Franken caved to the pressure from his pierce. And tonight arizona congressman trent franks announced his resignation on the heels of an ethics investigation over harassing his female staffers. Fox5s Marina Maracco is live on the hill tonight with the very latest. Reporter the two resignation announcements come within hours of each other. This most recent one, gop quong man trent franks stepping down. The House Ethics Committee announced it will investigate the l term republican to determine if he engaged in anything that constitutes Sexual Harassment. Now, in a statement that he issued tonight, franks acknowledges he made staffers uncomfortable and that he discussed fertility issues and sewer casey with two female staffers, franks goes onto say, quote, i have absolutely never physically intimidated, coursed or had or attempted to have any of my congressional staff. However, i do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways i have broached the topic that unbeknownsted to me made certain individuals uncomfortable. Earlier today democratic senatorial franken took to the senate floor announcing he, too, will be re signing in the coming weeks. Multiple women have accused him of Sexual Misconduct from before until after he was voted into the senate. The most recent accusations coming yesterday when a woman said he tried to forcibly kiss her back in twieks and during his resignation speech he took a shot at the president as well as at roy moore. I i of all people aware that there is some irany in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of assault sits in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly prayed on young girls campaigns for the senate with a full support of his party. Now, both these resignations today come as the high profile men in congress that list continuing to grow as these high profile men are bee now being accused of Sexual Harassment. Tonight we are also learning that the House Ethics Committee is now expanding its investigation into Sexual Harassment allegations against republican congressman blake \fair\fareen hold of texas. Live tonight from capital hill, Marina Maracco, fox5 local news. Fox news has learned the department of justice is now investigating planned parenthood. The doj asked the Senate Judiciary committee for unredacted records from the committees 2016 investigation into planned parenthood and the potential sale of human tissue. The Committee Told the doj the records would only be provided if it sent a letter asking for the records and assuring they would only be used for investigative purposes. Also on the hill tonight, shutdown averted. The house and Senate Passed a bill to prevent a Government Shutdown this weekend. The measure passed mostly along party lines and will keep the government running through december 226789 the vote came up as top congressional leaders from both parties met at the white house to talk about healthcare and daca. New tonight, hundreds of people came to the Lincoln Memorial to remember the life of bee san guy sar. Three weeks ago Us Park Police shot and killed him after he allegedly led them on a car chase. The fbi is now investigating the case. Fox5s corey coffin was at nights gathering. Reporter a friend of the family tells me that the Lincoln Memorial is one of yours favorite spots which is why they chose this area tonight. Originally rsvps on the Facebook Page showed about a thousand and more and more Community Members continue to pile in to this area holding candles and signs with pictures of bee san sangs face. Things were very raw and very emotional and even though the family is seeking answers from investigat ors, tonight was about honoring bijans live. Bee sang s sister post office to the crowd as did some of his friends. He was everything to so many people. He was so full of life. We used to choke that joke that he actually swallowed a microphone when he was younger. He was passionate about everything. He was caring. He was kind. He was so fun and he loved to debate. The memories i have with you will always follow me on my way. Sth i take them away. This just break s your heart. No father, no mother, no sister should be there to witness such a traj dism as we mentioned still a very emotional night out here. Were hearing many people in the crowd crying as people gave testimony as to bijans life. Were even seeing people wearing shirts with the hashtag we are bijan. There is still so much we need to learn, including the identifitive the officer who fired the shots that night and any other details that will come out leading up to the shooting. For now reporting from the Lincoln Memorial. Corey coffin, fox5 local news. The brand new i66 toll lanes are only four days old but plenty of commuters are fed up with the costly fares. In fact some of these descriefers out here have paid as much as 40 just to drive the tenmile stretch. Kristin leone in arlington about how lawmakers are trying to put a brake on these costly fares. Thats right, theyre trying to bump the brakes. They are calling the toll faifers highway robbery. Peak phaser reaching about 40 bucks earlier this week. And then dropping to about half that amount yesterday and today. But according to Northern Virginia lawmakers thats still way too much for drivers to be paying for them they want to cap the cost or scrap it completely. Tonight they met with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission in arlington hoping to propose a resolution. In case youre wondering, that commission they collect