It will be nice and sunny tomorrow afternoon, thats where it stops. Some of us wont even make it to the freezing mark. Lets add onto that a flu flakes are possible. I think most us dont see much snow with this. Future wind chills already seeing values in the mid 30s in d. C. Right now. By later tonight, 11 p. M. , single disij its showing up north and west. By the time you hit the commute tomorrow morning, your first step outside to get kids ready for the bus stop were looking at low teens. This is borderline dangerous cold. You dont want to be out there too long. It will remain very chilly throughout the rest of the day. Fortysix is it for tomorrow. Some rebounded thursday, back to the chilly weather on friday much thats a look at your seven day forecast back over to you. It is election day in alabama. This years most bitter and controversial race coming to an end and a the final moments are expected to be a nailbitter. This is what talking about tonight at 6 30. This is an important
Were in the vehicles, even when you see the pictures, its pretty horrific. At this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fate a. The trains new route is part of a 18 l 30 million project designed to speed up service and bypass traffic. Amtrak says the new tracks were tested out just before that first run and right now officials, including the National Transportation safety board are investigating what us contacted the train to go off its tracks. Theyre actuallien route as we speak. Of course we will let you know what comes out of that investigation. Again, like we mentioned, six people on board that train were killed and Officials Say they expect that number to go up. Keep in mind this is a developing story tonight so keep it right here on fox5, fox5dc. Com for the very latest on this investigation. Kristin leone, fox5 local news. There are new details tonight in the murder of a 66 year old man earlier this year. Alack dealers had taken over his apartment. In january he was found de
Tonight with what is expected to be an historic vote on tax re form. The senate is still debating the gop legislation. Youre looking at a live picture from capital hill. Members began this debate more than six hours ago. A vote is still expected sometime tonight. Earlier today the house of representatives passed a sweeping rewrite of the nations tax code, the first in three decades, but a prosed yurl naf yew basically wiped out that vote. Senate democrats say three provisions in the house bill violate senate rules and therefore have to be removed and so the house will have a redo tomorrow. The legislation is expected to pass again. We will of course keep an eye on this throughout the evening. Also developing tonight a single vote may spell the end of the republican control in vas house of delegates. The Democratic Delegate shell i simmons seems to have won by one vote. Her victory would mean an democrats in the statehouse. It would also mean a rare power sharing agreement may have to b
That fire. Roads in the area are blocked. Theres no word right now on any injuries. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you posted. Now to the weather. Winter officially arrived today with very little fanfare in the d. C. Region at about the same time that thousands of people hit the red for the Holiday Weekend. It is a clear nievment but it is cold tonight. Sue palka has the all important Holiday Travel forecast. Hey, sue. Hi, tony and shawn. We dont mind cold when youre travelling. Its the rain and snow that we have to watch out for. Good news for travelers as we look across the country there is not a lot going on. Theres a little stripe of snow. The leading edge of warmer air, but most of the country is pretty quiet includ ing right in h our area where we can expect to see clouds thickening up a little bit. Temperatures should level off and maybe even rice a little bit because were expecting a much warmer day tomorrow. D. C. Has dropped down to 37 greece and there are
This happened at ridge road and g treats southeast. And the video rather dramatic. You could see flames lighting up the alley behind the row of houses here. Police say that inside the burning car they found a body and its not clear whether it was a man or a woman, but neighbors tell us they heard a blast of gunfire. Fire investigators are out here along with d. C. Police homicide investigators and the woman who sent us in that video of the flames, she told us that she was inside with her children and grandchildren around seven 30 this evening when this happened it sounded like big gunshots, three, four gunshots and then a big explosion. We all hit the floor fr a moment. Then my son ventured out and there was a car in the alley exploding. It wasnt a car they recognized from the neighborhood. No, not at all. The car appeared to be a later model lexus. Again, police as to the identification of the body found inside of that vehicle. There was some concern from neighbors about the water in