December 22 was sent to the president s desk. President trump just signed the bill after yesterdays praising congress with congressional leaders. Many republicans worry the shortterm thanks could give the democrats leverage. We are on capitol hill with the latest. Is this because the spending bill to get all next up with the tax reform bill . Sahil it is unlikely. They have to operate separately. He cant but the spending bill the reconciliation because he goes through different process. The debate will get mixed up with the tax bill now that republicans have cleared some space to work on that while giving themselves just two more weeks to negotiate a government funding bill. They half to get a deal with have to get a deal with democrats on spending levels, nondefense spending and defense spending. There are a bunch of military hawks that want to raise the dollar forel without dollar increases in domestic discretionary spending, which democrats are demanding. Yes, republican said given
Full story. And the push for diversity in a Northern Virginia police force. I i have been very very clear and very out spoken that our diversity is not where it needs to be. Fox5s exclusive sit down dow with the top cop in princeop georges county county. Unty im shawn yancy and jim lokay in for tony perkins. Thousands of people p areands expected to visit the district this weekend for the march of life. Fe we have everything for youor that you need to know to get around. Sarah simmons starts us off. U reporter we are at georgerge Mason University where the big rally is underway right now it is packed tonight. Acke just so you get a visual outside of her. Look at all the tour buses that have shown up. There are other parking lots as well just packed with the vehicle also. Lso. This is the evening of prayer rally. It is put on every year by the the diocese saying 8400 people. They are calling it a sold outsd event for a concert and prayer and speeches to get everyone excited for tomorrow
East. They got a blizzard going on. Team coverage starts in a few minutes. Just in a few hours, specifically 1 00 this afternoon, the official introduction of the 49ers new head coach and general manager. Were going to cover that News Conference live on ktvu plus and we will be streaming it for you on ktvu. Com. A lot of questions getting set for those two individuals. I wonder what they will say. Although we heard from the head coach yesterday when he was down at the 49ers headquarters. A little optimism from fans who, you know, say well it cant get much worse. Right. These guys are the new guys and we will see what happens. If you had the first question, what would you ask . Who are you going to draft. What are you going to do about the quarterback. What are you going to do about colin. We could go on and on. We could. Im going to get to steve first. I think i did something bad yesterday. You . Ill tell the story later. I will tease it that way. Thats a tease. We have a lot of yellow
An face three of metros safe track plan is now underway. Nder this time it will impact peoplee heading to and from Reagan National airport. A the schedule changes you need to know. Fox5 news at 10 starts right now. Thanks for joining us tonight,og im shawn yancy and im tony perkins. An Ice Cream Truck driver is in Critical Condition tonight after he was shot nine times in an attempted robbery. It happened last night on the 5100 block of buchanan street in evanston, maryland. The victims family spoke exclusively with fox5. F situate watts joins us with the latest. We understand the victims wife is pregnant with her first child reporter roar thats right, shawn and tony and i was able tb talk with the family and they say despite being shot so many times, muhammad da bee is expected to pull through this. He was hit in his legs and his hands. This is where it happened. He was pulling his truck right r here as you see this driver doing into the storage lot, parking it for the night when ni t
Plus 232 Million People on this planet with one thing in common. They are not from these parts, ill look at the economic might of my grand all over the blown. I am ali velshi and this is real money. This is real money, you are most important part of the show tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me or let me up on base took. Com alisresrelvelshi. We know planes and drones targeting isil fighters on the ground in syria. They did that with the help of five arab countries, including saudi arabia and jordan that have joined president obama amounts International Coalition to, quote, degrade and ultimately destroy ical. This follows weeks of u. S. Air strikes on ical targets in neighboring iraq. Now, the strikes destroyed or damaged ical targets, reportedly killing more than 20 fighters in raqqa alone. This is the self strike unofficial capital of isil in syria. Bear with me here. There are a lot of groups at play in this new conflict and it can get confusing keeping straight who they are.