the toll revenue and in turn thatting go es towards funding transit programs and other options like buses in virginia. Well, the commission tonight decided not to talk about it, but does it mean that plenty of people werent still riled up. County supervisor ron meyer says , for him in addition to capping the cost at 5 he says he would like to see the change in hours for when people are tolled. Listen, i know its only four days but we know within four days this wasnt what was told us. We have a two and a half hour timeframe where people are getting tolled now when it was restriction free before. Those are a lot of people who are working hourly jobs between five 30 a. M. And 6 30 a. M. And now theyre having to pay a significant toll to get to work every morning. Theyre taking routes in arlington, bw park parkway and those routes have been atrocious. If you take a closer look on your screen there vdot release some data today pointing out that on monday the average round trip cost for those who took the toll during the peak hours, morning and afternoon paid 14. 50. Now youre thinking okay thats not bad, 7. 25 each way, right . After all it also beats paying 17dollars which was the project ed amount that vdot anticipated in 2015. Well, according to critics, that number doesnt paint a true representation here of the total costs in this case because it involves or it includes whether you take one exit or you drive the whole nine miles of the toll ed portion of i66. So for state and local law makers here in this case theyre calling for vdot to again either cap or reconfigure the toll costs here and were told that the state secretary of transportation will meet to discuss the toll again in 30 days and once again after that in 90 days. Well keep a close eye there. For now report ing live in arlg torntion kristin leone. Fox5 local news. If your commute takes you across the 355 bridge over to find another route for the next few months, a trash truck hit the bridge. Repairs will take up to 60 days. Deterse are from 830 to the south and route 85 a to southbound to route i270 to the north. The wild fires in california are getting worse. More communities destroyed in a matter of hours. Plus the warning of navigation apps as people flee the flames. Tony, first time this season weve had to talk about the real possibility of some snow and maybe more than just first flakes. Could it be our first accumulating snow for some areas . What is the timing on it . It would be late friday into saturday. Well compare a couple different models again and let you know what were thinking at this point on a thursday night of what we might be talking about in terms of saturday. The gop still wants to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, so what is the healthcare outlook heading into the next year. Jim lokay breaks it down and breaks down what you need to know tonight on the final five at 11 30. Because everyone likes easy. Sure do. Because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. 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Parts of the 95 express lanes in Northern Virginia will be closed for several hours tomorrow as Police Search for the remains of a d. C. Woman missing since 2009. Pamela butler vanished from her house in northwest. This year her boyfriend Jose Rodriquez crews admitting to killing her. As part of his plea deal he agreed to tell detectives where he buried her body. Drivers will not be a able to access parts of the road beginning at ten a. This tractortrailer accident led to ten hours of traffic trouble near philadelphia. The truck over turned this morning sending boxes of vodka sprawling onto an interstate 95 ramp. It took road crews hours hours to unload the bottles of tit owes. The truck driver escaped the crash with minor injuries. The department of transportation is dropping a proposal that would have required airlines to disclose baggage fees when you start purchasing a ticket. The rule would have had limited public benefit. Airlines right now are required to disclose their baggage fees, but critics say the information is hidden late in the process of buying a ticket. Wild fires continue to rav vaij southern california. A fire north of los angeles destroyed moirn 430 homes and buildings. In San Diego County more than 20 homes in a community. Also in california, a key stretch of the 101 freeway was closed today as wild fire spread towards coastal mountain communities. The toxic Motor Vehicle from the communities have closed 330 schools. It scorched acres of land and hundreds of homes. Winds made it difficult to contain the flames. We dont have any electricity and we do have water, but, you know, youre not supposed to drink it now Authorities Say there are shortages of food and water. Most of Ventura County is now under a boil advisory. Mean meantime there are reports that popular navigation apps like wai s and google maps directed some drivers into neighborhoods that were on fire. Theyr updating the system to keep its users safe. Theyre warning users to use commonsense and not rely solely on their phones. Meantime crews in Northern Virginia are gearing up for wirnt. Vdot says the rest of this evening and tomorrow crews will be treating roads with anti icing materials ahead of the anticipated Winter Weather this weekend that includes treating the roads, ramps and bridges with brian or the liquid magnesium chloride solution. Ws cold weather anden increased chance of water main breaks. The Company Maintains more than 5,000 miles of water