To the vest but drumming. A lot of anticipation around who it will be. We are told that both have been invited to town for this announcement tonight and that only a handful of people here at the white house actually know who it is. Meeting with Cyber Security experts at the white house, President Trump teased tonights big announcement on the voursup court. Well be announcing a Supreme Court justice who i think everybody is going to be very, very impressed with. Reporter but washington is reacting to the firing of acting attorney general sally yates. Yates refused to defend mr. Trumps temporary travel ban and questioned whether restricting travel from majority muslim countries is legal. For the attorney general to turn around and say im not going to uphold this lawful executive order is clearly a dereliction of duty and she should have been removed and she was. Reporter democrats applaud yates for standing up to the president. She said she would and she i admire her. He needs to be able
Potential kidnapping story in gatherberg. Now to this, the missing bobcat still out there on the run from the national zoo. First we were told there was really no harm or concern for humans but the search goes on. And were in one of the neighborhoods near where the zoo is searching hard for this cat. Reporter listen. The chance of a bobcat attacking a person or kid extremely low. Still john eaten Elementary School one of 13 schools put on a partial lockdown because ali the bobcat is still missing somewhere out there. Its kind of a bummer, the kids arent going outside right now. We dont really know whats going on. It sounds like the bobcat made a home in the woods somewhere. The after School Programs all locked inside. Were going to tough it out at the park and see what happens. Dogal alert. Hopefully we dont run into it. 25 pounds, stubby tail, perhaps in the woodly park or Cleveland Park sections of the city. Do you see a p bobcat . Im mostly concerned for the animal itself. Bobcats a
Who were already on their way to the u. S. When the order went into effect will be allowed to enter the country. Reporter the secretary of Homeland Security says a temporary ban is important. We are developing what additional vetting, extreme vetting might look like. House Speaker Paul Ryan defended the measure. There is nothing wrong with taking a pause and making sure we have the proper vetting standards in place so that we do not have a problem like france had with paris. Reporter but some american diplomats warn terrorists are expected to use the travel ban as a propaganda tool to promote radical islam. Legal challenges against the travel ban are growing and tonight San Francisco is the first u. S. City to sue the president over his order to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities which protect undocumented immigrants from prosecution. Ls Senate Finance committee boycotted a meeting to vote on tom price, and former Goldman Sachs executive steve mnuchin. They say both d deceive
If sales isnt your thing you might want to reconsider direct sales jobs. It is 5 01. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. It is the first day of february. Thats right. Moving right along. Well check in with Melissa Mollet for a look at how the commute is getting started. Heres chuck and sheena with storm team 4 we put them in different boxes but youre all in the same room. We are so close to melissa thats how close we are. Youre giving away our secrets, chuck. Theres no secrets. Its like the brady bunch. Youre supposed to make people think that. Exactly right. Dealing with a little bit of a cloudiness today. Tomorrow of course ground hog day and the main concern is will guy to see his shadow. Oh, phil. What are we going to do with him . Today, not a lot of sunshine today. Light rain showers and snow showers out there in the mountains of West Virginia and that moisture is going to try and move our way. Skies mostly to partly cloudy today. A chance for a sprinkle
Just yet but the clouds will be thickening up with time today and the clouds will keep us cooler. Yesterday 56 with the sunshine. Today mostly mid to upper 40s for afternoon highs and maybe a sprinkle or a light rain shower coming in probably not till after 3 00 or 4 00 today and the weekend is looking much colder with that sunday storm not looking as much. Light rain showers and snow showers out there in the mountains of West Virginia now. Thats the reason we have a precautionary tale of a rain drop coming our way today. Not too much as we go through the afternoon today but dont be surprised if you do see a stray sprinkle out there. Temperatures will be getting back into the upper 40s for most of the area. 36 degrees in the district. 32 quantico, but fredericksburg is coming in at 45 degrees. Dulles at 28 and leesburg at 45 degrees so the clouds messing with our temperatures this morning and also as we go through the afternoon for some areas too. For today, stray show 47 degrees but m