Wisconsin's Weekend Morning News
Wisconsin's Morning News 7-5-24
(upbeat music) - This is Wisconsin's Weekend Morning News with Liddy Collins. - Well, it's sort of a weekend. I mean, it's a long weekend for a lot of people for what the July was yesterday, so that was a holiday. Today, I think traffic was a little light and I'm happy for that. Because let me tell you about my morning. Here it is, it's 608. And we have, what's our temperature? Wow, 78 already? Is it that warm? It can't be that warm. I think this temperature is all goofed up. This is one of these mornings. Okay, it's 64 degrees right now. So, here's what happens. So, when you're doing the morning show like this, you have to get up early. My alarm was set, I was like, I don't know what time of years it was. Mine was set for 3.15. - Mine was later than 3.15, I'll tell you that. - So 3.15, I'm up, I'm checking emails, I'm setting things up, I'm, you know, I'm on it. And, you know, took my shower and I made my breakfast, had my coffee and everything was on time. Now, it was raining rather hard. If anybody was up overnight, I mean, it was coming down. Like cats and dogs, it was coming down. So I thought, okay, I don't want to disturb my husband. I don't even want to wake the dog up. And I got my car keys and I go out to my car in the garage. We have an attached garage. So I open the garage door and I'm about to back up and my husband's truck was right in front of the garage door. There was no way around it. I couldn't go this way, I couldn't go that way. It was right there. So then I had to make that decision. Do I wake him up or do I let him sleep and just see if he wakes up? No, no, I had to wake him up 'cause I had to get to work. So here I am. Honey, oh, sweetheart, could you wake up, please? Huh, huh? Sweetheart, I can't get the car out of the garage. What do you mean you can't get the car out of the garage? Well, you left your truck in front of the garage door. What? So, like a good husband, he gets out of bed. Still in his pajamas, he didn't even bother to change. And so now the search for truck keys begins. Hey, looks here. He looks there. Now I'm sitting out in the car, just waiting and I'm seeing him dart in and out of the garage in his pajamas throwing his hands up in the air. He's saying, "Where are my keys?" Only not quite in that same way. And in and out, in and out, until finally he came out and he said, "Get out of the car." What? Get out of the car? I'll get this car out. So now, in my husband is an expert driver. I'll give him that. Now this begins with going back and forth, back and forth to the side. To the other side. Somehow, now luckily out of a small car, somehow he managed to back that car out enough and get it to the side of the truck and avoid two trees and doing so in their big trees and somehow get around. Now it's raining, cats and dogs, as I said before. And now my car is somewhere out in the driveway. I sort of lucked. 'Cause normally, you know, I don't need an umbrella because you get in the car in the garage and then you get here and we're in the garage. It's enclosed so we don't need the umbrella. So now I have to go back in the house, find an umbrella, bring that out and as I'm walking out to the car. So that's how my day started, Isaac. - I've never met your husband, but in the four years I've been doing this show, I've learned enough about him that I feel like this is a very on-brand story. - Where are my keys? - I bet you he still hasn't found the keys to the truck. And the fact that he got my car around that truck and didn't hit anything was an absolute miracle. It really was, but I'm here. Everything's good. And we've got a big show ahead. President Biden, of course, is gonna be in Madison later today and boy, that's a lot of people have their eyes on that one. Apparently, George Stephanopoulos is gonna be doing that interview that everybody's waiting for. He's going to conduct it while the president is on the ground in Madison. And ABC News correspondent Molly Nagle is gonna join us around 720 this morning. So we'll see if we can get some more information about that a little bit early on. And by the way, speaking of the presidential campaign, the other day I had the opportunity to talk with RFK Junior, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And he, of course, has launched that independent campaign to be president. And we talked about a number of issues. And it ranged from his frustration with President Biden, also his thoughts on the debate. And also, yeah, he's a Kennedy. So as he said, the relationship with his family is, quote, unquote, complicated. And we talked about that. But here's what he had to say about getting on the ballot right here in Wisconsin in November. Will you be on the ballot in all 50 states, including Wisconsin? - Yes, I will, babe. We started Wisconsin with a late opener and it just started this week. And we've been, I think yesterday was the first day and we've been on the ground there and we will have all of our signatures. We are already having enough signatures to get on the ballot in more than half the states. And then by the end of this month, we will have enough signatures to get on the ballot in every state. - And we're gonna have a few more excerpts from our conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. throughout the morning. So stick around for that. Also, you know, a lot of people were disappointed that there weren't fireworks on the lake front for the 4th of July. But we're gonna tell you where you can see a spectacular drone show along the lake in the next couple of days. Also, we've, you know, a lot of people are planning parties here. It's, as we said, it's a long weekend and it's a long summer. And if you're planning a big get together, we have an expert with some tips for your party. Also, we're gonna be joined by a chef who tells you how to prepare a charcuterie board with brats. There are a few things you wanna know. I'm not caring for your cell phone as those temperatures are gonna warm up in the next couple of days. Also, and my dog, Migo, can attest to this. Being a little skittish, those dogs were a little bit skittish after the fireworks the past couple of nights. But there are some other things you need to know about keeping your pets protected this summer. Also, if you're concerned with your kids losing learning momentum during the break, you're not alone. And we're gonna tell you about that. We've got Rich Kirch in here from the Milwaukee Business Journal. He's gonna drop by a little bit later on. He's gonna tell us who exactly is leasing those high priced condos in the couture. And yeah, I can't wait to hear 'cause I think he's gonna be naming names. Also, is Matt Miller excited about the return of Deadpool? Well, I know he's gonna tell us. We've got TMJ Meteorologist Tyler Moore with us. He's got the forecast for you. - The charges are dying. - Also Jessica Gatsau is gonna be in the newsroom. Isaac's pushing buttons. Jack Grouse is gonna stop by with sports. And so much more. It's all I had on Wisconsin, weekend, morning news. And that rain should be clearing up. And then later on we've got some midday sunshine and a few scattered storms. Later on today, we're gonna get up to 78 degrees currently at 64 at WTMJ at 616. (upbeat music) And last night, the Brewers, huh? They lost to the Rockies. It was four to three. Well, Jack Grouse could be in in a few minutes and he's got all the sports for you. All I had on Wisconsin, morning news. (upbeat music) I'm Libby Collins and her Vince Patrano and Eric Bell said on this kind of overcast. He was rainy overnight. I think that rain has pretty much cleared up out there. Let's check in with Tyler Moore and see what he has to say about that. - The WTMJ five day forecast. We've had some rain roll through early on this morning. Now we'll get a break for the rest of the morning hours with more sunshine mix again. This afternoon, though, the chance for some pop-up showers and storms, they will become scattered in nature with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Any of those storms coming to an end early this evening, partly cloudy skies tonight with low temperatures falling into the 60s. Saturday finally, a dry day with partly cloudy skies, high temperatures in the upper 70s. Suddenly partly cloudy high temperatures near 80 with a small chance for a shower thunderstorm in the afternoon. Scattered showers and storms are back on Monday with highs in the upper 70s and more scattered showers and storms on Tuesday with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist Tyler Moore, the Stormsea forecast on WTMJ. - Thanks a lot, Tyler, and in Green Bay at 64 degrees, Madison has 63, Waukesha is at 64, and we have 65 degrees at 622 on WTMJ. Well, it's that time of year. Kids are out of school. Oh, that means water sports and playing baseball and just getting out there and having a good time with their friends. But wait a minute, something's gonna suffer. Basically, their education was something called summer slide and joining us is Tamala Smith. She is the vice president of programs and partnerships with Sharp Literacy and Tamala, you know, it is that time of year and we'd love to see the kids out there having a good time. When they get back to school, very often there are some problems that occur as they're trying to get back into the routine. But Sharp is doing some great things to help out. Tell us about the summer learning program. - Yes, so Sharp is in its 10th year with our summer learning program and we have seven great summer offerings that we provide to over 1,300 students this summer that are staying based because we want to make sure that we are a part of impacting the positive side of students in summer so that summer slide will continue to decrease. And so we're very happy with our SEL, which is our social emotional learning competencies that we infuse, that helps students with their social awareness, their self-management, and for them to be able to be self-aware and responsible decision-makers. And then we have programming that is infused at our hands-on arts that allows students to explore science in a very fun and exciting way. And as you mentioned this summer slide is definitely a huge phenomenon of the regression of student learning. And so what we're doing at Sharp is we're providing fun summer programming that is engaging, but also has the rigor to it that's needed so that when students do return and sit in those seats in front of their teachers, they have been able to maintain a lot of the core academics that they had in their actual school year. - Now you mentioned about emotional learning. Social emotional learning is incorporated into this program. Why is that important? - It's important because so many students have no sense of belonging in the learning community. And because of that a lot of times, these are the students that tend to have larger achievement gaps because they cannot find their way to maneuver their learning. And so what social emotional learning does, it helps students to gain skills that are important and essential to just not their core subject, but their everyday life. So they get to understand how they can identify their feeling for something that may be challenging to them so they can self-regulate and be very confident in their learning to persevere. And so this is why we have decided it is so important that we infuse the SEL, which is social emotional learning, so that kids are continuing being excited about learning, that they're inspired to want to learn new things. - We're talking with Tamela Smith. She's Sharp's vice president of programs and partnership. Technology is a big part of what they're learning as well. And that's very important too. - Yes, it is. I mean, when I was a child, technology was something of the future that I never knew would probably even exist. And now here we are, and technology is our students now and future. And so at Sharp, we understand that we must have relatable programming for students, and we must be impactful for students to not only learn their core subjects, but be able to learn those skills that are technology based so they can be job or career ready. - Now, how do you pay for all this? How is the summer learning program made possible? - The summer long learning program is made possible through donors. The Birth Community Foundation has definitely been our lead partner, and we have the Energy Foundation. And so with the donations that we receive, we make sure that all of that funding goes directly to the students learning. And it's just amazing that we're in our 10th year, and now we're serving over 1,300 students, and the act continues to grow. So with us being a nonprofit, it