Overview of what happened today. Blayne . Reporter well, doreen, you know in the end all of this real really unravelled quickly so far senator franken. He said hes not stepping down, not leaving his seat. Now he said the past 24 hours made it clear he cannot stay on capitol hill. With almost no support left in the United States senate, senator al franken announcing he will be resigning his seat. There is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office. And a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. Reporter franken taking a swipe at President Trump and Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. But not any of his alleged behavior. Some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others i remember very differently. Reporter one of his accusers calling that appalling. He just keeps passing the buck and making it out to be something that
An Anne Arrundel is asking roy moore to refund a 1,000 donation. He says he waited to make the request by email because he expected moore to drop out of the Alabama Senate race. Civil rights icon john lewis says he will not be at this weekends opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum because President Trump will be there. The georgia congressman was supposed to speak during the event but he said the president s hurtful policies are an insult. And breaking right now on capitol hill, the house has passed a temporary funding bill to avoid a government shut down this weekend. The measure passed 235 to 193. This running through december 22nd. The plan is to buy more time including the budget a Childrens Health program and federal aid to puerto rico. Firefighters investigating a possible case of arson in montgomery county. Crews responded to a townhouse fire on cedarwood drive in rockville just after 2 oclock. One person was injured, two were displaced from the home. They have one pers
Snowfall in 30 years come and we are tracking chances for flakes in our area. It means a lot to us. Jonathan a scooter stolen come in Arlington Store searches for their vintage vespa stolen from in front of their store. We start right away on stormwatch as we are about to get our first blast of winter. Alison we are even talking about the potential for some people to see their first snowfall this weekend. It is the same system that is dumping snow into other parts of the country come including texas, where they have not seen snow in decades. Chief meteorologist bill kelly is mchugh sure we are ready for this. Texas, new mexico having their first Winter Weather ies. Sory what we are watching very down to the south. The low pressure is still positioned well down near the gulf. The forecast track brings it across the deep south, off the eastern seaboard, off the coast of North Carolina and the outer banks, then the east of our area. What we are watching closely is the outer west band. If
Day of rage, the middle east is preparing as violence flares after the president s decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. The group now calling for a new uprising. Delivering a new ideal. Why u. P. S. May be ditching the brown trucks and downsiding to get your packages to you on time. It may be one of the most popular drinks this season but get ready for the calorie count that comes with the sugar high. A good morning to all, im diane macedo. Im Kenneth Moton in for kendis gibson. Just as fire crews in Southern California started making slow progress an explosive new fire has erupted north of san diego. Flames quickly exploded scorching more than six square miles in the first few hours. It brings the total to six major fires burning out of control. 190,000 have been ordered to evacua california. A massive fire north of san diego is growing by the hour. Dubbed the lilac fire its destroyed dozens of homes and is threatening thousands more. Abcs rob marciano is there. We just
A cold start to your morning. Warm coat, the clouds will hang around today. Not much in the way of sunshine. Theres that storm system. Its starting to come together down south. Rain and snow with it. Thats going to be closer to us. Ill show you what to expect coming up. Thank you, sheena. Well start out with break news on the wildfires burning in california. Take a look at the pictures. Six fires now burning across the state including a new one that broke out in san diego county. In all, about 500 buildings destroyed, 5700 firefighters are working the frontlines trying to get a handle on the fires. Lets go to jinah kim in ventura with more on the Biggest Challenges facing the firefighters this morning. Good morning, jinah. Good morning, chris. What a difference 24 hours makes. This time yesterday we were el fires in southern california, mostly contained to the general l. A. Area. Since then, weve added the lilac fire and the liberty fire in murieta. The lilac fire being the one theyre