Have closings. Lo there are delays inre delaysn virginia Fairfax Countycouny schools, fauquier county, Rappahannock County schoolsnockc and warouren county schoolsunt youre on a twohour delay. Dea. Prince William County schoolstyo are also delayed two hours. Hou thats for staff only though. Ho students already had the dayad y off. Off. And in maryland princeyd georges county charles countycy Calvert County and saint and s marys county schools all delayed two hours o. Layed tw complete list of closings andosd delays scrolling on the bottomno of your screen andn updating on fox5dc. Com. Fox5 lets get more now from tucker barneos. Wcker bars. Tuck. Tuck. Hey, guys. Hey, actually very beautiful out ou early this morning. Mo very prettily. V not speaking of theot speakie roadways here in the city, ci lets get to the radar. Rad things are winding up prettyp py quickly but you can see on theee east side of the beltwaytway pushing out towards Crofton Bowie and if annapolis still stl getting li
Nations. That travel ban and refusal to enforcement led President Trump to fire and hire new acting attorney general all within a matter of hours. Had is out and in and why did it all happen. Our Melanie Alnwick is live outside of the Justice Department, good morning. Good morning, allison and wisdom. Yes, angry accusations from the white house all of this over President Trumps immigration ban executive order and message last night from the White House Press secretary to centers is basically if they cant get with the program they can get out. We have a statement from the white house overall of this. And its saying that sally yates, who is acting attorney general of the United States betrayed department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order described to protect citizens of the United States and yates said in memo monday she was not convinced trumps executive order halting u. S. Refugee program and entry from seven muslim majority nations is lawful and nor defense is consists w
Well, today were looking at just some snow showers, there is something on the seven day that i want you to stay tuned for thats worth paying attention to. Lets get through this morning. This morning we did have 2 inches of snow for parts of stafford county, Prince William and prince georges county. This is lighter. But its going to hang around for another two hours. Lets zoom in. We have snow showers just south of hagerstown. These are snow showers mixed with flurries. There are bands of more intense snow showers. But theyre not long lasting. Theyre moving off to the south and east at 20 miles per hour. So this will be through frederick at 12 32. And lovettesville. This will stick around for the mid afternoon. By 2 00, a lot of these snow showers over through the eastern shore. As you head west will stick around not only today but for the next few days with that strong westerly wind. Well see a little sunshine before the sunset. So your drive home today will be fine. This is 5 30, temp
Approve her confirmation. Weve also learned votes to confirm the secretaries of health and Human Services and treasury have been postponed indefinitely after democrats staged a walkout. Later tonight, President Trump will name his nominee for Supreme Court justice in a prime time speech at the white house. As weijia jiang reports, the announcement comes as the president s pick for attorney general senator Jeff Sessions, moves closer to confirmation. Reporter senators in the Judiciary Committee are debating whether to move forward with senator Jeff Sessions nomination to be the next attorney general. He will follow the law. Reporter if the full senate approves, sessions will take over a department of justice that has been shaken up after the late night firing of sally yates. The acting head of the department. The white house claimed yates an obama appointee betrayed the department of justice when she refused to enforce President Trumps travel ban for citizens from seven countries. Uatee
Capitol hill. Mel. Good morning, guys as you mentioned 49 years old gorsuch would be the youngest member of stream court pen. And people saying he better have a lot of stamina. It could be a long and contentious battle. When rights are at risks americans stand up to defend their core principles. Protesters outside the Supreme Court are condemning President Trump pick for Supreme Court. Judge neil cavuto but many evangelical voters believe hes the right pick. Were delighted hes porch jurorist in the mold of justice scalia. They hope the Supreme Court is closer to overturning roe v. Wade on abortion. More nanny of us in the evangelical and faith community, this was the reason why we voted for donald trump. Many democrats are worried Supreme Court will protect President Trumps decision on civil rights including recent immigration order. Millions of americans are scared. Theyre scared their rights will be destroyed and mrael be rounded up. Republican analyst are expecting liberals to scrut