is definitely, definitely important that we get the message out in hopes that more will come in and see the need to help us to combat this summer slide that's happening with students all across, not just Milwaukee, but Wisconsin as well. - And Tamela, I know you do so much good at Sharp. If anybody wants to learn more, where do they go? - They can go directly to sharpliteracy.org, and all the information is right there before them, and we would love to connect with anyone that would like to learn more about us. - Tamela Smith, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships with Sharp Literacy. It is so great to have you here today. - And it is so great to be here, and thank you so much for the opportunity to spread awareness about the much need that we have for our students during summer time. - It's 627, Sharp Literacy is such a great organization. They do so much good for young kids around the area that wouldn't have these resources otherwise. All right, coming up, hmm, there are a lot of scams out there, and there's one that really caught my attention because believe it or not, it could happen to you. And we're gonna have that, it's all I had. On Wisconsin Morning News, 627, no, 628 and 64 degrees. (upbeat music) Well, maybe you've seen these stories on television and you thought, nope, it could never happen to me. But it is happening to a lot of people, and that's home title theft. Joining us on our Tri-County Contracting Hotline is consumer expert Michelle Runan from DadCap, and Michelle, tell us what you are hearing in your offices. - Yeah, this scam, it can be known as title fraud, deed fraud, house stealing. But we have heard from consumers who have stolen the identities of property owners, then tricked a legitimate relitter into putting that property up for sale. And several offers were made before the real owners even noticed that their property was being sold. So while this is rare, we wanna take this time to remind everybody that this is legitimate and con artists have to put an investment in on this one, but it's worth it because the payout can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars with this type of scam. - What are some of the red flags out there that we should be aware of? - Unexpected mail related to the sale of your property, especially from a mortgage company, even if your name's not on it, because remember, they may have stolen your identity, but redirected your mail to a new name. And then phone calls and querying about your property could be a red flag, unsolicited offers to buy or refinance your property, and no longer receiving bills or a scheduled automatic withdrawal just doesn't happen. That is a very significant red flag. - Now you're saying this has actually happened here in the state of Wisconsin. - This has been reported to us from consumers who were impacted by this scam, yes. - All right, now if you suspect that your property might be involved in home title theft, what advice do you have? - Well, we really want consumers to contact law enforcement. If that has happened to make sure, and then you need to take action by contacting your bank right away and also get with your municipality to make sure that they are engaged as well. But remember that these fraudulent sales can have those huge payouts, so scammers are willing to dedicate a lot of time, energy and resources to appearing legitimate and covering their tracks, because they can pose as multiple people, use various methods of communication, and go to great lengths to steal people's personal information and account. So keep your information private and do not engage with any mailers that you have. But if you think it's happened, be sure that you contact, again, your municipality law enforcement and report it to consumer protection. - And what is that hotline? - 1-800-422-7128. And it's always good to hear from Michelle Rynan from DatCap. It's 632, well, it looks like that rain has pretty much cleared up, and boy, it was coming done hard this morning. We're gonna have sunshine, and then guess what? A little bit later on this afternoon, looks like there might be some scattered afternoon storms with a high of 78. Then tonight, it should all clear up. Partly cloudy, 63 for your low. Tomorrow looks like a decent day. We'll have a few clouds in the sky, but it'll be 77 for a high. And then on Sunday, we've got more clouds, isolated showers, or maybe even a storm late in the day in a high of 80. Monday, more scattered showers and storms cloudy and 79 on Tuesday, more the same. Scattered showers and cloudy skies with a high of 80 degrees. As we look at temperatures around southeastern Wisconsin on this Friday morning in Cedarburg, it's 64. Oak Creek has 64. Workfield here at 64, and at 64 degrees at WTMJ at 633. In just a couple minutes, a lot of dogs out there had a rough couple days with all of those firecrackers and the various fireworks displays through the area. So they're still a little bit skittish. But now that fireworks may be aren't gonna be as prevalent as they were, there are some other things you need to watch for with keeping your pets safe, and we've got Angela's speed from the Humane Society. She's gonna be with us in just a couple minutes on Wisconsin Morning News. ♪ Who let the dogs out ♪ ♪ Who, who, who, who let the dogs out ♪ And welcome back, I'm Libby Collins. On Wisconsin Morning News, Eric and Vince, taking a well-deserved long weekend. We'll be back with you on Monday morning. A little bit later on this morning, around 7.20, as you well know by now, President Biden is going to be in Madison later on today. A lot of eyes on that, because George Stephanopoulos from ABC News is gonna be doing that big interview with him at the same time. But around 7.20 this morning, we're gonna be joined by ABC News correspondent, Molly Nagel, and we'll find out if she knows anything about what the president is gonna be saying while he's in Madison. It's 6.37 and 64 degrees at WTMJ. Joining us is Angela Speed with Wisconsin Humane Society with some safety tips for us. And first of all, we just came out of a really horrible, hot couple of days. Our pets aren't used to that in this climate, are they? Dogs in particular, they don't regulate their body temperatures the same way people do, they don't sweat. They pant to cool themselves. And when we have hot stretches like we just came out of, even at the Humane Society, we're adjusting our dog walking protocols to make sure everybody is safe. When you're walking your dog, you wanna test the pavement with your palm. If it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for their sensitive pop pads and it's especially true of black asphalt. Sidewalks can be cooler, but that's just one of the tips that we provide to people who are out dog walking. Of course, taking walks in the early morning or after sunset when it's cooler, shortening those walks, just doing potty breaks when it's truly tropical outside. But probably your number one thing that you don't wanna do is never leave your dog in a hot car, even when the temperatures are in the 80s, but inside of a vehicle can reach 160 plus in just a few minutes, even with the windows cracked. And unfortunately, we do see incidences of heat stroke every year because dogs are left in cars. - How do you know if your pet, especially your dog, is really suffering? - So the signs of heat stroke, true heat stroke include things like excessive panting, difficulty breathing, they might vomit or have diarrhea, they might be a little confused, they'll have a rapid pulse often. And if you check their gums, often they'll be bright red, or their lips may look a little bit bluish and if you see any of those signs, you wanna get them to a cool place, don't apply ice, but cool towels and contact your veterinarian immediately. - They know every year you end up with strays because they bolted away from people because they heard fireworks and we're afraid. - Yeah, absolutely. Dogs often bolt, whether that's during thunderstorms or Fourth of July celebrations, so you want to make sure that your ID tags are up to date, have your current information just in case your dog gets loose. And of course, if your pets aren't already microchipped, that is a great option as well. The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice inserted between their shoulder blades and every single animal control facility pretty much in the country. The first thing they do when a straight animal comes in is they scan for microchip and those reunions can happen so much faster because of microchip. - Angela, I know that you have a lot of pets for adoption right now. Sadly, a lot of people have had to give their pets up for a number of different reasons. How many dogs do you have at Wisconsin, you mean, right now? - So at the Wisconsin Humane Society, this morning I looked and we had 96 dogs looking for new homes. It has been a really tough year across the country and in Wisconsin. If you've been on the fence about adapting a puppy or a dog, this is your sign. Look at your local shelters, your rescue groups, the Wisconsin Humane Society. We're just being a surge of dogs coming in as strays and surrenders, mostly due to economic conditions, to systemic issues in our community. People are really struggling to find affordable housing, let alone affordable housing that allows big dogs. And there's also a lack of access to veterinary care, that's huge veterinary shortage right now in the US. So there's a lot of forces that are impacting animal population but we have some of the most fantastic dogs available for adoption and we actually have a promotion right now, 50% off all dog and puppy adoption fees at the Wisconsin Humane Society. - Ooh, where can we learn more? - Yeah. - Go to wihumane.org/adopt and look at all the wonderful faces. And of course, we have a ton of cats and kittens available for adoption to another animal so as well. - Angela Spade from the Wisconsin Humane Society. Thank you for joining us. - Oh, thank you for having me. - It's 641 and 64 degrees at WTMJ. What are we gonna do on conversation Sunday? We'll tell you right after this on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) It's 643, 64 degrees. We're gonna get up to about 78 today. TmJ4 meteorologist Tyler Moore will be with us in just a couple minutes with your full forecast. You know, it's difficult to grasp the anxiety that adoptees face during your search for birth parents. Diana Higginbottom, Ag and the Stoppelist told me about the shock she felt when her adoption agency told her they found her birth mother. Were you able to find out immediately who your parents were? - No, at the age of 18, at that time, I was only allowed non-identifying information. - What does that mean? - That means they would give you everything in the file, but anything that would identify the parents, they would white out. - That had to be frustrating. - It was, then at 21, you can go through the same process, but now you can request to meet them. And of course, I had some questions, so after seeing all the good stories and happy reunions, you know, the talk show circuits back in the day, I was like, ready for my happy ending. Nothing could ever have prepared me for when they called me back within a few days. They found her relatively quick, and when they had said, "She doesn't wanna meet you," and I just honestly couldn't believe it. - Imagine that. I mean, it'd just be a horrible feeling. Diana Higginbottom is gonna talk with me on Sunday about the search for her birth parents. - You know, there was a movie made, a documentary. It was some awards. It was called "Love Differently." And it's all about her, and she's gonna talk about that story with me again, Sunday at 11 on WTMJ Conversations. 