Chamber by republicans for 17 years. But who the new speaker will be, that is still very much in question. Its going to be the democrat or the republican who is first to get to 51 votes. Bruce leshan, wusa 9. That is a political cliff hanger. Democrats called the judges decision erroneous and are assessing their legal options. Republicans will not roll over. Congressional republicans are promising that americans will start to see the benefits of the just passed tax reform bill in january. Trump and gop lawmakers are celebrating this first legislative victory. Reporter a beaming President Trump welcomed republican lawmakers to the white house to celebrate the passage of the gops tax overhaul. We are making America Great again. You havent heard that, have you . The house passed the final jobs act this afternoon. With this vote, it will be the house, the peoples house that officially sends this historic legislation to President Trumps desk. Reporter every democrat in congress and even som
They say the 32yearold man has a history of drug use and mental illness. We get more on the investigation from gavin romjohn. Reporter amateur Video Shows Police in melbourne arresting man shortly after the suv rammed into a crowd on a street thursday. At this stage we believe it is a deliberate act. Reporter Authorities Say more than a dozen people were taken to the hospital. Police say the driver a 32year old Australian Citizen of afghan descent has a history of drug use and Mental Health issues. But police say theres no evidence connecting the attack to terrorism. He is on a Mental Health plan and receiving treatment for a mental illness. Reporter Police Arrested another man. A 24yearold they say filmed the incident and was carrying a bag of knifes but at this point they dont believe the two men are connected. This is horrific. Its evil. Reporter the area near the citys main train station was filled with christmas shoppers when the suv and slammed into pedestrians crossing the road.
And the question is could we see snow . That would make Howard Bernstein grab a jacket, get outside and a first look at your forecast. Snow . A couple of us seeing snow in carroll county. Weve got drizzle here. Its kind of an ugly night, cold, damp and not the greatest night to be out, but the snow threat gets a little bigger toward the end of the week. First things first, clipper to the west and you started seeing the last couple hours the radar returns becoming a little morive, especially up here. See this more active, especially up here, see this westminster and baltimore counties. What we arent seeing is the roads covered. Theyre saying generally wet over toward Prince Georges County, howard and montgomery counties, could be a rain snow mix in a few of those areas, but right now roads appear wet with temperatures above freezing decently. This is all coming from a clipper system to the west. We have a lot of snow reported across parts of indiana down to ohio and kent. That will prod
Youre having a white christmas. We may see a passing flurry, snow showers in a couple spots tonight, but the chance for a windy christmas is much higher than a white christmas. Theres no song about that. Get writing. Well show you whats happening because were watching a clipper system and this guy passing to our north, you can see that spin up toward cleveland and buffalo and when we have clippers that move to our north, down here, like heres the spin, we dont get a lot of snow. Yes, the snow is in the mountains of West Virginia and western maryland, but locally we had a couple sprinkles and snow showers earlier. All this really has lifted quickly to the east. There may be some wet flakes mixed in north of baltimore, so were watching that and also a few flakes are trying to fall just east of hagerstown racing in toward western Frederick County and in western maryland throughout areas from hancock west in toward allegheny and Garrett County to 4 inches by morning. Weve got Winter Weathe
Here as firefighters are on the scene. Theyve got the flames knocked down mopping up. You can see a lot of bystanders looking on, the firefighters not necessarily moving with any sense of urgency. It looks like they do have the upper hand on this fire. Another story breaking tonight, a pitbull attacks a toddler and now that child is in the hospital. This attack happened on hazelcrest drive. Thats east of emery grove road. This is in gaithersburg, maryland. Were told the dog bit the child on the face and the neck and that the toddler is in serious condition. Were still working to find out exactly what happened. We expect more details by the time we go to air with wake up washington beginning at 4 25 tomorrow. You can all get the latest news and information as it comes in on our wusa9 mobile information app. Now wusa9s first alert weather rated d. C. s most accurate forecast. People living in western new york and much of new england got a not everyone was crazy about it, but many still h