history on the hill. one hour from now, senate is expected to vote on health care reform. snowy sidewalks and slick roads still causing problems this morning. now, the threat of a wintry mix in the forecast just in time for chstmas. fox 5 morning news continues at #:00 right now. this is fox 5 morning news. take a look from our tower cam high above northwest d.c. on this thursday morning. it is december 24th, 2009. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i m steve chenevey. a very special thursday because it is christmas eve. it is so happy. i m allison seymour. i m in for gurvir. i haven t said that all week. she is spending time with her family. so, a slow-moving storm is dropping snow, sleet, rain on the plain and in the midwest. it is headed our way too. this was the scene in denver yesterday. parts of nebraska are covered up in ice to a quarter inch thick. same story could cause problems in our area christmas day though most of that will probably be
tax cut deal. trying to look again at the supporters, the democrats, saying, look, we have done the best job that we can. the president at the same time also we was trying to downplay that hope for an optimistic message that this was going to happen in the next couple of days. i want you to take a listen. it s inaccurate to view democrats as feeling, quote/unquote, betrayed. a whole bunch have said this makes sense. i expect everybody to examine it carefully. when he do, i think they re going to feel confident that in fact this is the right could while understanding for the next two years we re going to have a big debate about the taxes and a big detail about the budget. theory thing that s interesting, john and keeper, my blackberry has been blowing up in the last 24 hours because what they re do they re reaching out to democratic governors,