645 and in just a minute, we've got Jack Brown Sports on WTMJ. (upbeat music) - Time for a WTMJ sports update from the Gruber Law Offices. One call that's all sports desk. The Brewers end their time in Colorado with a loss, a final score of four three yesterday. With two wins and two losses, that'll make a split series for the crew. They'll stay on the road and face the L.A. Dodgers, then return home for a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates starting Tuesday. Milwaukee's AJ Blueball was selected to represent the Houston Astros. At the 2024 All-Star Futures game, Blueball currently plays for the AAA Sugar Land Space Cowboys. The Astros current AAA affiliate. On that team, Blueball has struck out 61 batters and has a 3.52 ERA. He played three seasons with the UW Panthers. A big addition for the Badgers 2025 recruiting class, offensive lineman Hardy Watts has committed to the university, making the class 22 players. Before making the decision to be a Badger, Watts visited Clemson and Michigan and canceled visits to Duke and Boston College. Not much news out of the Green Bay Packers other than tickets for family night going on sale. The Packers family night at Lambo Field is Saturday, August 3rd. I'm Jack Groud, WTM, Jay Sports. - What a name for a team. The Sugar Land Space Cowboys. - You heard it here first. Yeah, what a name. - Unbelievable. Hey, you like appetizers and things like that one. - Who doesn't love an appetizer? - You know what a charcuterie board is. - Of course, I love a charcuterie board. - Okay, so it has, you know, it has all of the, like the prosciutto. - You fancy cheese. You get fancy meat. Some good crackers and things. - Cray cheese, crack grapes. - Yeah. - You know, maybe some more kona olives. - Yeah, yeah. - Okay, or, well, think about this. - What are you like? What are you like? - Think about it. How would you like a charcuterie board made with Watts? - Oh, I'm, I don't know if that makes it a charcuterie board at that point. - Oh, yes it does. It does. - But I would love it. - I wouldn't. - Yeah, well, we're gonna tell you how to do it in just a couple minutes is all straight ahead. I was kind of saying morning news, 648. (upbeat music) - I'm Laura Collins. I was kind of morning news. Spence and Eric off today at 650. Let's take a look at weather with Tyler Moore. - The WTMJ five day forecast. We've had some rain roll through early on this morning. Now we'll get a break for the rest of the morning hours with more sunshine mixed again. This afternoon, though, the chance for some pop-up showers and storms, they will become scattered in nature with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Any of those storms coming to an end early this evening, partly cloudy skies tonight with low temperatures falling into the 60s. Saturday finally, a dry day with partly cloudy skies, high temperatures in the upper 70s, Sunday partly cloudy, high temperatures near 80 with the small chance for a shower at thunderstorm in the afternoon, scattered showers and storms are back on Monday with highs in the upper 70s and more scattered showers and storms on Tuesday with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist, Tyler Moore, a Storm C forecast on WTMJ. - A lot of people are wondering how is it going to be if you want to take a vote out today. In Elkhart Lake, right now, we've got 63 degrees, mosquito, it's 65, like Geneva, you're at 66 and we have 65 degrees at WTMJ at 651. Well, it's summertime in Wisconsin and we just seem to be having one get together after another joining us on our Tri-County Contracting Hotline is chef, Ryan Kirby. And he has been doing a lot of things with brats with the Wisconsin Brot board and it's sort of a play on charcuterie. Ryan, tell us all about this. - Yeah, so the Wisconsin Brot board is a play on charcuterie and it's just basically, you go in and get your favorite flavors of brats and it's a good way to try a bunch of different flavors of brats without eating that whole brat. So you can take and you grill up your brats, slice them up and lay them on a board like you would for your charcuterie. When I like to make my charcuterie boards, I like to kind of put my proteins going from the center to the out and then fill in around those and leave voids between those areas and fill in with whether it's pickled vegetables, pretzel rods, different dips. For this one, I did pickled deviled eggs and just took your classic pickled egg and turned into a deviled egg. Through some pickled jalapeno slices in there and made a couple of different sauerkraut variations, which was just an easy taking your regular sauerkraut and doctoring it. One of them I put some fresh dill in and some other herbs and then the other one, I just put a little bit of beef base in it and made it more of a beefy sauerkraut. And if you want for these brat boards, you can serve it with buns, you can leave your brats whole, you don't have to slice them up. But I think it's kind of fun to try the different variety of brats, especially from the pick and save ones. The ones in their meat counter are top of the line. Here are some great brats. - Well, I know you are kind of a Northwood guy. So you grew up with brat. Have you ever sat down and tried to figure out how many different kinds of brats we have here in Wisconsin? - Oh, there was way too many to list, but there are a ton of them. (laughs) So my favorite, there's a local butcher up here that makes a cranberry brat, and it is great. But I like the cheddar jalapeno brats, the beer brats from pick and save. All those are great. And like I said, the brats in the meat counter are next to none. And you don't have to use those. I mean, if you prefer Johnsonville or the pick and save brand that are in by the ground beef and all that kind of stuff, you can play with this and make it however you would like. - I noticed when you gave us the recipe for the charcuterie board. You didn't really say to put any cheese on it. Is that a conscious decision? I mean, do you think maybe cheese doesn't go real well with brats? - I mean, actually, I did put cheesecards. I sprinkled some cheese curds in on the board. So you still got your Wisconsin staple with the cheese there as well. - Mm, okay. And then your favorite deviled egg recipe. You said to use the pickled eggs, but what do you put in the mixture when you mix up your yolk? - I keep it real simple. I use some horseradish, some mustard. I like to use a stone ground, something like that with a little more flavor to it than your traditional yellow mustard, and then some mayonnaise, salt and pepper. And then I like to run my egg yolks through a mesh strainer. And it gets rid of all the lumps without having to whip it forever. Or whip it with a whisk or things like that. And it's a game changer and it helps the piping process and all that as well. - Well, we definitely don't want lumpy deviled eggs. - Nobody likes a lumpy egg. - I know a lot of us are gonna get up north this summer. And what sort of goodies are you cooking up there? - The Craftsman is a great option. They have some great homemade cheese curds, really known for their smash burgers. They got a bunch of different burgers and sandwiches, and they're doing some fun entrees at night. So it's definitely a great spot for some craft cocktails and good food if you're up in the Northwoods. - And of course, we can follow you on Instagram at Ryan Kirby 84. And really, I know this is gonna be a big help to me 'cause I'm gonna be going to my sister-in-law's on Sunday and I need to bring something. So I'm gonna use your advice and put together a brought charcuterie board. That's gonna be fun. - Perfect. It is, it's a fun time. - All right, Ryan Kirby, thanks for joining us today. - Thanks for having me, it was great. - I never thought of making deviled eggs with pickled eggs. My dad loved pickled eggs. That was one of his things. We always had a jar of pickled eggs in the refrigerator. It was just one of those things that was always there. But to make it into a deviled egg, especially if something like a brat, 'cause I think brat needs, I think brats needs something. You don't think so always like... - You're gonna think I'm weird, but I really like my brats with no condiments or anything. Just- - Not even secret stadium sauce. - No, just as is, if you get the bun toasted, oh, it's perfect. - Okay, all right, see, I don't, do you know, I'm gonna make a confession. I never ate brats until I moved to Wisconsin. That's understandable. It's a very Wisconsin thing. - It definitely is. All right, it's 6.56. We've got a lot coming up here in the next hour or two. We're here till nine o'clock with you. I had mentioned earlier, on Tuesday, I spoke with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who of course is running as an independent for president. He had some pretty interesting things to say about his relationship with President Biden, and we're gonna be sharing that with you a little bit later on this morning. Also speaking of the president, he is gonna be in Madison today. A lot of eyes on that trip because he's got that big sit down with George Sipanopoulos, which I guess is gonna be done right here in Wisconsin. And we're gonna be joined at 720 by ABC news correspondent Molly Nagel. And we'll find out more about what we expect to hear. And also the president made some odd remarks when he met with the governor's the other day. And she's gonna share that with you as well. That's all coming up. We've got Rich Kirch in here. He's with the Milwaukee Business Journal. We have Matt. No one's gonna join us a little later on. I think he's kind of excited about Deadpool coming back. That's supposed to be the big movie for the summer, even bigger than inside out, if my inside sources are correct. So we're gonna be talking about that and so much more and coming up right after the news. If you did not get to see fireworks on the lake and you kind of miss it. Coming up in the next couple of days, there's gonna be this absolutely outstanding drone show on the lake. We're gonna tell you where you can see it and when it's all coming up on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) - This is Wisconsin's weekend morning news with Liddy Collins. - I guess it's sort of a weekend. - It's a long weekend, Jessica. A lot of people had yesterday off. A lot of people taking today off as well, including Vincent Eric, he'll be back on Monday. But we're here and a little bit later on, the big story I think for us here in Wisconsin is the president is gonna be in Madison later on today. - That's right. - And he's at what, a middle school, I believe? - I believe so, yeah. - Yeah, and I guess it's a rally, but everybody's wondering how he's going to look, sound, and what he's going to say. And then apparently, that big interview they've been talking about for the last couple of days with George Steppenopoulos, they're actually gonna do it right here in Wisconsin. - Yeah, this will be everyone's watching after the debate too, one of his very first stops. - Yeah, so I mean, all eyes on Wisconsin as we like to say, definitely. And coming up in about 12 minutes or so, we're gonna be joined by an ABC news correspondent and she's gonna tell us some of the background as far as President Biden and what's happened the last couple of days too with his address to many of the Democratic governors. And you might be surprised about something he said during that meeting. All right, it is 709 and 64 degrees at WTMJ. - I love spotlighting places that we don't think about on a regular basis and joining us today is Jamie Harvey Wilms. She is the executive director of the Charles Alice and Villa Terrace Museum and that's not on everybody's radar, is it? - You know, I don't think so. We're also a really, really unique nonprofit. We're one nonprofit with two museums and that's not really a common thing, you know, amongst museums, typically they're kind of on their own but Milwaukee has been supporting both of these institutions, one of them since 1945 and the villa since 1966. - What makes them special? - Oh gosh, everything. The Charles Alice Art Museum is fascinating because the house was actually built as a museum, even while the Alice has lived there. And so Charles died in 1917 and Sarah went on to live like about another 20 to 30 years and she continued to collect and fill the house with these incredible art historical pieces. We have a Rembrandt etching, we have one of Napoleon's death masks, it's shocking. And I would argue that Alice is one of those cultural gems that's a really good hidden secret. The villa Terrace on the other hand was built by the Smith family and really is that kind of breath of fresh air get away experience on the lakeside. If you don't have a mansion in Milwaukee, guess what taxpayers now you do, come and visit the villa. - All right, you know, when is this open to the public? - We are open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday we are open 10 to five and then on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10 to two. - And what else can we see there? - We do some pretty incredible exhibitions. So today we have a rug hooking survey or retrospective of the work of Emmy Robertson who's a Milwaukee based rug hooker and she does these rugs that almost look like paintings. They have personal narrative, some of them have really strong themes of feminism and identity and storytelling and those exhibitions like Emmys rotate all the time. We also have an artist in residence and so Celeste Contreras has an exhibition opening up here at the end of June and then we have some pretty spectacular permanent collections. So you get to a little bit of house museum but you also get