Hey erin. Traffic is quiet. Look at all that 14 behind me and metro is on time. Ill take this for a start to the work week. 5 oclock is the time right now. So lets bring you up top date on whats happening in the news. Restoration at last. The power back on at the Busiest Airport in the world after thousands were stranded at a atlantas international airport. And its all of course right in the thick of christmas travel. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays could affect us here locally. Looks busy already there this morning, mel. Reporter yeah, thats right. You know, most of the times when we get here early in the morning its not that busy but look at the delta counter already very stacked up as people are waiting to get on flights and thats because there are a number of people here that were supposed to get on flights yesterday, now trying get on flights for today. Delta certainly not the only airline impacted by this but perhaps delta being t
Not a single democrat voted yes. They warned tax overhaul will ruin the countrys financial future. We believe that this product will do two extremely important things for the country. Number one provide middle class tax relief and number two, provide business changes that make us more competitive. Today, marks a great vi victory for the very wellthy Campaign Contributors and at the same time as the deficit of this country is driven up by about 1. 5 trillion dollars. Now, President Trump was in a celebratory mode tweeting the u. S. Senate passed biggest reform bill. And he went on to give time on there saying it will go to a final vote in the house this morning and then if its approved there would be a conference at approximately 1 00 this afternoon. The way things will go down today as far as we can tell the House Conference Committee will meet at 8 trying to reconcile the changes made last night in the senate and making sure the house matches up all the language the same and immediate
December 201st. Erin como watching the roads, seeing whats going on out there. Got you covered. And mike thomas talking about weather. Good morning. Good morning. The good news for those drivers is that the cold is all you have to worry about today. Other than that were expecting sunny skies and temperatures later on this afternoon in the 40s. Hey, erin. Huge problems in centreville. Downed power lines and an overturned tractortrailer. 28 at 66 all lanes blocked. We have your work arounds. If youre just waking up at 5 00 a. M. A lot of breaking news to talk about and we start with this. A vehicle rammed into a crowd in australia today injuring more than a dozen people. Police say this was not an accident and some suspects are in custody. Our Melanie Alnwick is monitoring the latest developments in our news room. Mel. Reporter good morning. Just a short time ago police told reporters on the ground they believe this was not this was a deliberate act. Two men have been arrested, one were
Yesterday, day before, and well keep it going through the weekend. We do have snow north and west well look at that on radar in a as he can congestion look at this crash scene, theres a vehicle fire impacting the traffic on 695 westbound of the 3rd street tunnel. Well have the latest on that and the rest of your commute in metro. Right off the top. A blast of old care will get you greet you today for sure, bundle up before heading your way. Depending on where you live, you could see if a few flurries of snow, annie yu live in urbana with the details, good morning. Reporter good morning maureen, steve, i know some of you have been waiting to see snow this season, so far out here in frederick county, nothing but the casual flurry or two, we have been watching and well go if different, you know, intervals of leak flurries and it goes away and comes back, behind me is just a, three plows ready to go standing by from mala theyve been out here since 1 00 this morning, basically doing what we
Then fled to a nearby Shopping Center in a stolen vehicle. He crashed into a man in a pickup truck, assaulted that guy and then carjacked his vehicle. Officers responding to the child assault spotted the suspect and then he led police on a pursuit. He then crashed right here at this intersection. He crashed into a van that was transporting several people, and so the seven people obviously taken to a hospital. Were told one of them was flown with serious injuries and that person remains in the hospital. Were also told the suspect got out of the pickup truck after the crash, he ran on foot into the woods here and the police finally got him. He is in the hospital this morning with serious condition in serious condition facing multiple charges. Were also told in the misses mt of all of this that an officer was also injured but expected to be okay. As of this morning you have two people in the hospital, still no word on the condition of the child and the circumstances surrounding that assau