Allegations, the company and bill oreilly have agreed that bill oreilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. This follows even more allegations the 67yearold sexually harassed women at fox. She said he would grunt like an animal, he would call her hot chocolate. Shes africanamerican. Fire bill oreilly. Reporter in addition protesters outside the headquarters on new york calling on fox to fire oreilly, the Oreilly Factor has lost more than 60 advertisers. Companies dont like to be associated with someone whose in a negative light particularly about Sexual Harassment. Theyve got female clients, theyve got female employees. They dont want to be crossing that line. Reporter oreilly was in rome yesterday where he met the pope and hasnt commented yet on his ousting from fox. Chris, news4. We asked whether you agree with foxs decision to part ways th 80 of you say yes you can weigh in by heading to the nbc washington facebook page. Here at home were following developing story in Mon
Make it easier for thousands of commuters to get from downtown d. C. To Northern Virginia on 395. As Mark Segraves depending on the direction youre driving, getting out of town actually may be more difficult. Reporter this is how traffic along massachusetts avenue between the Convention Center and Union Station has been moving along for nearly the past two years. 2 billion Capital Crossing construction project over 395 has created some traffic issues along this stretch. Its caused delays. Weve been concerned about people being able to safely get from one sidewalk to the next. Reporter starting on saturday, drivers heading out of town on mass avenue will get a break. This new ramp will open carrying eastbound traffic directly on to 395 southbound making it easier for cars to get from the Center Downtown to north virginia or the southwest waterfront. The current detour down to the we expect its going to relieve some traffic in the downtown area during major events and rush hour. Youll se
News4 midday. Metro needs even more money to keep the system up and running for the next decade. The breakdown looks a bit like this. Metro wants 15. 5 billion over the next ten years. Thats 1. 5 billion a year. It also wants dedicated funding to the tune of 500 million every year. For d. C. And virginia, youll likely pay some kind of tax. The cap increases at 3 a year. Just a few minutes ago, wiedefeld was asked if he thinks this proposal will become a reality. He says he remains positive. The system cannot fail. Weve got to get this right. The future of this region is dependent upon it, and we have to do what it takes to get there. For workers, wiedefeld wants changes lets turn to the weather now. A much warmer day ahead after some morning rain. Suns out. You see on the right hand side of your screen temperatures close to 70 degrees. As we go through the rest of the afternoon, were talking about temperatures in the low 80s. Currently 68 degrees in the district. We had that morning ra
Northern fauquier county, 66 toward the front royal area, la ray seeing thunderstorm activity. Lets zoom on into this area. What you see there is that rain, heavy rain moving toward leeburg. Loudoun county, frederick county, youre going to be zealing with the rain. The wider view talking about the line of storms making its way in toward the southeast. All with a frontal boundary thats coming in. This is the same storm system that the southeast and is now bringing Severe Weather toward parts of georgia and parts of south carolina. Nothing severe for us, but we could see some lightning and a little bit of thunder out of this, not to mention that heavy rain. Much more on this. Amelia draper a and i in all afternoon. Remember, download the nbc washington app now, if youre ever away from your phone or television, great way to take a look at the latest forecast and the radar. All right. Thank you, doug. Community and continue to cause a big threat. Today, we learned one more person has died
Struck looked like. A couple was inside of the car. Their car was totaled. They both are going to be suffering for a while from the injuries that they have. Reporter it happened november 21st around midnight on pennsylvania avenue and dowerhouse road. According to Police Reports, franklin struck the vehicle from the back at a stop light. Multiple sources say the Council Member fled the scene of the accident and was found minutes later in the woods by state troopers. He was given a breathalyzer where he had a. 10. He was taken charged with dui, reckless driving and other charges related to the accident. Were going to make sure that we get justice for the Collins Family in a civil sense. Were going to wait until they finish their medical treatment and our case begins at that point. Reporter maryland Public Information request, news 4s Prince Georges County bureau uncovered in october of 2012, franklin was involved in an accident in another countyissued vehicle. He did not call police so