some contemporary art and decorative art at the villa. - What's your favorite part of it? - Oh, you know what? I think that my own favorite part and it's the thing that even today kind of took my breath away is that lakefront. You walk through our doors and suddenly you can't see a skyscraper even though there is one just a few blocks away. You're transported to Italy and Lake Michigan suddenly looks like the Mediterranean you're not quite sure where you are exactly. So I think it's that water to building experience that just takes your breath away. - We're talking with Jamie Harvey Wilms, the executive director of the Charles Alice and Villa Terrace Museums. Villa Terrace is gonna be having some events coming up here in July. - Yeah, you know what? We're 100 years old. So this Italian Renaissance style house was completed in 1924. So we are celebrating our 100th year this year and so we're doing 100 events in our 100th year which includes free yoga every Sunday, our Sunday concert series that's also free and open to the public. And then our friends group, which is an incredible group of volunteers that cares for our gardens. They are throwing a gala on July 13th and it's going to be, for lack of a better term, a banger. It should be, it should be super fun. Music, incredible food, some pretty fun fashion, I think. And then if we work our way backwards we have an artist day on July 11th and we are actually giving a gift to Milwaukee in the form of Milwaukee's second drone show. It should be able to light up the entire lakefront with I think it's 300 drones. - Tell us about that. Now that's gonna be on the evening of July 10th. - Yes, so at the villa there'll be some premium seating 'cause the drone show will be centered on the villa although I believe you'll be able to see it from most of the lakefront. And so we're throwing a glow in the dark party our friends group is and it should be a super great time for family and friends will be a bar set up and I believe some food trucks. And then the drone show itself has been designed by Milwaukee artist Ray Chi and it's just gonna light up the sky with themes of the villa terrace's 100 years as well as a little bit of Milwaukee. - Now how can you get tickets for that? 'Cause I know there is a charge. - Yes, you can go to the Friends of Villatars' website and if you just Google Friends of Villatars or Villatars it'll come up and you can get your tickets that way. - And I know we don't want this to happen but if it rains on the 10th there is a rain day. It is a rain day, I believe it's actually the next night which is the 11th. It won't rain, right though? - No. - No. - Fingers crossed. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not gonna rain. - So Jamie, if anybody wants to learn more about the Villatars Art Museum and of course the Alice House, how can they do it and find out about some of the events? And also I know that you host a lot of private events as well. - Oh my gosh, we do so much. You can visit C-A-V-T, C-A-V as in Victor or villa. Tmusezems.org and our websites for both museums will have a ton of information on history as well as current events. Also follow us on Instagram, Facebook. We create events and fun graphics and give you some behind the scenes on all of those social media accounts. - And happy hundredth anniversary. - You know what, I haven't been around the whole time but I'll take it. Thank you. - It sounds like a great place and boy, I can't wait for that drone show on the lake. I love drone shows. They are just so, so fun to watch. All right, it's 7.15 and you are just a couple minutes away from Jack Brown Sports. It's all here on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) - Time for a WTMJ sports update from the Gruber Law Offices. One call that's all Sports Desk. The Brewers end their time in Colorado on a loss, a final score of four to three on Thursday with two wins and two losses that makes a split series for the crew against the Rockies. They'll stay on the road and face the LA Dodgers, then return home for a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates starting Tuesday. Close but still an incredible story. UW Milwaukee's Natalie Block advanced to the semi-finals of the 100 meter hurdles in the US Olympic team trials but was unable to make it on the US team for the summer games in Paris. Her time was not fast enough to advance to the finals. A big addition for the Badgers 2025 recruiting class, offensive lineman Hardy Watts has committed to the university, making the class 22 players. Before making the decision to be a Badger, Watts visited Clemson and Michigan and canceled visits to Duke and Boston College. Not much news out of the Green Bay Packers other than tickets for family night going on sale. The Packers family night at Lambo Field is Saturday, August 3rd. I'm Jack Brown, WTMJ Sports. Thanks a lot, Jack. Coming up in just a couple minutes, we've got Tyler Moore from TMJ 4. He's going to have your five day forecast. It's all I had on Wisconsin weekend morning news. The WTMJ five day forecast. We're going to drive break to develop here this morning with some sunshine mixing in through the middle of the day then more scattered showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Storms end early this evening. Temperatures dropping into the 60s tonight under partly cloudy skies. Saturday is looking like a good day to get outside, partly cloudy high temperatures in the upper 70s, still a bit on the muggy side. Sunday, partly cloudy with the isolated chance for rain shower thunderstorm in the afternoon with high temperatures near 80. Scattered showers and storms are back in the forecast on Monday with highs in the upper 70s. Same for Tuesday. More scattered showers and storms with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist Tyler Moore, the Storm 2 forecast on WTMJ. Thanks a lot, Tyler. Right now in Green Bay at 64 degrees, Madison has 64 in Walker show. We've got 65, 65 degrees at WTMJ at 720. And let's go to Molly Nagle. She's an ABC News White House correspondent. And Molly, a lot of people are talking about President Biden. He's gonna be right here in Madison later on today. That's right. He's headed your way to do a campaign event and also speak with ABC's George Stephanopoulos for that highly anticipated interview that I think a lot of people are gonna be keeping an eye on. But this all comes in the context of the fact that we're still talking about last week's debate and how his debate performance has raised concerns within the Democratic Party and I think with some voters as polling has showed. So, you know, the president is still working to overcome that improved to the American people that he, you know, he is up to the task and that when he says he's still in the race that he can effectively take on Donald Trump in November. Well, you know, Molly, I know this came out here in the last couple of days that Wednesday, the president had a meeting with governors, the Democratic governors throughout the United States and he said something that I think surprised them. Yeah, he did hold a meeting with governors, Democratic governors, nearly all of them, either in person or virtually. And this was part of the president and the White House's effort to, you know, reach out to members of their party and reassure them following the debate. We're hearing more and more about what was said behind the scenes. So, according to some people who are in the room and people who are briefed about the discussion, he said he needs to get more rest and that in order to get more rest, he needs to stop scheduling events later into the evenings. He also were told made of responding to a question from Hawaii governor Josh Green about his health and he said he was fine and he added, "It's just my brain." Now, the people we talk to- Wait, you said that kind of fast, say that again. It is response when they said, when they asked him about his health, the president said what? It's just my brain, but we need to caveat this here with the people that we spoke to who are in the room and familiar with the discussion, took that as a joke and his campaign has come out, his campaign chair who was in the room as well, said that he was clearly making a joke, followed it up by all kidding aside. Now, you can make your judgment about whether the joke was funny or not, but it needs to be said that the people we've talked to who were there took it as a joke. - Okay, now, it was after that debate last week, I don't think a lot of people are laughing, even though he said that. Now, the other thing that I guess is that contention is, what has press secretary said he hadn't seen, he hadn't had a medical check up in a while, but President Biden told the governor something different. - Yeah, so this is something that we've been kind of keeping tabs on here. The president in that meeting reportedly told the governors that he had had a medical checkup following the debate. Now, in the press briefing room this week, the press secretary was asked directly, had the president had any sort of medical exam after the debate, and she said that she had spoken to his doctor and the answer was no. Now the White House is acknowledging to us that the president was seen by his doctor to check in on that cold he had on the debate stage a few days after the debate, and that all things are fine. Now, I think you can argue, people can argue about if checking in for a cold is the same thing as a medical exam, but the bottom line here is that these questions are still plaguing the White House and that the more and more details we learn about what's going on behind the scenes, it's raising questions about what we're hearing in front of the press, and so the press secretary is gonna gaggle today on Air Force One as they head to your neck of the woods, and I'm sure that she's gonna face some more questions about what exactly was the discrepancy there between what she told the reporters and what the president told the governors. - We're talking with ABC News White House correspondent, Molly Nagle, Molly, you've been covering the White House for quite a while. Have you noticed over the last several months any difference in the president when you've seen him at various events? - Well, I think that a lot of people were, you're hearing this from members of the Democratic of the president's own party. They were surprised by what they saw on Thursday night that they hadn't seen him like that before, and I think that the bottom line here is that it's ultimately up to the viewers to decide if they're satisfied with where the president is. They need to decide based off of when they see him in public, when they watch this interview tonight with George Stephanopoulos. Does this do enough to address the concerns that they've had? We are reporting everything very closely, everything the president is doing is being intensely scrutinized here, but ultimately what matters here is how do people out in the country feel about how the president is doing? And that's what's gonna matter when it comes to the polls and it comes to the ballot box in November. - And as you're aware, George Stephanopoulos is top of his game reporter, what are you watching for in this interview tonight? What sort of questions? - Well, I think that what I'm watching for is what the president does. The big thing here, and I think the White House knows is that the stakes really couldn't be higher. He knows that he has to go out here and prove to people that the argument his campaign has been making, that he was tired, it was jet lag, it was just a bad night, it was just a one off, but that is actually the case. And everything, as I said, is going to be intensely scrutinized. How does the president sound? How are his answers? Is this a stark contrast to the president Biden that we saw on the debate stage on Thursday? And so I think a lot of viewers are gonna have to, this is gonna be very critical in how they decide if this is enough to calm the concerns that they might have. And we will see the first expert of this interview take place on World News tonight, and the interview will be broadcast in its entirety on prime time on ABC at 8 p.m. So I think everyone will have to tune in to see how it goes. And by the way, that's seven o'clock central time, just guys, anybody's keeping track of that. One last question, do you think there is any chance that during this conversation with George Stephanopoulos that the president might announce that he's going to withdraw? - The president has said that he is staying in the race through calls to his campaign staff, through fundraising memos then out to supporters and donors directly last night here at the White House telling people here who