likely on wednesday with highs in the upper 50s, but that is the only "bad" day this week. most of us will see 0.25" to 0.7" of rain by this evening. the sky clears out tonight with lows dropping drive times are at or near current timesincident free speeds are at or above posted posted or above speeds are at new this morning-all lanes along i-43 near brown deer road are back open - following a late night police pursuit and crash involving two j

we check in storm team 4 meteorologist brian niznansky-- in the ?storm chaser next. before we head to break.. good news from the milwaukee d-p- w... they will ?not be enforcing any meter parking on thanksgiving... and no overnight parking will be enforced tonight into thursday and thursday into friday... overnight parking rules resume clouds quickly moved in yesterday with highs in the low to mid 40s, a se wind at showers developed in the late evening light rain has been falling overnight with temps in the mid to upper 30s, to lower 40s along the lake, and a brisk se wind at 10-20 mph. if you are traveling to northern wisconsin, it has been snowing all night, and that will continue today, with 2-4" of from wausau and north. minneapolis could see about 4" of snow. it will be a cold rain in southern wisconsin with highs in the low to mid 40s. the rain tapers off before 10pm with patchy fog, no smoking and now no smokeless tobacco. fans... and even players... could soon face fines for using smokeless tobacco at miller park.the common council appoved a ban applying to al

it's beginning to look at lot like christmas around tow brian niznansky shows us a special holiday delivery at the bayshore town center: the nearly 40 foot balsam fir behind me made the trip from medford wisconsi. now the race is on to get it decorated by this weekend.the semi carrying this years' holidazzle tree pulled up at the crack of dawn. and as the sun started to rise, so did approximately 25-hundred to 3-thousand pounds but to get it up and vertical in a courtyard like this would be very difficult without the crane" "it's a little more intricate than putting up your tree at home to make sure it stays standing throughout the season"the large but delicate tree has to be handled with care "it was freshly cut and that's a chore too to cut the tree then gently lay it down because you can't break any of the branches and to wrap it all up like you see it here and then to let the branches back down"the tree will be decorated with 65-hu lights and 88 snowflakesand the city of glendale and bayshore town center hope this tree provides a gathering place for the neighborhood "we really do view o

storm team 4 meteorologist brian niznansky is with the storm chaser-- for ?your neighborhood forecast.and saying "thank you" to our veterans. ann sterling-- is live at the milwaukee county war memorial-- with a look at ?why today is so meaningful-- for veterans across southeast wisconsin. welcome to live at daybreak on todas tmj4. i'm vince vitrano.and i'm susan kim. let's get a check of your together... here's storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter a sw wind was gusting to 30 mph yesterday, but high temps warmed into the mid 60s.

like it outside, but the start of the gun deer season is right around the corner.and meteorologist brian niznansky finds out what effect this warm weather is having on our state deer population after a couple of warm winters and a very warm summer and now fallou have to wonder if this abnormal weather changes a deer's behavior or even promotes population growth.according to the hunters with..recent hunting seasons have been average at best after a very harsh winter in 2013 and 2014. "i shot a buck3 or 4 years ago..but nothing since"but the more recent warmer winterjust may be bring a boost to the deer "we're seeing more observations of fawns and does through our summer deer observation, so whats presumably a higher deer population in the area should provide a better hunt for us" matting season, known as their rut. there's been speculation whether the deer will enter rut later this year due to the warm fall, but dnr says the shortening length of daylight triggers rut..not "rut is upon us right now and we expect it to continue through the 9 day gun deer hunt season" now it may be more comf

and brian niznansky is in waukesha-- where the city will get ?festive tonight! ann sterling has more on milwaukee's ?first naturalization ceremony-- since election day. you're watching live at daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm susan kim.and i'm vince vitrano. from 72 and sunny-- to cold, windy and wet. get ready for our first ?miserable team 4 meteorologist brian gotter-- should we just stay inside all weekend?! yesterday was another november treat with hazy sunshine and record breaking highs near 72 thanks to a southerly wind to 20 mph. the wind increased overnight, and that kept temps in the upper 50more than 10 degrees above the normal high temp. as a powerful storm syst minnesota, we will remain in the warm sector of the storm with highs in the mid to upper 60s, increasing clouds, and a few late afternoon and evening showers. the main issue today is the sw wind gusting to 40 mph. the wind shifts to the nw this evening with gusts to 40mph and temps dropping into the lower 30wind chills will be in the teens. there is a chance for a light overnight and early saturd

