Status. Reaction has been unsparingly. The language, the racial implications are reprehensible and deserves the criticism. Flip side of this a lot of his supporters will agree with that tone and elected him because he uses from time to time that tone. Reporter and lawmakers from both sides are speaking out. Democrat Luis Gutierrez says as an american i am ashamed of the president. Another tweeted the comments were unkind divisive elitist calling the president s behavior unacceptable at that time the white house did not deny the comments in a statement but did say trump supports immigration policies that welcome those who can contribute to society. Live outside the white house, im melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. Melanie, thank you very much. 4 31 is the time right now. Theres just one day left in Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffes term and he isnt holding back. Mcauliffe said he would punch President Trump. The governor made the statement during an appearance on msnbcs hardball with c
Lot of rain. Be careful as youre driving. We have quite a bit of steady rain around the beltway. The roads are already wet out there because of rain overnight. Were continuing to see that falling around the beltway and down 95. As you head into d. C. , no matter from what direction youre coming from, the roads are slick out there. Visibility poor at times too. Temperatures mild. You do not need thejgc heavy co today. You dont need the insulated rain coat. But dont forget to grab the umbrella before you leave. Were looking at a pretty rainy day throughout the day today. Your friday commute, by noon today, well see areas of rain around. 5 00 p. M. , a bit of a break and spotty showers but still looking at the wet roads. Well talk about when this will end and when the temperatures will go down to a crashing halt. Well take a look at that coming up. Good morning, melissa. Good morning, sheena. Brand new problem, 95 northbound near garrisonville road. A crash, car vs. Tractortrailer. Delays
Traffic affected by the wet roads. Mike lets start with you first. Temperatures some 20 to 30 degrees warmer than they were this time yesterday. Does come with rain but i dont think it will rain all day. Well time it out for you in a few more minutes. Hey erin. 5 01. Rain this morning you know what that does to the commute in stafford. Little bit of a mess from a crash by 610. Thank you much. Right now though at 5 01, lets go ahead and get you caught up on the mornings top stories. President trump will undergo his first medical exam since becoming president. This will happen at Walter Reed Medical Center in bethesda. The exam will not look at the president s Mental Fitness though it comes as the white house continues to fight reports in a new book that he is mentally unfit. The White White House is that expected to release a short statement after the physical is complete. The white house this morning is standing by comments made by President Trump there have set off a huge firestorm. A
Made by President Trump that have set a you have a huge firestorm. The president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming to the u. S. From certain countries. Melanie alnwick this morning live outside of the white house with the latest on the growing controversy. Mel, good morning. Reporter good morning,. Reaction coming from lawmakers and also from across the globe. The president apparently dropped the s bomb in the oval office. Lawmakers were having a meeting trying to hash out an agreement on protections for immigrant children. We talked about this earlier in the week, the daca protections, right. Well, thats when the president reportedly said why are we having all these people from shole countries come here. Sources inside the meeting say trump was referring to countries in Africa Central America and the caribbean. He also spoke specifically about haiti. Now, according to in that same source the president said the u. S. Should bring in immigrants from nations l
Dark this morning. Few clusters of Power Outages. Northern virginia where dominion has more than 5,000 customers in the dark most in Fairfax County also scattered in alexandria falls charge arlington Prince William and stafford county. Blown transformer at a substation in fairfax is to blame. Pepco reporting outages in the thousands. Some 31,000 outages in d. C. And a few hundred in montgomery and Prince Georges County. There you go as far as power this morning. The big story this morning though comes from the white house. The white house standing by vulgar comments made by President Trump that set off a firestorm. At a white house meeting on immigration, the president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming into the u. S. From certain countries. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick llive outside the white house with the latest more us. Mel. Reporter good morning, guys. The president apparently dropped an s bomb in the oval office as you mentioned. This just a few key lawmakers.