told them to keep on fighting, that he's not going anywhere. He says that he is staying in the race. We know that he has been talking with allies behind the scenes and he knows these next few days are really critical in determining his path forward in this presidency. But so as it stands right now, the president is standing firm that he is staying in this race. And so I think we'll have to wait and see, but that's been his message across the board for the last few days here. - Well, clearly you have your eye on it. Molly Nagel, ABC News White House correspondent. Thanks for joining us this morning. - Thank you. - It's 728, 65 degrees at WTMJ. (upbeat music) - And welcome back, I'm Libby Collins on the July 5th edition of Wisconsin Weekend Morning News. I mean, we've got a lot coming up still. By the way, if you're planning any parties or get together this summer, especially here over this long holiday weekend, we're gonna have somebody here in the studio with us in just a couple minutes. She's gonna give you some tips on how to put it all together effortlessly. So you look like that perfect host or hostess at 736. - Well, we have had some really hot days lately and even though it's a little cooler today, they're not over for the summer. Joining us is Jeff Q. He is a Verizon tech expert and he's got some tips for us on how to protect our phones in this hot weather. And, you know, that's one of those things, Jeff, 'cause we have those on us all the time. We kind of take for granted that they're gonna be operational regardless of the weather. - Right. And I think one of the keys that you said there was on us because typically when these things happen, they're not actually on us. We leave them in places in which they're exposed to the sun, we leave them in hot cars, wherever it may be, but having the phone on you, that's one of the biggest keys to keeping it cool. - You mentioned something about don't leave your phone in the car, why not? - So cars on days like these, when it gets really hot, they can reach 140 degrees in just 10 minutes. So when we are looking at the situation of being a phone in the car, it's really not healthy for the battery of the phone. It's going to go into an automated reaction when it hits a certain temperature that pretty much our phones own safeguards. So it's going to go into a mode in which you can't actually use the phone and it's trying to protect the batteries that are within it. So when it comes to phones being in cars, they're just not good mixtures. - You mentioned up to 140 degrees, this is a lithium battery. Is there any danger that that battery could explode? - Typically not, these phones have ways to safeguard themselves, never say never, but typically we don't see that very often at all. - All right, well, and we're doing a lot of things outside. Whether we're at the beach or one of the summer festivals or maybe just hanging out in the yard at a barbecue. If we have our phones with us and if they get very hot, is there anything that we can do to kind of protect their battery life? - Right, so think of the things that use the battery the most on your phone. So one of the first steps that you can do is reduce the brightness of your screen. That's one of the biggest battery drainers and it's also one of the biggest factors in actually heating up the phone a little bit. So if you reduce the brightness on your screen, you close all of your unused apps, also make sure that you have your apps updated because software can impact the hardware. So the software of the apps, making sure that they're up to date, can make sure that they're not running excessively in any way, shape or form. So if you have everything updated, that's the best chance you have to keep things cool and make sure the apps are not running more than they need to be. - So if your phone is hot to the touch, what should you do immediately? - So if you have a case on it, go ahead and take that case off if you're in a safe environment to do that, 'cause that'll help air to get through to it. Secondly, just keep it in a cool place if possible. Third, just keep it on you if you don't have those options available. So give it time, be patient, put it in a cool place if possible, but just know that it's going into a safe guard to protect itself and it will come back in a matter of minutes. - Jeff, what is the worst thing that can happen to your phone if you're not protecting it in the summer heat? - Well, the worst thing that can happen would obviously be the battery would be heavily impacted. So in worst case scenarios, the phone's battery could not work from there on out, but we always want to avoid that and just make sure that you're taking the steps and the cautionary moves to make sure that doesn't happen. - Jeff Q, Verizon Tech Expert. Thanks so much for joining us today. - Of course, thank you. - Have you ever had that happen where your phone gets so hot? You have to like put it down. That's scary when that happens. I mean, it gets hot. - I once had a phone where I don't know exactly what happened, but something happened where the battery expanded to the point where it was pushing the screen up. I took it in and they said, if you had taken it in any later, the phone could have exploded. - Are you kidding? - Not at all. - What were you doing with it before that occurred? - Nothing, it's just normal phone usage. It was apparently just a defect in that model. - Wow, wow, so see it really can happen. All right, thanks for that, Jeff. He's like, mine's never gotten to that point, but again, I've had it where it's really heated up. All right, 740, 65 degrees at WTMJ. TMJ for meteorologist, Tyler Morro will be with us in just a couple minutes with your five day forecast. It's all ahead on this Friday morning edition of Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) - The WTMJ five day forecast. We're gonna drive break to develop here this morning with some sunshine mixing in through the middle of the day than more scattered showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Storms end early this evening, temperatures dropping into the 60s tonight under partly cloudy skies. Saturday is looking like a good day to get outside, partly cloudy, high temperatures in the upper 70s, still a bit on the muggy side. Suddenly partly cloudy with the isolated chance for rain shower thunderstorm in the afternoon with high temperatures near 80. Scattered showers and storms are back in the forecast on Monday with highs in the upper 70s. Same for Tuesday, more scattered showers and storms with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist, Tyler Morro, with a storm tea forecast on WTMJ. - Thanks, Tyler. Right now in Port Washington at 65 degrees, Richfield has 65, Franklin's at 66, and we have 66 at WTMJ at 743 and coming up in just a minute, Jack Groun, and sports. (upbeat music) - Time for a WTMJ sports update from the Gruber Law Offices. One call that's all sports desk. The Brewers end their time in Colorado on a loss, a final score of four to three on Thursday, with two wins and two losses that makes a split series for the crew against the Rockies. They'll stay on the road and face the L.A. Dodgers, then return home for a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, starting Tuesday. Close, but still an incredible story. UW Milwaukee's Natalie Block advanced to the semifinals of the 100 meter hurdles in the U.S. Olympic team trials, but was unable to make it on the U.S. team for the summer games in Paris. Her time was not fast enough to advance to the finals. A big addition for the Badgers 2025 recruiting class, offensive lineman Hardy Watts has committed to the university, making the class 22 players. Before making the decision to be a Badger, Watts visited Clemson and Michigan, and canceled visits to Duke and Boston College. Not much news out of the Green Bay Packers, other than tickets for family night going on sale. The Packers family night at Lambo Field is Saturday, August 3rd. I'm Jack Grau, WTMJ Sports. - Thanks a lot, Jack. Coming up, you know, if you've got one of those big parties planned this summer, maybe even this long holiday weekend, we've got the person here who's gonna tell you how to put it together and look like a pro. It's all I had on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) It is that time of year where we're all planning those outdoor get-togethers, and whether it's a party for 10 or 1,000, we have somebody here who's gonna tell you how to do it. Sherman Gunther, she's an event designer with Zilly Hospitality Group, and Sherman, first of all, good morning. - Good morning. Thank you for having me this morning. - Did you have a party for the Fourth of July? - You know, we actually didn't, but that is a good thing. We gave our staff a little bit time off to recoup because the next couple of weeks are gonna be on fire. - Oh, yeah, well, of course, with the RNC coming to town, I know that I'm sure that you've got some parties that you're gonna be doing for some of the various people that are gonna be in Milwaukee during that event. - Well, absolutely, the great thing about Milwaukee is that we have a lot of conventions that come to town, so we work with all different groups, and we're just excited about summer. I mean, Milwaukee is all about summer. - How many guests will you be entertaining and putting together events for in the next couple months? - Well, just to kind of give you an idea, I have four large events that are coming up in the next 23 days that are equivalent to 22,000 people, which is the population of Watertown, Wisconsin. - Oh my gosh, Charmaine, I get anxious if I'm gonna have four people for dinner. (laughs) - I can't even imagine what that's like to bring all of that into one space and make it look effortless. - Yes, absolutely. Well, we have a great culinary team, along with an operational team, and we spend a lot of time during the off-season, getting ready for just these type of monos. - Sorry, well, let's talk about some outdoor events. - Sure. - Now, a lot of people do outdoor planning, whether or outdoor parties, whether they have a, you know, the big pool outside or maybe just a small deck. What are the sum of the tips that you have to make that look like a professional event, even when you're not a pro? - Well, that's a great question. And to be honest with you, a lot of times what I do with my clients is I actually meet them at the site where they're going to host the event, because I'm a very visual person. And once I see the space, I'll be able to give them some ideas of how to do the layout, you know, traffic flow, where guests walk in. And also, we just chatted about Plan B. Also gives me that opportunity to see-- - In other words, if it rains. - Exactly, because in Wisconsin, like they say, just wait 24 hours, the weather will change. So we always like to have a Plan B ready to go. So that gives me the opportunity to share that with them. So I talk about some of the decorations that they might be able to have, as well as where we can place the food so that the guests have easy access to it. - And then, of course, wherever the beverages are is where people kind of commune together. So we always try to make sure there's a space there for guests to do that. - Yeah, that's kind of interesting, because if you're having people over, whether you're having a small group or a large one, that traffic flow is really important on where to place the food, where to place the beverages, and how far apart should they be, especially if we're talking about a house party, or maybe you're only having a dozen people or so. - Well, the first thing people want when they get to a party is a drink in their hands. So we always try to make the bar or the beverage area a close proximity to where the guests enter. Then, from there, depending on how many people it is, you have to make sure there's enough space where you place the food, so that possibly you could have guests access the buffet from both sides, so that kind of expedites people going through the line. So I try to talk to them about placement, being about maybe 20, 30 feet from wherever the beverage area is. You don't want to place it way on the other end of a building or in your backyard. You try to keep it so people don't have to walk a far distance. - And you don't want it uphill? - No, I wouldn't suggest. - When we're cooking out, and we've got our standards, the hamburgers, the hot dogs, and of course, in Wisconsin, it's always about the brats. - Yes. - How do you bring those up to the next level? - Well, that's a great question. Of course, those are the standards at the picnics, but we like to take things such as a hot dog and bring it up to the next level. By adding, like, we call