An altar in a tux. What will really wentd newsn and whos the new front runner . Well have a full report in the skinny. It is tuesday, january 26. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Ill tell you, i needed a shower after watching the bachelor. Was it that. Dont you think, jack. You werent the only one. Exactly. It was pretty saucy episode. And they say ben is boring . Well, ben. He was hardly that. He knew how to party. When in vegas, you know. How can you be boring in vegas . Exactly. Even i would put my books down. And that anchorwoman, whoo. Were going to hear more about the anchorwoman. You take and chore woman to vegas, and you never know if shell come back. They get anchored there and just turn loopy. Did they get to see j. Lo. I dont think she was there im sure they saw other shows. Vegas doesnt have to deal with the blizzard cleanup. Another day off for washington students, baltimore, philly and their suburbs. So many streets are still not plowed and travel is limit
Issues on 270 coming in from frederick. Were in good shape on 355 through the rockville area. I70 no complaints yet. Were going to take a live look one more time outside. This is 270 in germantown still very light down to the point where the lanes divide. Back to you. Thanks, monika. The d. C. City council could be a step forward or step closer to decriminalizing marijuana. The council is expected to vote on the measure to make the possession of small amounts of pot punishishable by only a fine just like a traffic ticket. Jessica doyle is in our newsroom with a preview. Good morning, jess. Reporter good morning, andrea, mike. Needless to say, there are a lot of opinions when it comes to whether or not you should be locked up if youre caught smoking pot on the streets in d. C. Now that is the issue thats going before the full d. C. Council for the very first time today. There is some agreement on the basics. The mayor and eight of 13 d. C. City Council Members agree there should be no c
Labor day weekend. Kpix 5 reporter Christin Ayers is on Treasure Island to explain. Reporter hi, ann. This is yet another step in this saga. Caltrans is sending this letter to the federal Highway Administration just yesterday asking them to review a backup plan that would allow the bridge to open on labor day. The plan is a temporary fix that would essentially stabilize the plan not far from where 32 bolts busted in march leaving the bridge seismically unsafe and keeping it from opening on september 3rd as planned. The plan would involve installing wedges called shims into the bridges bearings to prevent the bearings from moving too much in case of an earthquake. Based on the what the toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee said labor day is off the table. If this is a possibility, we want to really vet this extremely well and then if we do get that vetting and feel comfortable with it, then well look at a new date. Reporter you can hear that spokesman not so sure the plan would work.
Ryan, agencies are being told that its essentially business as usual as if this executive order never happeneded. Yeah, thats a good way to describe it, in many of these agency, following the instrucks of this judge in washington, essentially hauling the executive order, which banned travel from seven different countries. As a result, the department of Homeland Security and the state department are abiding by that question. Listen to this statement from the department of Homeland Security. That was issued this morning. It reads, in accordance with the judges rule, dhs has suspended any and all actions implementing the effect ed sections of the executive order protecting the nation from Foreign Terrorists into the United States. This includes action to suspend passenger systems that are, system rules i should say, that flag travelers for Operational Action that are subject to the executive order. So, that means that visas are being issued once again. That the Refugee Program is back up
Movement. Fox and friends first continues right now. Same old same old for a good time rob interesting choice of song. Look at providence, rhode island in the northeast a few hours north and east of new york city and you can see the salt trucks and plows are out as the snow begins to fall from the bomb cyclone which makes it sound like this snowstorm will be the end of the world but i think we are going to survive. Todd will be in the thick of it. Jillian interesting to see the snow down south who arent used to seeing it. Rob florida, amazing to see it that far south. You are watching fox and friends first. Jillian thanks for joining us this morning. Fox news alert, monster winter storm barreling up the east coast unleashing snow, ice and Hurricane Force wind. Rob florida looking more like a Winter Wonderland in north florida, snow falling in tallahassee for the first time in almost 30 years. Jillian brutal below freezing temperatures turning water fountains into icicles and that same