Wednesday, december 20. Michael thomas is talking about weather ahead and erin como is talking about the roads and mike, not as nice and still not bad. Not as nice and not the worst day in the world. Could be worst for late de. Lots of clouds. Temperatures not moving far from where they are now and currently 52. Hey, erin. Ill take the degree rights now. We have a crash Harmony Church in hamilton. We get you around that one. Ill tell you maureen, holly, you ladies are popping in those colors. Pop, pop, thanks, erin. Ow top story this morning the republicans push to reform the the National Tax Code is almost complete app now it has one more hurd toll clear before getting president tr trump. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill with the the latest this morning. The the vote was late, mel. Thats right theyll be back at it early again this morning. House republicans were celebrating yesterday because they tug their hurdle. Turns out they were a few chains technical changes that had to be m
Welcome back. It is 6 00 here this morning. We are watching Hurricane Sandy very closely for you this morning. Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. A very busy morning indeed. Tucker barnes will have the latest information as soon as we get it. Before we talk with him, first the warnings about this storm are being taken very seriously. There is a long list of what is closed today. Metro is closed today. That includes all rail, bus and metro access service. The federal government is also closed. D. C. Government offices or closed as well and so are most schools across it is region. For a full list of closures gorks to myfoxdc. Com. We are also running all the closures on the top of your screen. For a full list of closures, go to myfoxdc. Com. Tucker, can you at least i know you are very busy over there. Here, we have a picture it was right now. What is the latest on this . So, were now looking it at the outer band of sandy actually working their way inland and starting to a
Now for a 2yearold boy who police say was dragged into the water by an alligator and it happened near disney grand floridian resort 9 30 last night. Posting picture of the search for the web site. The family of five was in an area where no swimming signs were posted. The boys father tried unsuccessfully to rescue his son from the gators grip. At this time we have in excess of 50 Law Enforcement personnel who are here at the scene who are out actively serving the lake. We have two of our marine units on the lake searching for the child to recover at this point. Family was visiting from nebraska. Officials state alligator could have been anywhere from 4 to 7 feet long. Developing in california a 16yearold girl dayed after shot at a vigil for drowning victim. Police say 3 others ran age from mid teens to early 20s were shot and jivrmentd it in unclear if the shooting is related to the vigil. New development this morning. App investigation into the or land owe night club shooting. Prosecut
Opened fire inside a nightclub. It started a shooting beforer quickly turning into a hostage situation until police were ablr to go inside and shoot the suggestion peck. A gay nightclub in or lapped oh was omar ma keen opened fire inside as Police Responded a three hour hostage tan oven sued until a swath team swarmed the t club killing the suspect. How people lost their life andle the impact its going to have oe their families. Ive got kids and grandkids. I cant imagine. Hours after the killings isis claiming responsibility for the attacks, though it is not clear if the shooting was actually claimed by the terror or inspired by it. President obama offering orla resource of the federal government. As a country we will be theree for the people of orlando today, tomorrow and for all the days to come. Survivorrors describing a scenee of shear panic asthma kind wentt through the Club Shooting at random. I was trying to get out of there. I didnt look back. Ook i just ran to get out of there
Other trips so its good great to be back with you. Thats the first thing i said im so glad youre back, tom, welcome back. Good to see you. Welcome back. And mike is here again. My friend Michael Thomas is always a pleasant sight. I try, i try. You. Were talking a little while earlier before we went on the air you got too much sun but i understand thats not a problem today. Not at all today. We have a lot of cloud cover. Opposite of yesterday. Look outside now. You see a little patchy blue out there for the time being. Clouds continually rolling in and in the course of the Morning Hours we have a decent shot at some thunderstorms coming through. Strong storms are possible later on this afternoon. We do want to you keep that in mind. Stormtracker radar now pretty much quiet for the time being. There may be one or two showers across the mountains to the west and one or two that come across later this morning in d. C. Theres the big picture. Cold front is kind of sliding right arou cincinn