it a surf dog, so we add some pineapple salsa to it, which really gives it a great flavor, and it also looks great on the hot dog itself. And you can buy these, along with like ruschetta mix, pretty much made up and ready at the local market. So it's a really easy way to dress up an item on your buffet. - Now, what about when you're doing grilling? If you've got something big, maybe you're doing racks of barbecue ribs, or maybe you've got a lot of steaks or seafood. Do you have any tips on what to do if you're planning this for a large group of people? - Absolutely. A lot of time when we host a party at home, we get so caught up in the preparation and cooking and so forth. So I always tell people if they're gonna host an event in their home, if you can do some of the food ahead of time, and then just bring it to temperature the day of, because that keeps you away from being in the kitchen or out at the grill. Certainly, if you like the smell of the grill, you can fire it up and put a couple pieces on just to get them warm, to give that aroma. But a lot of times I tell people to do the food in advance, because then you have the opportunity to enjoy your guests, also the day of the event. - Well, that's what I was gonna say is, if you're having people over, you wanna spend time with them. - Absolutely. - Now, what about decor? I mean, we just had the Fourth of July yesterday, so a lot of red, white, and blue, a lot of us still have napkins and plates left over from that, by the way. But what are some other ideas for nice summer-themed parties? - Yeah, so we love themed parties at Zilly Hospitality Group, 'cause it just, again, gives a real flair to the event, and it gets your guests involved. So let's say you want to do, like the Fourth of July, we have a patriotic theme, so we deck out the bars and the food areas with some nice decor, as well as our staff comes out in some red, white, and blue attire. We do great tailgates at Amfam Field, where our staff actually come out in Brewer, Jersey, so it really brings it up. And you also can ask your guests to kind of join in on the fun when you send the invite out and tell them to dress accordingly, so it just brings it up a notch. - What's the best party you've ever thrown? - Oh, wow. There's been so many. I've been with Zillies for over 33 years, and I've had some wonderful, wonderful events. I think probably the one that sticks in my mind the most is I did it for a corporate here located in Milwaukee, but we did a Mulan Rouge theme along, and it was a plated meal for 550 people, and all together I had about 12 different vendors. I had to pull together to pull this event off, and it was because they had reached their $100 million sale, so they had put this event together. It was just astonishing. - What kind of food did they serve? I would assume it must have been French-themed. - It was. We had some really delectable entree selections that the guests could have, but at the end of the evening, we had a flaming donut station, so that was just a really fun, what we call an interactive station, which allows us to kind of entertain the guests as well as give them some really fun desserts. - How did you flame donuts? - Well, we used a local vendor for some donut holes, and then we flambéed it with different liqueurs, and then we served it over some local branded ice cream. - Whoa, that sounds really outstanding. - It was, and what we did is we timed it, so all 12 of our chefs actually flambéed at the same time. - You know, when you talk about this, how do you, and you've done this for 33 years, how do you get everybody to do things in sync, and make it look like it's effortless? - Well, we spend a lot of time in training. We have a full-time trainer on board. We start training for picnics as early as February to get ready for the season. We'll pull the grills out into our parking lot. We'll grill different meats. We teach them how to take temperatures, how to keep the meats rotated. So we spend a lot of time training our staff so that they have the knowledge to execute this when the day of the event. - What is the biggest mistake people make when they're having a big get together? - I think you always have to kind of what I say, keep it simple. A lot of times when you're dealing with a large amount of people, when I look at a menu, I try to always make it what I call the three-step rule, and that says, can I assemble it from start to finish in three steps? Because that's, it's efficient, and you want to get the product to the guests so they're not spending time in lines because we all know we don't like to do that. So I always have a three-step rule that if we can assemble it and get it to the guests in three steps when we're doing a large event that we are gonna be right on point. - Well, Shermine, clearly you've been doing it right for a long time, and if anybody wants more information, how can they get it? - Oh, absolutely. You can reach me at charg@zillygroup.com, and I'd love to hear from you because we're still in the midst of planning, and to be honest with you, in the corporate world, if I get more than 30 days noticed to do an event, that's a great thing. - Shermine, I don't know if I want to throw a party, but I want to come to one of yours. - Oh, absolutely, let me know. I'd love to have you. - Thank you, Shermine Gunther from the Zilly Group. Thanks so much for joining us. Coming up after the news with Jessica, we're gonna play some of the segments of our interview with RFK Jr., that's all I had. I was constant morning news. You know, the big news today is that President Biden is back for what, the fifth time in Wisconsin and the last couple months, right? - Yeah, whoa, that's a lot, that's a lot. Obviously, he's concerned about what's gonna happen in Wisconsin, but we're all kind of wondering, 'cause you can only imagine how many eyes are going to be on him today, not just for the event here in Madison, which is what, at a middle school? - Yes, it's at a middle school later this morning. - And I'm thinking, if it's at a middle school, there's not gonna be that many people there. - Right, and I think we've seen some smaller venue, campaign events in the past in Wisconsin this year. It's definitely been a variety of venues and layouts. - I mean, it's not gonna be like the size of a Trump rally. - No, it's more, yes. I don't think rally is quite the right word for it today. - And more like just in a middle school gym, probably, with, I'm sure, a select number of supporters, because I didn't see anything out there saying, if you wanna come and see the President, that, you know, this is how you get tickets. - Right, we don't have a lot of further details on the audience as such. - So it's people who are pretty much invited to be there. But then the other part of it is, 'cause they've been touting all week that he was going to do this exclusive interview with George Stephanopoulos. Apparently that's gonna be done right here in Madison, probably after that event, I would think. - I think so. - I think so. - 'Cause he's supposed to get in, what, 1235? And then I think there's the event, and then he's gone by a little after four. - Yeah. - So if he's gotta sit down with George, it's gonna be at least an hour for setup and right, talking to him and everything. But a lot of people very interested in how that's going to go based on what the debate was last week. - Right. Now, on Tuesday, I talked with RFK Jr. He was also running for President. And you know, I mean, now we have to do that debate last week. I think his poll numbers have gone up, which is interesting. And he says he is going to be on all ballots in all 50 states, which should be interesting right there. But one of the things I talked to him about is his thoughts on President Biden, and you might be surprised what he had to say. - Robert, we've all had a couple days to absorb what happened with the debate last week. As you're looking back, who do you think is running this country? - I don't know, you know, I had misgivings about that beforehand because I've known President Biden for 40 years. And he's always been a decent man and a good friend. And I don't want to make this personal because this is a minor issue compared to the other crises our country's going through. But his decision to deny me secret service protection during this campaign was uncorrect risk and inconsistent with anything that I do. I mean, even if he understood that I was his adversary, you know, when my uncle Ted Kennedy ran against Jimmy Carter, they were sworn enemies in 1980. And Carter gave him secret service protection 540 days out as soon as he started talking about announcing. And President Biden has a bust on my father behind him at the Oval Office. He knows what happened to my father. He knows I'm entitled to the secret service protection. I'm the first candidate in history that has, since my father's death, when they gave first gave secret service protection to all the presidential candidates. I'm the first one to ask for it and to be denied. So it always occurred to me that, you know, maybe President Biden is not making these decisions. And I've had family members who've talked to the President about it and it seemed, those discussions seem to go nowhere. So it occurred to me then that the decision making at the White House over important issues may not be with the President. And I think after the debate performance last week, I think a lot of Americans are having the same misgivings. - Very interesting. It was a far, we really had a long time to talk. And he goes into more about President Biden as well as his relationship with his family, which is kind of interesting. And that entire interview, we're gonna be playing it not this Sunday, but a week from Sunday on WTMJ conversations. A little bit later on this hour, we'll share a little bit more of what R.F.K. Jr. had to say. It was very interesting talking to him. And he was quite candid. He didn't hold back. All right, it's eight, we're coming up to eight-twelfth. And we've got Jack Crow. He's got sports for you. And he's gonna be here just around the corner on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) - Time for a WTMJ sports update from the Gruber Law Offices. One call that's all sports desk. The Brewers end their time in Colorado with a loss, a final score of four-three yesterday, with two wins and two losses. That'll make a split series for the crew. They'll stay on the road and face the L.A. Dodgers, then return home for a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, starting Tuesday. Milwaukee's A.J. Blueball was selected to represent the Houston Astros at the 2024 All-Star Futures game. Blueball currently plays for the AAA Sugar Land Space Cowboys, the Astros' current AAA affiliate. On that team, Blueball has struck out 61 batters and has a 3.52 ERA. He played three seasons with the UW Panthers. A big addition for the Badgers 2025 recruiting class, offensive lineman Hardy Watts has committed to the university, making the class 22 players. Before making the decision to be a Badger, Watts visited Clemson and Michigan and canceled visits to Duke and Boston College. Not much news out of the Green Bay Packers other than tickets for family night going on sale, the Packers' family not at Lambo Field is Saturday, August 3rd. On Jack Grow, WTMJ Sports. - Thanks a lot, Jack. I love it. The Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Who came up with that name? Yeah, Sugar Land should be enough, right? Then you have Cowboys, but making it Space Cowboys. You know, just even, could you imagine the cheerleaders and the cheers? Go Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Yeah, it's 816. We've got Tyler Moore. He's got your five day forecast. It's all ahead. I was kind of warning you is. - The WTMJ five day forecast. Sunshine will slowly emerge late this morning into the midday hours before more scattered showers and storms develop this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Any rain chances come to an end this evening. We'll look for partly cloudy skies tonight, low temperatures in the 60s. Saturday, partly cloudy at upper 70s. Probably the best day to get outside this weekend. We will see the small chance for rain shower at Thunderstorm on Sunday, mainly during the afternoon hours with highs near 80. Higher rain chances are back on Monday with mostly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 70s. More scattered showers and storms are possible on Tuesday with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist Tyler Moore. The Storm Team forecast on WTMJ. - Thanks a lot, Tyler. We've got 67 in Kenosha right now. We're kind of walks reporting in at 66. Oh, Creek, you've got 68 and it's 67 