This wednesday january 11, 2017. Im allison seymour. Ip steve chenevey. Welcome to fox 5 news morning. Off the top at 7 potential for black ice seems temperature not rising fast everywhere in fact icy Companies Leading to school delays. All on a two hour delay to west alleghany Country Schools on three hour delay. And West Virginia berky, hampshire, mip ral and morgan Country Schools all have two hour delays. We have scrolling the latest delays along the would only of your screen and you can find them on fox5dc. Com and the fox 5 news app and theres also a School Closing in Northern Virginia vir to tell you about. Baldwin elementary in mannasas, virginia, closed once again today for students. All School Staffs need to. Reporter to work on time. Baldwin elementary undergoing weather concerns. He you, 4, 49, 42, black ice all good news. So heres cold the last couple days the pavement temperatures with overnight lows back in Single Digits are lacking a little bit. Even though air temperat
And we do say good morning, everybody, on a thursday. That breaking news from washington, attorney general Jeff Sessions facing growing calls to reveal what happened during his two meetings with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. The conversations taking place before the election as russia was accused of meddling in the president ial race. At his confirmation hearings, sessions denied under oath that he had communicated with the russians regarding the Trump Campaign. Word of the meetings fueling new calls for sessions to recuse himself from the investigation into contacts between russia and the Trump Campaign and some democrats say he should step down. Overnight attorney general Jeff Sessions under fire. At least one new york tabloid calling it a bombshell. At the heart, this exchange, sessions in sworn testimony at his Senate Confirmation hearings. If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this ca
When he was questioned under oath during his confirmation hearing. His spoerks person is saying there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer. She says he was asked about communications between russia and the Trump Campaign and not about meetings he had as a senator and a member of the Armed Services committee. Take a look for yourself. If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Senator franken, im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. And im unable to comment on it. The attorney general quickly responded late last night saying in a statement, i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false. Well, Democratic Leaders are tweeting their thoughts. California Li
Now forceful words from San Francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi who is also the minority leader. She is calling for attorney general sessions to step down from his post after telling a senate committee, quote, i did not have communications with the russians. Sessions offered those words on his own after being asked about investigating the president s ties to russia. Here is congresswoman pelosi speaking from the capital earlier this morning. The fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the American People is grounds for him to resign. It is grounds for him to resign. He has proved that he is unqualified and unfit to serve in that position of trust. California senator Kamala Harris also responding this morning by twitter, sessions must resign immediately. Well, even prominent republicans are demanding that sessions recuse himself from the Justice Department investigation into President Trump and russia. This revelation causing shock waves across th
Today. Foxs Lauren Blanchard has more. Reporter the United States drops what theyre calling the mother of all bombs. We have incredible leaders in the military and we have incredible military and we are very proud of them and this was another very very successful mission. Reporter the United States dropped its most powerful conventional bomb in eastern afghanistan early thursday. The bomb which has never before been used in combat targeting a system of tunnels and caves believed to be used by isis. As that terror group moves into territory once known to be occupied by alqaida. The United States takes the fight against isis very seriou seriously and in order to defeat the group we must deny them operational space which we did. Reporter known as the mother of all bombs the gbu43 weapon was unveiled in 2003 and weighs 21,000 pounds. It is the largest Non Nuclear Bomb in the United States arsenal. With a blast radius of roughly a mile wide. Designed to explode above ground taking out its t