Como is talking about roads and mike, man, were all ears for the forecast. Its winds that will get you this morning and its taking 0s and teens and making it feel like Single Digits in suburbs. Going through all numbers and letting you know how long it will last, hey, erin. We have wind advisories in effect over the bay bridge and look at overnight construction lingering. All right, thank you both of you. If you just get up with us now 5 01 letset get you started on the news. Shockings in a Democratic Victory in Alabama Democratic doug jones besting roy moore to become the state first democratic senator in more than 20 years. Jones he election is a huge win for democrats nationwide and traditionally red state. His victory was aided by voter disgust with accusations against roy moore. Roy moore accuse of Sexual Misconduct of teenage girls during his time as a prosecutors. They believe the accusations could be true. And to build those bridges within across with those that deposit vote fo
Look at the camera above below rather. Things are jammed up on the outer loop by New Hampshire avenue. A full look at your traffic and some metro issues on the red line this weekend next. Allison and steve. Erin thanks very much. Lets get on to the news right now. The Sexual Misconduct scandal sweeps up another lawmaker on the hill. Republican Blake Farenthold the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Mel. Reporter well, steve and allison, congressman Blake Farenthold of ssaid that the claims that the claims brought by a former Communications Director are false but still he announced that he will not seek reelection next year. Now some of the accusations include sexual jokes, comments and a hostile work environment. Farenthold reportedly used taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed by that staff. In an apology on facebook, farenthold
Watched with glee and joy in his eyes. In case you missed it earlier today it was absolutely amazing his wish to become k9 officer coming true and the first step in his transformation right here at fox5. Heres the deal. Holly as we just saw earlier this morning was with him when he learned that he had to go where, holly . What was his first stop . Well he had to come here to fox5 because he has to get his officially issued Police Uniform because, you know, hes going to be looking for bad guys today. Hes going to be helping keep the city safe. Let me tell you this right now. Every k9 officer on the d. C. Metro police force wishes that he was riding around in that right there. Hes got a very special ride to take him on his mission today. Let me just tell you, its not a good day d. C. It is an awesome day d. C. Because this wish is being granted for ember. Hes just eight years old. Hes been fighting Cystic Fibrosis. He lost a lung when he was just two years old. And he has a feeding tube.
Toughest times of the year. And President Trump says the gop tax bill is a Christmas Gift. But even some republicans say it may really be just a lump of coal. We know a lot more about a story that we brought you as breaking news first at 6 00. Kids were playing with a gun when it went off, injuring a toddler. Good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. Im ericka gonzalez. Police tell us the bullet pierced the little girl in the leg. The shooting was inside an Apartment Building on pomroy street in southeast d. C. The girl is expected to recover. Detectives are interviewi ining everyone who was around at the time. No word if there will be charges filed. New at 11 00, this time of year can be difficult for families coping with the loss of a loved one. Tonight a group of local mothers are getting together to lift each other up after devastating losses. News4scy Prince Georges County with their powerful stories. A lot of times we dont even want to wake up. Were not suicidal. We have to fa
Airport like this there would be backup. Gosh i thought whats going on. It looked green and then finally it went off. I thought oh, no, it could be something way worse than just weather. Reporter delta has many backup planes and crews at its atlanta hub but because so planes are so full it could take another day or more for operations to get back to normal. Now, in atlanta, the mayor there said that there was no evidence that this fire was caused deliberately. So, its just one of those terrible accidents. Fortunately nobody injured but with atlanta being the Busiest Airport in the world whatever happens there has a Ripple Effect everywhere else and again thats why were seeing a little bit of extra traffic here at the delta counter this morning. A lot of people we talked to said that theyre just hoping they can get to their holiday destinations. Melanie alnwick fox5 local news. The push for tax reform line after last minute drama and tough negotiations over the final numbers. Republican