Chaos in france as the next phase of a massive strike action gets underway french workers take to the streets in a bid to press president in money mccraw to give up on his Campaign Promise to push through french reforms. And a shock announcement in the British Royal family in what a tabloid is calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announced they will step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america with talk of the also off a book on prince harry called the inside story. Hello and welcome im a touchy one thank you very much for your company. U. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States at the same time we did not threaten from other military action following. Those missile strikes on u. S. Targets in iraq just hours after trump statement rockets had locked on the green zone where u. S. Government buildings on located. Sirens rang out over the iraqi capital on wednesday night its not clear wh
Okay steve. Lots the 30s. Cool afternoon and a very cool weekend. Details on the Weather Forecast and maybe a snowflake in the forecast as well. Erin. Unfortunately a busy crowded morning around the dmv. Traffic easing a bit on new york avenue. We had an earlier disabled tractortrailer by montana avenue that set us back. Outer loop parked with a. M. 30 minute delay solid crawling along from 95 to 270. Huge delays on suitland parkway inbound. On 50 traffic is once again moving westbound after an overturned tractorTrailer Crash really set us back at Cape Saint Claire road. We have team coverage. Fox5s annie yu shes out on location with the very latest. Reporter h hey, erin. The good news is the lanes reopened westbound. Eastbound youre good too. The miles of backup along the bay bridge. Bay bridge headed into d. C. Check this out. Just miles and miles of backups that sort of accumulated over the last five, six hours. Finally being let through. Along route 50 near Cape Saint Claire road.
And asked people to remember his love of art and commitment to others. Now, we can tell you again that Montgomery County police say that theres still going to be an autopsy here. The medical examiner yet has not ruled on the manner and cause of death. This has been a very difficult month for Walt Whitman High School here. Another teen died earlier toward the end of november and so this is yet another tragedy for this school. The principal said of course that there will be additional counselors on hand to help students work through their emotions. Live in bethesda, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, thank you. 4 31 is our time right now. Happening today, a number of women who have come forward with accusation center city of Sexual Assault against President Trump will come together today to demand a congressional investigation. At least 16 women have accused mr. Trump of Sexual Misconduct. In just a few hours these women before hold a News Conference demanding accountability. Two
Channing street. Caution there. We have a red line delay. A full look at traffic next. Back to you. 7 oclock is our time right now. Developing overnight the power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport. But now thousands are backed up after being stranded and delayed in atlanta. All right in the thick of Christmas Travel of course and fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays are affecting us locally. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, and, yes, it is definitely affecting us locally. We had a number of passengers who told us that they came here to the airport yesterday, their flight was canceled they were rebooked on flights for this morning. They got here this morning and those flights were canceled and thats why weve seen such big backups here at the terminal and also at the at the check in counter as people are trying to figure out where are they going, how can they get there and when can they get there, all of this because of that power ou
And killed four people in alabama when a tree fell on mobile home and also alabama strong winds ripped through subray vawnt in town of jackson, alabama zoo keepers scambleing to move animals to gulf shore states to safer ground and to clear debris and several possible tornadoes were reported in mississippi, georgia and louisiana. And a man killed in florida found nearby submerged car flooding remains a big issue. Warnings are posted through this evening. Back home developing over nights in the disinstruct a person in Police Custody after crashing into several vehicles including two police cars happened in northeast d. C. 1 00 this morning in 1700 block north street and the scene is clear now and roads on and but it is believed that Prince George Country Police cruiser was in the area and investigating Something Else when the suspect thought they were after him. Police say that suspect then drove to a d. C. Police car and drove to Prince George country cruise foot. Police later caught t