and brian niznansky is in waukesha-- where the city will get ?festive tonight! ann sterling has more on milwaukee's ?first naturalization ceremony-- since election day. you're watching live at daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm susan kim.and i'm vince vitrano. from 72 and sunny-- to cold, windy and wet. get ready for our first ?miserable

and storm team 4 meterologist brian niznansky is in the storm chaser this morning--

brian niznansky is ready for the holidays.. and ann sterling will show us plans for the bucks entertainment block just east of the new arena site. welcome to daybreak on today's tmj4. i'm vince vitrano.and i'm susan kim. let's get a check of your weather and traffic together... here's storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter. after some patchy inland fog, yesterday afternoon was sunny and mild with highs in the mid 50s. just a few clouds moved in overnight, and a light se breeze with a warm front has kept the temps near 50. we get another november treat today with more sunshine, and highs in the mid to upper 60s. a southerly wind will increase

in whitefish bay, brian niznansky. >> shannon: if all goes as planned troops will receive theirees as soon as next week. there is a link to more information about the trees from home program and how to donate at tmj4.com. >> charles: still ahead on "live at 6", unexpected stop by milwaukee county bus driver. >> shannon: she spotted two young children wandering a >>> who you with? >> shannon: she didn't have to stop, but an alert milwaukee county bus driver says she is on north side when she came across two young kids walking by themselves near hopkins. >> charles: she says right away she knew something was wrong. >> reporter: the county bus driver has only been driving the bus route for a few months but she just knew that something wasn't right when she saw two children walking all alone. she was at the right place at the right time. it was a normal day for jeanne mitchell. she was driving down hopkins street when she noticed two small children walking by themselves. no adults with nobody. >> where these babies going? >> reporter: she sonned the bus to find out what was going on. >> y

brian niznansky has a preview of the the lights officially turn on downtown around 7pm this eveninbut we were furtunate enough to get a sneak preview this morningthe holiday spirit is the air at pere marquette park with the twinkle of lights and music.. "there's a lot of energy in the park. you can tell everyone is really fired up about the activities and of course the weather helps so thanks a bunch for that"along with the official flipping of the light switch, there will be fireworks and local entertainment, including the girls from the dance academy of mexico. "we actually prepared specially for that's christmas music, which is not something that's typically danced, but we incorporated our dancing just to show a little bit of our culture."pere marquete park is just one of 3 parks that will light up downtown..each with a different theme. cathedral square is meadow of 70 personalized & unique christmas trees "we have over 25-hundred milwaukee area school children who through their ciriculum in their classrooms developed themes to decorate their christmas tree." a 40 minute narated to

we check in with storm team 4 meteorologist brian niznansky... in about 15 minutes! brendan dassey is still behind bars this morning..wisconsin attorney general brad schimel is hoping to keep him there... even after a federal judge ruled the convicted murderer should be released.pete zervakis is live from columbia this morning. brendan dassey remains in prison behind us - here at the columbia correctional institution. he's of course serving a life sentence for participating in the rape and murder of teresa halbach... at his uncle steven avery's property in manitowoc county in 2005. over the out the conviction... saying dassey's confession to investigators was co-erced. as the state appeals that decision.... the same judge ruled dassey can leave prison. but wisconsin's attorney general has filed an emergency motion to try and keep dassey locked up... and has asked the judge to decide by 4 pm today.... the ag's office is also appealing to the federal appeals court in chicago. on dassey's end... he and his address where he plans to live to federal probation and parole o

here's meteorologist brian niznansky with a first check of your forecast. brian, we may see some record warmth today. yesterday. we may have a little bit of patchy fog in spots this morning with a heavy dew, but the sun will be back in full force. while enjoying blue skies again today with temperatures in the 60s and near 70 by this afternoon. today's record high of 69 degrees, set back in a scary moment for donald trump on stage at a rally in nevada...secret service agents rush trump off the stage after someone in the crowd yelled "gun". no weapon was found and trump came back on stage to continue his speech. the person who caused the disruption is defending himself this morning.. i agree with them on many different issues, but i just believe he is very dangerous for the country. so i just came with a sign. i literally just had one sign that said 'republicans against trump.'" the republican nominee will not be in west allis today as previously thought. trump was supposed to speak at state fair park this afternoon but canceled yesterday because of a schedul

