Told her, its my right as an entertainer. Franken says the claims are categorically not true. All of this coming as members of Congress Today introduce a bipartisan bill that would force arbitration and allow employees of choice to go to court over harassment in the workplace. We, as elected leaders, should be held to a higher standard, not a lower standard and we should fundamentally be having valuing women. Thats where the debate has to go. Michelle franken has been accused by six other women who claim to be groped or forcibly kissed. Thats the live desk. Michelle marsh, back to you. Jonathan thank you. In the last few hours a lawsuit against harvey weinstein. Six women saying the hollywood titan covered up sexual assaults and tha the lawsuit says it was a coalition of companies and people working to hide everything. At least 75 people have come forward detailing accounts of assault and misconduct. Alison this is breaking as time maggie naming the silence breakers as a whole as the 2
Know, just recipe for more violence, more bloodshed. A recent poll shows Jewish Americans are in favor of moving the u. S. Embassy from the Current Location in tel aviv. Jerusalem should be the capital of israel. The high offices in jerusalem since 1949. Supporters of the move say there can be compromise here. It can be the capital of the state of israel. At the time that jerusalem is the capital of the independent palestinian nation as well. A city open to all religion but fears that the plan could change that. Fortunately it will inflate tensions to possibly cause very dangerous situation on the ground. So decades of Foreign Policy changed. Arab leaders are incensed about this. More protests are likely ahead. From the white house, richard reeve, abc7 news. Thank you. The clock is ticking for congress to act to keep the federal government open. Federal may not happen. Today he did warn of the possible shotdown on saturday casting blame on democrats. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconn
This is not intended as a departure from the strong commitment to facilitate lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis. Great deal for the palestinians. Those opposed to the deal says the u. S. Is no longer acting as mediator for two state solution. You have made it difficult for the United States to act as an unbiased broker in any peace negotiations. When everybody warns that this is a bad idea you might want to give credence that this could be a bad idea. The ranking republican senator says it shouldnt matter. If you allow someone to say all right have it my way wher should not be in the position of the country. Benjamin netanyahu praised president trumps move and a dire reaction from the Palestinian Authority president. Mahmoud abbas said that trumps decision will lead us in to wars that will never end. President trump says democrats are to blame if there is a government shutdown. Congress has until friday to pass a spending bill. Developin
Are wellemperatures above freezing, still pretty early in the year so we are not too concerned, but it is something that theres watching into friday night and saturday. Beautiful evening. Temperatures in the 40s. A good crowd out. How is everybody doing . Good stuff. Everybody is bundled up. That is what we will be watching as we get into friday night and saturday. We will look ahead at the weekend and temperatures beyond this coming up. News, a breaking twoweek spending bill passes through the house and is on its way to the senate. It will keep the government funded until the friday before christmas while longterm negotiations continue. The vote went mostly along party lines. Moments before the vote at the white house, it was kumbaya. We are here is a friendly, unified group. We are here to make progress. Share with you. We are here to reach an agreement and finish out the year. Jonathan sounds great, doesnt it . A lot of negotiating on the table for longterm ending. Funding a Childre
Radar is picking up snow, in two parts of louisiana, texas, new mexico, in mexico itself. Inse are all the shades pink, and the Winter Weather advisory is up for the d. C. Metro. It will be out until 4 00 tomorrow. You are going to need your code tonight. 40s. Going to be in the a few flakes are possible, but it is mainly tomorrow and into the day tomorrow. We will talk more about those totals and how cold it is going to get coming up in a little while. We will see you in just a minute. Anytime snow is in the forecast, it quickly becomes the talk of the town. What are people saying as we prepare for this first wintry blast . We sent Maryland Bureau chief brad bell to District Heights to find out. Hey there, brad. Brad hey there. People are talking about it. There are preparations underway. Prince georges county, 200 pieces of equipment are ready to go tonight. Most of them have their plows on but probably are not going to use those plows. If anything, they are going to use their salt s