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As he decides to step down from his senate seat. I, of all people, am aware there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. And a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. That last reference going to Alabama Senate candidate roy moore who is facing allegations from at least nine women, including one who says that moore molested her when she was just 14 and he was in his 30s. The rnc announced this week it would again back moore in the special election. Doreen, erika . Leon, thank you. There are mixed feelings here in washington about senator frankens resignation. We sent our what people are thinking and how they are feeling. She continues live coverage tonight. Amee . Reporter yeah, erika, a lot of people we talked to tonight were surprised by the news. Most told us they were in favor of al franken stepping down. They told
Overview of what happened today. Blayne . Reporter well, doreen, you know in the end all of this real really unravelled quickly so far senator franken. He said hes not stepping down, not leaving his seat. Now he said the past 24 hours made it clear he cannot stay on capitol hill. With almost no support left in the United States senate, senator al franken announcing he will be resigning his seat. There is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office. And a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. Reporter franken taking a swipe at President Trump and Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. But not any of his alleged behavior. Some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others i remember very differently. Reporter one of his accusers calling that appalling. He just keeps passing the buck and making it out to be something that
For a moment and as it rushed through the court and the wires were shaking we heard this crash. It wasnt raining or thundering. We saw the tree fall into the house. Josh they saw the tree fall from their house across the street but what was actually going on inside one of the owners of the house was in the basement and didnt realize this had happened until she came upstairs. Fortunately, she is okay. Everybody is doing all right. The family does have a place to stay nearby. Thats whats going on in kensington. Latest. To ony for the reporter josh, remarkable scene here in gaithersburg. A tree brought down a power line and it caused a crater in the middle of the roadway. The asphalt almost looks like lava. The crater goes down about a foot into the ground and take a look at this. You can just see how soft this asphalt is. It really burnt it up. Still smoldering at this hour. The smell not very pretty. Down. You can see that people in the neighborhood were using chain saws to try and clea
8u[5jjy the driver of the car was transported to the hospital. In montgomery county, despite the large volume of 911 calls, no one was reported injured. Id say within an hour period we handle hundreds of calls and went on condition red. You know, we were on condition red for a little while. But the good thing is im not aware of any serious injury that occurred in any of this. Reporter youre looking live at this house in silver spring. Goes without saying these people have to find somewhere else to live. Montgomery county fire excuse me told them they are not allowed to go back into this house. Coming up at 6 00, we are going to tell you about a case where a truckdriver was actually trapped inside of his vehicle when power lines and trees went down all around him. That is the latest. Back to you in the studio. This damage and there was a lot to survey. Check it out. This is the view from above in gaithersbu gaithersburg. Crews are using a chain saw to chop it up and get it out of way. T