Bill passed and on his desk before christmas. Negotiators are hammering out a tentative agreement but now a new roadblock as Arlette Saenz reports some gop senators are expressing concerns about the bills impact on the deficit and the child tax credit. Republican lawmakers will need lawmakers will need all hands on deck to get that bill across the finish line. But one senator john mccain is at Walter Reed National military Medical Center at this hour. Addressing side effects from his brain cancer treatment. Mccain has been battling brain cancer for about five months now. Senate sources are telling cnn they are concerned about his health. Senator mccain missed all votes this past week but his republican colleagues insist he is resting up ahead of the one on tax reform. A big step toward ending Net Neutrality. The fcc voted to end the obamaera rule that said all internet traffic must be treated equally. Now Internet Service providers would have a free hand to slow or block web sites and
Corridor to the eastern bay. Nothing towards the Shenandoah Valley or across much of Northern Virginia. Well kuip posted on that. Heres the way the day is looking. The little snow chance during the middle of the afternoon. Well show you that on future weather in a few minutes. Back over to news. Chuck bell, thank you very much. We are following a developing story in charles county. Authorities are searching for a gunman in waldorf. A man was killed on holly avenue last night. Chopper 4 was over the scene as investigators collected evidence. Deputies say the gunman took off in a darkcolored sedan. This right here, this will take time to repair. Take a look at the damage after a car crashed into the d. C. Warner theater. D. C. Police say the department of public works van that was parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs. One woman was hurt. She is expected to be okay. A heartbreaking story continues as we continue to cover the Southern California wildfires. They
Massacre. Her father speaking out for the first time. What hes saying, and where tina frost is spending the holidays. A Winter Weather advisory later today in dc. Things might get messy for your evening commute. Our stormwatch 7 team has everything you need to know. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen Winter Weather alert becoming cloudy and cold today light snow possible 15pm; a quick coating could make for icy roads mainly along east of i95 rising temperatures this weekend; most of the weekend dry 50s return early next week today cloudy and cold. Light snow possible 15pm. A coating to an inch possible, mainly east of i95. Watch for slick travel. Highs 3235 winds ne to se 5 mph tonight mainly clear and cold. Lows 2330 winds w 5 mph saturday partly to mostly sunny. Seasonable. Highs 4550 winds wsw 510 mph ght now mccain is at Walter Reed National military Medical Center addressing side effects from his brain cancer treatment. But there are reports his health is in decline. Ryan hug
More Sexual Misconduct reported on the hill. This time republican representative blake farenthold. He is the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Good morning, mel. Reporter and good morning. The texas congressman says that the allegations brought by a former Communications Director against him are false. Nonetheless he said he will not seek reelection next year. Accusations from former staffers include allegations of sexually graphic jokes and comments farenthold is also suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. Face. Stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged no those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going t
And how a young actress is getting to play the role of a lifetime in more ways than one. With you on a friday morning. This morning, reports are swirling, House Speaker may soon leave his job. With political claiming, they are seeing his journey coming to an end, as he engineers his legislative dream. That dream, tax reform. Lets jump in to the 1. 25 trillion tax plan. With them hitting more than a few snags as the last minute behind the scenes deal making is going on. We are learning that some last minute republican holdouts could complicate matters. For more, we good to tracy potts who is in washington, how are you . You saw him there, Floridas Marco Rubio may not be backing his partys bill. He said that he wants more of the Child Tax Credit refundable to low income families if they cannot work it out, he may be a novote, listen. Unless they figure out a way to increase the refundable part, higher than 1100. The way they figured out a way to give corporations an extra year of cuts an