Temperatures middle 40s but winds gusting over 30 is going to help it feel like the 30s all day. Hey erin. Plenty of green on the road. Metro is on time. Well get you around the red line problems. If youre just getting up with us now, well start with breaking news. Its from rockville. A pedestrian was struck overnight near the intersection of 355 and east middle lane. Rockville pike was closed for several hours but it has since reopened. Fox5 is still waiting to hear from First Responders on the victims condition and also what may have led to that accident. And were also following a developing story from annapolis. Around 11 50 last night fire crews responded to a 911 call to find this, a driver who had plowed their pickup truck into the side of a building. Happened on eagle wood drive. Two people were taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. No word though on how they were injured. One victim was that found outside the building, a second had to be removed from the damaged
County and Morgan County schools. While we had flurries here yesterday some areas to our north and west got a lot more snow. Good morning, tucker. Yeah, good morning, steve. Half inch to an inch so not a whole lot of snow but it was cold enough that it was sticking. 40s today for daytime highs. All details on your weather in just a minute. Erin. Crash on the beltway in clem involving a tractortrailer. Well get you around those delays. Earlier 95 delays from a seven car pileup. Your commute is going to be a rough one guys. Well be prepared. Thank you. Lets get to breaking news from overnight. This is Montgomery County. New details about a pedestrian who was struck and killed at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Church Street in rockville. Now, Officials Say the driver of a 2017 nissan arm mad today struck a man as he was crossing the street. That victim later died at the hospital. Authorities are investigating. Also developing overnight, take a look at this scene from Anne Arrundel
Year. Now, accusations from former staffers include sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit. Hes accused of berating aides and creating a hostile Work Environment. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry out outbursts. I think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will begin investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations the senators resignation has not yet been set. Also this week you may recall three women who went public during the campaign with accusations of Sexual Misconduct on the part of donald trump, one more time and there is now a growing group of Congress Women who would like there to be a House Oversight investigation. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local news. Thanks mel. 4 32 right now. These are new images of a man wanted for a deadly stabbing in alexandria. Endless
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
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