degrees at WTMJ at 819. Who's running those high priced apartments at the couture? Rich Kirchand from the Milwaukee Business Journal is gonna be here in just a couple of minutes to tell us all about it. It's all ahead on Wisconsin Morning News. (upbeat music) - Day 21, I'm Libby Collins in for Vince and Eric and Wisconsin Morning News. We've got Rich Kirchand here from the Milwaukee Business Journal and did you have a nice fourth? - Yeah, that was great. - Did you do anything special? - Caught part of the neighborhood 4th of July parade, which was fun and caught part of the fireworks. Had a little family time around lunch. She had some relatives from out of town, so that was great. - Oh, good for you. Well, there was a big story that broke on Wednesday about Mark Moni retiring as the chancellor at UWM. Were you surprised? - You know, I have to be honest and say it was not on my radar. That being said, Mark had been the chancellor for 11 years, which turns out that makes him the second longest tenured chancellor at UWM. Jay Martin Clatchy, who was the original chancellor way back when, in the '60s and early '70s, was the longest ten years. So, yeah, he's cut a fairly high profile in the Milwaukee area. He definitely reached out a lot to the business community and to potential funders of projects and the universities endowment. I go to UWM basketball games as an alum, men's basketball games, and he would be there. So, yeah, he was, yeah, obviously he dealt with controversy over the years, most recently, with some of the protests on the Warren Gaza. UWM has had its issues getting the kind of funding it would like to for projects and just in general from the UW Board of Regents. But they've built a couple or three large buildings, or new buildings on the campus during his tenure. So, it's been a pretty positive period, I would say. - Any idea who's gonna replace him? - I have no idea. He was someone who came up through the ranks at the university. He's been there for a long time as a business professor. So, certainly that'd be one place they would look. But I don't know enough about the university structure or politics as to whether they would look internally. I'm sure they would invite candidates from around the country. - With the death of Mike Lovell. I mean, this is changing the landscape of our two biggest universities right here in the city. - Right, and Mike had been the chancellor at UWM before Mark Moniz. So, yeah, those two guys have been leading the two largest universities in the Metro-Milwaukee area. And they do, they play an important role in the local economy and obviously in educating our future workforce. So, those are gonna be some, yeah, big shoes to fill in both cases. - Well, speaking about the economy here in Wisconsin, tell us about this biotech. $49 million federal grant? - Yes, so it's part of the CHIPS Act, the Federal CHIPS Act that Congress and President Biden approved sometime back. And yeah, probably not a lot of people even know that there is a biotech health hub and is primarily Milwaukee and Madison. And it aims to develop new technologies in the healthcare space, including what they call personalized healthcare. Their personalized medicine, UW-Madison is involved, M-A-T-C in Milwaukee area. GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Exact Sciences in Madison, the Milwaukee Seven. So, it's a pretty high-powered group. And they wanna leverage some of the existing healthcare technology and research for products to commercialize that research and get some new products come in here out of Wisconsin. They're predicting significant economic impact. And I think in the neighborhood of 11,000 new jobs over 10 years. Now, of course, that remains to be seen, but you do have some pretty prominent companies involved here. - Well, a lot of those people are gonna be looking for a place to live. And so, a lot of eyes are on the couture. And you were able to talk to the developer and find out who's leasing those high-end units. - Yeah, you can't hardly miss it, especially if you went to Summerfest in recent weeks. It's right there on the lakefront. It's been planned for a long, long time. And finally, does have some tenants. 10% occupied right now, 23% least. Surprising to me, the top four or five floors are all but one of the units are leased out. And those are the penthouse units. - And those are running for how much? - 8,000 to 10,000 a month. - That's high rent for Milwaukee. - Very high rent for Milwaukee. - Who's in those units? - Well, their target demographics are young professionals. Now, they have some less expensive units for that. As small as 576 square feet for 2,000 a month, which again, very high for Milwaukee. - Can't put a king size bed in there. - Two bedroom units go for 4,000 to 5,000 a month. They're also looking at empty nesters, couples with two incomes and no kids. So it's, yeah, obviously people who can afford this kind of thing. And again, there is, if you are interested, Libby, in that one unit that's left in the penthouse area, 1,700 square feet, 8,100 a month. - Whoa, well, of course, 8,100. - See, you know. - Yeah, okay. - Check your penny jar. - I better check my check book is what I better check. Listen, if you're living downtown though, there is a new vinyl record listening cafe. I kind of like this idea. - Yeah, it's not open yet. It's opening, I believe, in October. It's called the Deep Groove, which I guess refers to the grooves in a record. - I love that. - And it's going to be on Brady Street, 1,200 East Brady, the former Brady Street food tons. And yeah, they're going to have food and beverages, both alcoholic and not, you know, coffee type beverages. And they're saying a pretty amazing collection of music, records that they'll be playing, jazz, blues, country, heavy metal rock, pop, 70s, 80s. So now, of course, for ever, you've been able to go to a bar or a restaurant and there's music playing. - Yeah, but it's all that digital stuff when they subscribe to services. - True. - This puts a human element in it. - It does. And, you know, I'm not entirely sure if you can go in there and request something. You know, if you want to hear Tommy James and the Chandeles or anything else, Billie Eidle. - For Birdland or whatever. - Yeah. So, and it seems to be a trend here. There's a place called the Wiggle Room on Kinna Kannick in Bay View, which is a record-centric bar that-- - It's a wiggle room. I haven't heard of that one. - Yeah, 2,900 South KK, if you want to check it out. And then even Discourse Coffee, which has a location in Walker's Point at the Radio Milwaukee building, featuring vinyl albums, also that have grooves in them. - I love it. I love that that's coming back. All right, speaking of coming back, you've got a report on passengers from that Chicago to Milwaukee to Minneapolis Amtrak and a lot of people are riding it. - Right, well, for a very long time, we've had the Empire Builder between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities, and we've had the Hiawatha between Milwaukee and Chicago. This goes that whole route. And it's called the Borealis. And they only had 11 days. We've got numbers from the first 11 days of operation in May, and they said there were about 6,600 riders during that time. - That's a lot of this, isn't it? - Which is a good number, considering it's just running a couple of times a day, and it's one Amtrak train set. - Well, finally, there's a new rental car that's coming out of Mitchell International. We see it at a lot of other airports, but first time here in Milwaukee. - Yeah, it's a company from Germany that is called SIX-S-I-X-T, and it's the 10th rental car company operating out of Mitchell, and just started this month. So another option there at the airport, they're at the rental car center on Howell Avenue. - We look forward to it. Rich Kirchen from the Milwaukee Business Journal. Thanks for joining us today. Thanks for coming in. - Great to be here. - It's 830, and we've got Jessica Gazzo and the WTMJ Breaking News Center, Jess. ♪ This love has taken its goal ♪ ♪ She said ♪ - Ooh, room five. - I love them, and we've got Matt Miller here from, of course, on Milwaukee.com. He's their media critic and pop culture editor, and Maroon Five, they're playing tonight at Summer Fest, Matt. - I know that is our second to last headliner at the amp of Summer Fest. It's been a really great one so far, minus some rainy days, but I was just talking with somebody the other day where the rain, if you're going to the right show, it can really add to the experience. If you're going to a rock show or an EDM show or something like that, the rain just makes the night more memorable. If you're seeing a mellow acoustic show, maybe then the rain could be a little bit more of a downer, but we've had a really good time at Summer Fest so far. - And your favorite played last night, right? Carly Rae Jepson. - Yes, Carly Rae Jepson and AJ-- - Did she call you, baby? - She called us all, maybe. It was wonderful. We cut to the feeling. It was incredible. She had some technical snafus, which is a little bit of a bummer, but she was a really good time opening up for AJR, which was also a really great time. Really fun songs, really big show. I wasn't really expecting such a theatrical production from them. - How do you mean, what-- - Like, they really made it a production. They really wanted to put on a show where they had doubles at one point, and they had this curved screen that was doing a lot of kind of visual trickery, and you know, they popped into the crowd to perform a few songs at one point, and they-- - Was anybody wearing a horse head? - No one was wearing a horse head. However, there was a bit at the end of the night where it appeared that a light fell onto the stage, and they like told the crowd, like, "This isn't a part of the show. "We've got to get someone out of the stage to clean this up." But then-- - They're lucky nobody got hurt. - The world's oldest 90-year-old janitor shuffles off onto the stage, and you're like, "Hold on a second. "Is this a bit?" And lo and behold, it was a bit, and you know, it's fun, and then it was like a fun little attempt at a bit, but at the same time, it was also like, "Boy, that really just-- "the momentum just screeched to a halt." - That was probably a bit they could do without-- - Oh, well, I mean, they are creative that way. Not only do they have good music, they do some offbeat things. - They do, and that was kind of a vibe of the night. They actually talked about Broadway as kind of an inspiration for a lot of their songs, which makes sense. They're very brass-y, they're very anthemic, but at the same time, that Broadway live show-wise, you can tell they just really want to put on a show. They really want to do something that people maybe haven't seen or really kind of show their work on stage. And I think for the most part, that was a really fun time. - You've been going to Summerfest for what, 20 years? Longer? - I mean, yes, working-wise, I've been going to Summerfest for a decade now. - How does it change in terms of the vibe on the grounds where we're now doing just three, three, three-day weekends versus when it was a straight 10 days through? - Yeah, I think for me personally, I love it because I'm not beaten to death by day nine and 10 from going to every show and writing up reviews the next day. - So they did this just for you, Matt. - They did, and you know what, I appreciate it. Summerfest, you're doing wonderful. But I do think it is an interesting vibe because I think Summerfest is trying to figure out how to make the most of those nine days as well. They're putting a lot more kind of notable acts in the four and six o'clock hours so that way you get people who were there a little bit earlier. I also think they're doing a good job of bringing in younger audiences with the Aurora Pavilion and kind of turning Summerfest into kind of an electronic dance club as the night goes along. Because at the end of the night, you're seeing people gather right there and that's kind of how people end their nights now. So I think that's really cool as well. But I do think, you know, people always talk about, you know, oh, I liked going on Tuesdays because Tuesdays were slow days and stuff like that. And I think you still got a little bit of that kind of older, more people just kind of enjoying the lakefront and enjoying the vibes during the early day. And then that transitions that night to kind of the more confestible music festival vibes of the kind of Summerfest, the younger vibe. - How do you rate the food this year? - I think it's great. I mean, you've got a top chef on the ground this year. You always have the sazza sampler platter, which is an even