Of this year. Now, some of those accusations include graphic jokes, sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds some 84,000 to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is also accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged in those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will be investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations in the u. S. House forced out john conyers and trent franks. Texas republican joe barton also wont seek reelection after a nude photo of him surfaced online in november. And in the senate, democrat al frankens replacement has been named. Though the senor set. Also this week three women who went public with accusations of Sexual M
Look at the camera above below rather. Things are jammed up on the outer loop by New Hampshire avenue. A full look at your traffic and some metro issues on the red line this weekend next. Allison and steve. Erin thanks very much. Lets get on to the news right now. The Sexual Misconduct scandal sweeps up another lawmaker on the hill. Republican Blake Farenthold the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Mel. Reporter well, steve and allison, congressman Blake Farenthold of ssaid that the claims that the claims brought by a former Communications Director are false but still he announced that he will not seek reelection next year. Now some of the accusations include sexual jokes, comments and a hostile work environment. Farenthold reportedly used taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed by that staff. In an apology on facebook, farenthold
Individual was hit. It happened this morning in Silver Spring near the intersection of piny branch road and arla street. Youre looking at the scene there. The person rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. There may be lingering delays. You may find piny branch is closed between flower and barren as police investigate. A maryland father sharing his story after a friend mistakingly shot his little boy. He says his family has compassion for the shooter, who is not only a good friend but also a purple heart recipient. Mark harry says his son, caleb, liked spending time at the home of his neighbor. Two weeks ago, mark got a call from his friend saying hed accidentally shot caleb while he was putting his gun away. The friend jumped into action and took caleb to the hospital at joint base andrews. Because to him, they are like best hes actually taking therapy for what happened because ptsd kicked in after all of this. I couldnt lose both a friend and my son at the same time. Powerful w
Im david culver alongside my friend Megan Fitzgerald, in for angie. When i say the date i was thinking, how many days left until christmas. Are you ready . Are you done with your shopping . No. I had my mother buy some gifts for me. I feel bad. I dont like to shop. I dont. Thats the way to do it. If youre shopping today, lauryn says, itll be chilly but, what, itll heat up a little bit . Heat up a little bit. Yesterday, we were at 31. Today well be in the mid 40s. I cant believe you havendont christmas shopping. Well talk about the weather later. We need to talk about the problems youll have the next few days. So i have christmas on my tenday forecast. Thats coming up in 15 minutes. Right now, lets Pay Attention to the w cold. Temperatures are anywhere from the 30s to the 20s. Some areas in the teens throughout the morning. Well warm right up. We have a little breeze out there today. Temperatures will be in the mid 40s. If youre doing reads across america, thank you very much. Itll be a
Saturday. Good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. And im dray clark. Its now 6 00 on this saturday morning. Nice to be with you. And that snow that crippled the area yesterday afternoons commute could still be a problem on the roads this morning. This is what it looked like early last night as people tried to make their way home from work aside from the jammed up roads there was also some scary scenes like this car dangling over a wall you can see there. The temperatures stayed below freezing through the night and that means there could still be some slick spots on the roads this morning. Chief meteorologist tammie souza is tracking the conditions this morning in her first alert forecast. Good morning, tammie. Good morning to you, dray. Good morning to all of you at home. Its a cold morning. We have clear skies out there and temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s. Lets take a look across philadelphia. Right now were all the way up to 25 toasty degrees. We have