Red line delays next, allison and steve. Thank you very much. And the time everywhere but at surprise treingt is 7 00 and were starting with sunning victory in dopely red conservative Alabama Democrats picked the open seat in Alabama Senate race. Doug jones bet roy hoor in most wapd and controversial of the year. Annie yu live on capitol hill with the latest on how things played out last night, annie, good morning. And good morning, allison and steve. This is a big victory for the democrats and as you mentioned, alabama traditionally a red state and so moving forward, here on capitol hill, were talking about doug jones big win and give the gop just a 51 to 9 edge in u. S. Senate and victory was fueled by huge turnout and a strong turnout and heavily africanamerican counties and meanwhile Roy Moore Says its not over and vowing to keep fighting. Im truly overwhelmed. Im truly, truly overwhelmed. And struggled forwards after a win last night became clear. Alabama has been at a cross road.
Trying to ease into the holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] larry but you are here with us. Im larry smith. Arianna and im a jamal hopkins, in for autria godfrey. This is the busiest month for traveling . Julie but with a strike . Its going to get crazy. Weather at least the is going to be easy, which is ironic, yesterday was the anniversary of a big snowstorm from 2009. Look at these temperatures, it was amazing. Today, not too bad. Its not going to be that sunny. Clouds coming through from time to time. By 11 a. M. And0 temperatures will kind of hold steady and heres the reason why. A weather system to the south with rain running along the front. If you are traveling from atlanta to memphis, t 50 is your high, mid 40s tomorrow with colder conditions coming our way and some wind. The forecast today not starting out in the 20s, but for today, 50, 45 tomorrow, we will talk abo
50 degrees in leesburg. Bus stop forecast looking good. Kids will want a jacket because it is a little bit chilly in some spots. Through the afternoon cooler than yesterday. Well be around 50 degrees. More clouds. Nice and dry. The wet weather is down to the south. If youre doing your Holiday Travel anywhere from louisiana to tennessee to the carolinas, thats going to be wet. Where im heading, melissa, all the way down to florida, thats nice and dry. Bring back sand and shells and all of that. In waterford a brand new problem, 9 at Hamilton Station. All lanes blocked. Sounds like we have a vehicle on its roof here. In bound 66 at fairfax drive, also have a crash. That one is on the right shoulder. Northbound 270 at middlebrook road and germantown, do have a crash blocking the right lane. When youre looking at prince gorges county, no problems into town and out of town. The beltway is looking quite good. Were on the problem in waterford coming up. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaki
Carolinas today may see a delay because of that. Our rain chance our next rain chance is going to be clear through the weekend. Good and dry as we go through your wednesday. Temperatures will be only around 50 degrees to top out this afternoon. Cooler day. Those clouds will hang around. No rain in our forecast right now. We do have milder air for the weekend with that rain and a big cooldown as we go into next week. Wait until you see these numbers. Well take a look at that coming up. Lets check your commute. Melissa mollet is here. Eastbound 66 before centerville. Very, very slow here. Have a crash. Everything blocked except the right shoulder at this point this morning. That really is going to slow folks down through centerville this morning. In weatherford, lanes blocked because of a car on its roof here this morning. Careful out there as well. Northbound 295 near nannie helen more on that problem on 66. With further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaking news righ
Wednesday, december 20. Michael thomas is talking about weather ahead and erin como is talking about the roads and mike, not as nice and still not bad. Not as nice and not the worst day in the world. Could be worst for late de. Lots of clouds. Temperatures not moving far from where they are now and currently 52. Hey, erin. Ill take the degree rights now. We have a crash Harmony Church in hamilton. We get you around that one. Ill tell you maureen, holly, you ladies are popping in those colors. Pop, pop, thanks, erin. Ow top story this morning the republicans push to reform the the National Tax Code is almost complete app now it has one more hurd toll clear before getting president tr trump. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill with the the latest this morning. The the vote was late, mel. Thats right theyll be back at it early again this morning. House republicans were celebrating yesterday because they tug their hurdle. Turns out they were a few chains technical changes that had to be m