Summerfest, if you don't have a sampler platter from sazza. I think their drink selection has gotten a lot more vast as well. They're no longer just, you know, beer, and you know, maybe the occasional, you know, Celts or something like that. They've got a lot of different kind of drinks. They've got a lot of different NA options. I think they've done a really good job of kind of diversifying their beverage lineup on. Obviously, not compared to like State Fair where you can find anything deep fried on the stick. Obviously, State Fair still has Summerfest beat in terms of the wild eclecticness of food. But I think you can eat now at Summerfest and not feel like you're just getting, you know, festival food. You're getting really good festival food now at this point. - Okay, so you'd give this, if we're doing an A through F rating, what rating do you give Summerfest 2024? - As of right now, I give it a solid B+. I've had a really good time. Maybe it doesn't have the big kind of viral, big name, kind of hip acts, that kind of break Summerfest and stuff like that. You're Imagine Dragons from several years ago. You're Noah Khan last year. But I think it's been a really good year for entertaining shows and for discovery. I think if you just wanted to go down there and walk around and see what music was good, I think you saw a lot of really good music kind of at random. And I think that can be part of the fun of a festival. Yes, you can have your lollas and your bottle ruse and your Coachella's where, you know, every single of second is filled with a top 40 or a massive viral TikTok star. But I think Summerfest really does, you know, do a good job of balancing, you know, we've got something for families. We've got something for younger audiences. We've got something for your parents. We've got something for, you know, people who just want to come down and enjoy the lakefront, they really do try to balance everything. And I think this year is still achieving that. And Matt, as far as Summerfest, two more nights, it's over and then it's back to watching movies. So tell us about the Summerbox office so far. Yeah, there's a lot of it. It's finally cooking now. It got to a slow start with the ball guy and Furiosa being good movies, but not doing great at the box office. But now you've had a lot of hits. You've had bad boys, ride or die making money and being a very fun sequel. Inside Out 2 is already made a billion dollars. It is a smash hit right now. Really did a good job of playing to older audiences and younger audiences. I think Despicable Me 4 this weekend is going to play similarly in that, you know, that's a big cross-generational hit, a movie that young audiences love as their franchise, not a hand-me-down, like, you know, Indiana Jones or some of these other kind of rehashes that have under-performed in recent years. And it's nice to see stuff like A Quiet Place Day One, be a really good movie, you know, clearly a movie made by a director with vision and with an idea for that, not just a journey, man, but still delivering the scares that you want. And that movie's doing well as well. And obviously we've got Deadpool and Wolverine to end the month. That's going to be maybe our another billion dollar grocery. I was going to say that looks like that is going to really be the movie of the summer. I think it is. We lost Matt. There's Matt. You're back. Oh, sorry, I'm back. Yeah, in part because, you know, Deadpool and Wolverine beloved characters, but also it's been a while since we've had a comic book movie, which is kind of silly to say, it's probably been less than half a year, but by recent Hollywood standards, that's quite a while. So I think people are going to be excited to see something like that again on the big screen. And I also am really bullish on Twister's being a hit this summer. I think every time that trailer shows, when I'm at the theaters, the audience has a little pop, I think those disaster movies on the big screen are really fun. And the kind of reason people want to go to movies to see something big and scary and crazy. You've got Glen Powell, an up and coming star in that. I think Twister's is going to be another surprise hit though. You know, it was all doom and gloom two months ago from the box office strikes being like, oh, are people going to movies anymore? Is streaming the only answer? The answer is no. People want to see movies. They just need to be convinced that there's good movies to see. And right now, there's some interesting stuff out there to see. Well, Matt Miller, it is always great to hear from you. And of course, we can follow your columns at onmillwalkie.com. Thanks for joining us today. Thanks for having me. It's 8.45 and we're coming up next with sports and Jack Grow all ahead on WTMJ. Time for a WTMJ sports update from the Gruber Law Offices. One call that's all sports desk. The Brewers end their time in Colorado with a loss, a final score of four three yesterday. With two wins and two losses, that'll make a split series for the crew. They'll stay on the road and face the LA Dodgers, then return home for a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, starting Tuesday. Milwaukee's AJ Blueball was selected to represent the Houston Astros. At the 2024 All-Star Futures game, Blueball currently plays for the AAA Sugar Land Space Cowboys. The Astros current AAA affiliate. On that team, Blueball has struck out 61 batters and has a 3.52 ERA. He played three seasons with the UW Panthers. A big addition for the Badgers 2025 recruiting class, offensive lineman Hardy Watts has committed to the university, making the class 22 players. Before making the decision to be a Badger, Watts visited Clemson and Michigan and canceled visits to Duke at Boston College. Not much news out of the Green Bay Packers, other than tickets for family night going on sale. The Packers family night at Lambo Field is Saturday, August 3rd. I'm Jack Grow, WTMJ sports. Thanks a lot, Jack 849. Let's check in with TMJ 4 Meteorologist Tyler Moore. The WTMJ 5-day forecast. Sunshine will slowly emerge late this morning into the midday hours before more scattered showers and storms develop this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Any rain chances come to an end this evening. We'll look for partly cloudy skies tonight. Low temperatures in the 60s. Saturday, partly cloudy at upper 70s. Probably the best day to get outside this weekend. We will see the small chance for rain shower at Thunderstorm on Sunday, mainly during the afternoon hours with highs near 80. Higher rain chances are back on Monday with mostly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 70s. More scattered showers and storms are possible on Tuesday with highs near 80. I'm meteorologist Tyler Moore. The Storm Team forecast on WTMJ. Thanks a lot, Tyler. Franklin right now is at 69 degrees. Elm Grove has 67. Cedarburg, you're at 66. And we have 68 degrees at WTMJ at 850. Coming up, I've got one more segment we're going to play for my interview with RFK Jr. It's all ahead, almost because of winning news. 852, Libby Collins. Wait, it's been a vast three hours, Steve Scafide. Hey, Libby Collins. That's the 5th of July. It's almost time for you to come in here with the political power hour. But as we're talking about politics-- Yes. --you know, I got to talk to RFK Jr. the other day. I know he did. And we're going to be playing that whole interview on WTMJ conversations, not this Sunday, but the following Sunday. But one of the questions I asked him, Steve, is in light of the president's debate performance last week, why was it-- did he have any regrets about not staying in the Democratic primaries? And I think a lot of people are wondering that. But he told me something that really surprised me about why he withdrew. Originally, you filed to run in the Democratic primary. In light of all of this, are you regretting that decision? No, because the Democratic primaries were rigged by the DNC, the way that delegates were selected. I would have had to win between 70 and 80% of the delegates to win the nomination. And that was just mathematically impossible. And then when I started looking like my performance was strong, they began canceling primaries. So there were some 60 different rule changes that they initiated to make sure that nobody could challenge this president. You know, I'll give you an example of one of them. I was campaigning in New Hampshire very early. And they adopted a new rule that said that any candidate who stepped into the state of New Hampshire following to pursue a presidential nomination, that any vote cast for them in that primary would count for president Biden. So even if I won 100% vote in New Hampshire, all of my delegates would have gone to president Biden. And I think one of many, many of these really crazy policies that the DNC adopted in order to keep any adversary from challenging this president. They were-- it was really like the old Soviet system where, you know, they have elections in the Soviet Union. They have them in Iran. They have them in, you know, Vladimir Putin runs them in Russia today, just 188% of the vote, because his adversaries are a lot of the ballot and because the president is controlled. Well, as it turns out, we're doing the same thing in this country. I was amazed when he said that they had changed the rules so in New Hampshire, even if he had won, he still would have lost. Yeah, so here's the deal that people should understand. We cast the votes, the parties make the rules. There's different rules across the board, across the country. This is not shocking or surprising. It's why we-- people always ask me, why do we get these bad candidates? Well, because the parties, that's the ones they want to be the candidate. Joe Biden, what everything about Joe Biden, he's the candidate because they want him to be the candidate. Donald Trump, same thing on the other side. All the flaws, doesn't matter. These are the two that they selected. That's what we get to choose from. RFK's candidacy. I'd be shocked if he gets 8% in Wisconsin. That would be a high-- I think a high water point. I'm not a huge fan of him. I think he actually flip flops a lot. He's kind of a strange dude. Oh, he's straight. You probably picked that up. Today, there's a picture of him, a meme of him, wrangling a snake on his property. He's like, what do you do? What are you up to, exactly? And he's pumping himself up. He's apparently in the body building. I don't know what the guy's doing. You know what else he does? And I didn't get a chance to ask him about this, because you only had a certain amount of time. And we went off in another direction. He's training Ravens in his backyard. Why? Well, Ravens and crows are really intelligent birds. Ask Julia Fellow, our bird expert. She will tell you they are the smartest birds there are. And yeah, there's a video. If you go to YouTube, it's out there. All intriguing, all interesting, all fun. But focus on what you're trying to do right now. We have a nation that's sort of trying to figure ourselves out, right? And I guess the Fourth of July is as good a time as any to do that. What are our core principles? What do we want to do here? What do we want to fix? What do we want to stay away from? That's what you should be focusing on as a candidate. All the other stuff is fun fodder for all the craziness that exists in radio and TV. I get that we're a celebrity TV culture now. And this is why we get the candidates we get. Simple as that. So what are you going to do on the political power hour here? Two things. We want a little politics to start-- well, actually both politics, both breaking news from the Wisconsin Supreme Court on a couple of different cases, including ballot box. I don't think any of us are surprised this is happening. Well, the ruling on ballot boxes specifically. And then politics of food, my friend-- Wait, politics of food. Yeah, interesting how he-- and I'm going to learn today and as all of our audiences as well, how politics shapes our food choices and vice versa. And that's with Chef. Michael Facker from El Mito, which is a fabulous restaurant, one of his many restaurants. That's one of my favorites. It's one of my favorites. So I just ate there like a month ago. Fantastic. Oh, I got to go back. Pastor Zanya in town, I would say. That's why my husband loves the lasagna. I like the pumpkin ravioli. I almost had that last time, but I had the rigatoni instead. Oh, no, that's great. Now you're making me hungry because I basically had a protein bar for lunch today. That's for breakfast. So I'm starving. Hey, honey, I'm talking to my husband. We're going to El Mito this weekend. All right, thanks a lot, Steve. And thank you for joining us today.