Made by President Trump that have set a you have a huge firestorm. The president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming to the u. S. From certain countries. Melanie alnwick this morning live outside of the white house with the latest on the growing controversy. Mel, good morning. Reporter good morning,. Reaction coming from lawmakers and also from across the globe. The president apparently dropped the s bomb in the oval office. Lawmakers were having a meeting trying to hash out an agreement on protections for immigrant children. We talked about this earlier in the week, the daca protections, right. Well, thats when the president reportedly said why are we having all these people from shole countries come here. Sources inside the meeting say trump was referring to countries in Africa Central America and the caribbean. He also spoke specifically about haiti. Now, according to in that same source the president said the u. S. Should bring in immigrants from nations l
Dark this morning. Few clusters of Power Outages. Northern virginia where dominion has more than 5,000 customers in the dark most in Fairfax County also scattered in alexandria falls charge arlington Prince William and stafford county. Blown transformer at a substation in fairfax is to blame. Pepco reporting outages in the thousands. Some 31,000 outages in d. C. And a few hundred in montgomery and Prince Georges County. There you go as far as power this morning. The big story this morning though comes from the white house. The white house standing by vulgar comments made by President Trump that set off a firestorm. At a white house meeting on immigration, the president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming into the u. S. From certain countries. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick llive outside the white house with the latest more us. Mel. Reporter good morning, guys. The president apparently dropped an s bomb in the oval office as you mentioned. This just a few key lawmakers.
Before we get to todays program i will know about you other progress we february 16 at noon professor chris myers will be here to talk about their book, history of race and democracy in the Nations Capital. It is a tumultuous four century story of race and democracy in washington dc. A city that has often served as national datagram for contentious issues. Including slavery, segregation, civil rights and the drug war. After two year absence from public view Abraham Lincoln is original emancipation proclamation will be on display in the gallery during the president s day weekend. Do not miss this rare opportunity to see the original emancipation proclamation. The document will be made available for viewing on october 17, 18 and 19 between the hours of 10 and 530 each day. To learn more about these in our programs and exhibits consult our calendar of events online archives. Gov. There is a table outside where you can sign up to receive email updates. Another way to get involved in the Na
Youtube special in and a special welcome to our cspan audience. Before we get to todays discussion i would like to let you know about two programs coming up soon. On friday that were 16th at noon professors chris my wrist and George Derek Musgrove will be here to talk about a tumultuous four century story of race and democracy in washington d. C. Yesterday that the soft served as a National Battleground for contentious issues including segregation and civil rights of the drug war. After a twoyear absence from public view abraham lincolns original proclamation will be on display in the east rotunda gallery during president s day weekend. Dont miss this rare pretended to see the original emancipation proclamation. The document will be made available for viewing on february 17 come 18th and 19th between the hours of 10 00 and 5 30 h. Day three to learn more about these and other Public Programs and exhibits consult our calendar of events on line at archives. Gov. Theres a table outside wh
Keith grant says he knows the woman, who was shot, but police say because she is Domestic Violence victim they doesnt want to release any information that would identify her, including her age, and current condition. But they did say she was shot once and grazed by a second bullet. We have an active search going on right now. Detectives are using every investigative tool at their dispose tool try and locate this person. We are not putting out the suspects name or picture at this time. Now tonight i also received a copy of the letter the School District sent home to parents. In it it says that the shooting involved two parents, it also says that theyre providing psychologists and counselors for the students who witnessed the shooting. Jim, sarah . Alex, a lot of us talking, you will remember a loft folks out there watching, may remember back in may of last year, there was that domestic shooting in prince georges county, police didnt release the suspects identity. He then allegedly went