storm team 4 meteorologist brian niznansky is with the storm chaser-- for ?your neighborhood forecast.and saying "thank you" to our veterans. ann sterling-- is live at the milwaukee county war memorial-- with a look at ?why today is so meaningful-- for veterans across southeast wisconsin. welcome to live at daybreak on todas tmj4. i'm vince vitrano.and i'm susan kim. let's get a check of your together... here's storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter a sw wind was gusting to 30 mph yesterday, but high temps warmed into the mid 60s. record high temperature at 66 degrees. unfortunately, another cold front moved in overnight, and the wind shifted to the north with lows in the 40s. wind chills are in the 30s this morning. today will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy with more clouds near the lake and an isolated sprinkle thanks to a ne gusting to 25 mph as highs struggle to get out of the 40s. incident freetraffic building on the roads drive times on breaking overnightprotesters out for a second night to demonstrate against the election of donald trump as presiden

quiet out there for the storm team meteorologist brian niznansky, where are you this morning? >> we're in caledonia. we have a beautiful morning. a little bit on the cool side. down in racine county, it is 40 degrees this morning. with humidity at 79% and pressure at 3.31. we take a look at the storm 4 max radar, we have quiet >> it is 5:25. there will be interesting front page newspapers across the country this morning. we haven't seen what will be on the cover of the journal sentinel yet. but we are getting a look at what new yorkers are waking up to. >> the front page of the new york post. words they said it couldn't happen. the post has been extremely critical of trump throughout the campaign. >> a hard copy of u.s. today. president trump in a stunning upset billionaire candidate scores white house victory. usa day today tweeting out divided nation. >> no comment, hillary clinton did not offer a concession speech. >> it is my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president-elect of the united states of america donald trump. >> 2016 presidential campaign

storm team 4 meteorologist brian niznansky has your ?neighborhood weather-- with the storm chaser-- in 15 minutes welcome to live at daybreak. it's i'm susan kim.and - i'm vince vitrano. let's get a look at your weather and traffic together-- after some morning fog, the beautiful weather returned yesterday with sunshine, a light northerly breeze, and highs near 60. the sky is clear this morning, but dense fog redeveloped in the inland areas with lows dropping to 43 along the lake, and upper 30s inland. the sunshine and mild weather continues today with highs near 60, and a light breeze. tonight is clear and chilly with lows near 40. now let's get a look at your roads... speeds are at or above posted traffic is building plan ahead water street bridge closes monday and won't reopen until some of you some of you ly have hours left if you want to vote early. in many communites today but if you live in milwaukee you have still have tomorrow. ann sterling is live with more. voters in milwaukee have set a record for early voting. more than 38-

here's brian niznansky with >>> good morning. breaking overnight. the death of fidel castro. the former cuban dictator dead at the age of 90. celebrations on the streets of miami's little havana. world leaders quick to act. he ruled with an iron fist for nearly 50 years. leaving many in fear and fleeing for safety. the dictaor had a relationship with 11 u.s. presidents and brought the nations to the brink of nuclear war. now as the relations are starting to thaw, what will saturday, november 26th, 2016. >> good morning. welcome back to "today" on saturday morning. i'm sheinelle jones with hallie jackson in for craig and dylan dreyer. >> we begin with the breaking news. the death of fidel castro. the dictator hadn't been seen the last few years. he died at the age of 90 last night. we have nbc's andrea mitchell with a look back at his life. >> reporter: just fidel to his followers. to his enemies, a feared dictator. one of the world's last communists. the firebrand started life simply. illegitimate son of a land owner. he graduated with a law degree and doctorate. tried runnin

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here's meteorologist brian niznansky with your forecast. >>> good morning. breaking overnight, violent protests. one person shot in oregon while more than a arrested from new york to miami to l.a. this morning, the president-elect offering a glimpse into 2017 and his possible plans for obamacare. we are live with the latest on that and trump's new transition team. >>> plus, in danger. a terrifying moment for one firefighter. it wasn't the fire that posed the biggest problem for this brave responder. wait until you see what happened in the moments following this ladder climb. making his long awaited appearance on the small screen after abruptly leaving his own show. tonight he says he will make it for his first ever hosting gig on "saturday night live." >> you sure you're going to be here? >> we'll see. >> today, saturday, november 12th, 2016. >> it's my birthday! >> happy birthday weekend, new york city! >> happy birthday! >> hi, mom. i'm at the "today" show. >> love that. welcome back to "today" on this beautiful but chilly saturday morning. >> it's time fo

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