mains. Wsc c crews equipment is out on standby. The Utility Company typically repairs about 1800 brakes every year. Sue palka is here with the latest on the weather. Had this been saturday , do you think its going to require roads to be treated. I think theres a possibility. Although temperature wise, if it isolater getting in here then its not going to stick to roads. Its a matter of timing. A couple of models want to bring it in overnight. Most of the time its snowing its going to be above freezing. Hopefully roads will be okay. We have to worry about bridges. Im hoping its not going to be a problem. It should be like a wet snow. And ticking just to grass. Thats what were thinking. But i will say im a little conceed its snowing in texas night. I mean torn texas. Yes, it is southern texas. And i saw it starting to break out in mississippi, too. Maybe a sign that is going to develop is a bit more robust. Today the models pushed it a little bit farther west. Well wait and seevment im just glad its a saturday. If we are going to get a starter snow, lets have it be on a saturday. I know the kids dont want that. Meanwhile its 39 in fred rirks 37 gaithersburg, 36 in winchester and culpeper 34. Manassas, 30 greece. And were definitely headed for a cold night. A lot of 20s in the suburbs. We have quite a bit of cloud cover around. Clouds hang with us tomorrow. Its going to be a blow normal day. Only about 43 greece. Generally locally its dry. Im saying generally because if you get down toward lower Southern Maryland you you may start to see a little bit of rain that bit of snow after five, 6 00. Before school 30, degrees. After school, still chillily. Upper 30s to a low 40s. Lets stalk about all the snow theyre seeing up through the lakes. We had a few fleur is up toward the cumberland area. This is what im talking about. Look at the snow starting to break out here in mississippi, parts of louisiana and yes, houston, weve got snow. Theyve had quite a year. Brownsville, texas all the way down there a little bit of snow showing up as welch thats part of the system that were going to be watching getting closer to our era and this storm may be getting a little bit stronger and as a result of that it may be able to push more moisture towards the d. C. Area. Light snow is possible. It would be mostly be saturday. If i were to speed up and get in here night or predawn on saturday then youd have more of a chance of seeing some accumulation. At 10 00 we compared the american model with the rapid precision. Its very aggressive as well getting light snow in here as early as four in the morning keeping it around for the noon hours, still snowing at 6 00 before moving on away. That might be overdone if it is not, maybe its a similar to this situation which is our rapid precision model which would mainly hold sno snow off until later in the day on saturday. After 8 00 and that would cut down on accumulations. Right now im going to say maybe a gras i coating, up to two inches possible where you get that decent snow on saturday and again mostly not on roadways, but lets keep an eye on that. Sunday is colder at 39degrees. Were cold next week, too. Only in your seven day forecast. Thank you very much. Everything is going high tech these days. 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Rowe price. Invest with confidence. The 2018 Winter Olympics in south korea will already be without a team from russia as the nation has been barred from next years games because of widespread doapg by their athletes. Could america be joining their come razor on the sidelnes. Un ambassador nikki hail i said the uss participation is up in the air. The games 50 miles south of the north korea border. Today they clarified ambassador haleys re marks about teesm usas participation. No official decision has been made on that and well keep you guys posted as those decisions are made. I know the goal is to do so that will be arrested on an outstanding decision made closer to time. This comes on the heels of olympic skier lindsay vons saying she hopes to president the united states, not the president in the winter games. Von who won a gold medal in the 202010 vancouver games. I want to represent our country well and i dont think there are a lot of people currently in our imovment that do is that, end quote. So its interesting that this warning is going out because of concerns with north korea, yet judging by census numbers there are over 140,000 citizens living there now. If its so bad why wouldnt those same warnings go out to those People Living there as well. This is coming up pretty soon. It starts in ferks february 5, i believe. They need to make a decision very soon. It would be devastating to the teams. Absolutely right. Well see how it of thats it for us. Jim lokay is up next with the final five. Paths arent what they used to be. Roads nowhere to be found. And its exactly what youre looking for. Two members of congress are out over more section muscle why is machine kowk difficult gas stations. A Government Shutdown averted at least for now. The attacks. Nuclear war with the u s is inevitable. And a pearl harbor event serenades the president during a ceremony at the white house. This is the final five. Lets do this. You know, we got up this morning and thought okay, one member of congress was stepping down, by the end of the night two were out. The surprise one came at about 5 00. Republican congressman trent franks of arizona. Hes going to lea
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