Tractortrailer somehow overturned along route 50. We have made some progress so thats good news. It also will they have the tow truck on the scene here with the tractortrailer back upright so that is good. I want to show you a little bit of a closeup here as close as we can get. The accident is on the westbound side of route 50, its right after Saint Margarets road. All lanes still blocked. Those of you traveling from the Eastern Shore headed back to d. C. Youll be forced to get off at exit 29, Cape Saint Claire road. A few miles of backup so please factor that in your commute. If youre traveling eastbound you can see one lane is getting by there on route 50. Youre getting by with just one lane to the right. And just in case, if you need to get to the businesses including this gas station, the service lanes are opened. I know some of you were wondering about that. Now, crews shut down part of the eastbound side because of large debris that basically scattered and flew from the westboun
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
Cold though. Yeah, just incredible how clean and how far you can see with this air arctic air in place. What is not pleasant being outside though. Just want to show you those are all wind chill advisories. Its not just here in washington, its up and down the eastern seaboard in fact all the northeast under either wind chill advisories or wind chill warnings and we, too, are under that advisory right through the noon hour. The reason why right now. Heres wait feels like outside when you step out this morning. Feels like minus three here in the city, minus seven out at dulles. Minus seven in hagerstown. Winds blowing out of the north and west about 25 to 30 with air temperatures in the low teens and upper Single Digits. Ill have all the details on a very, very brutally cold forecast coming up in just a minute guys. Back to you. Actually at 7 oclock this morning the frigid weather is our big story. Today will bring record breaking cold air and bitter winds. Parts of new england will feel
Over to mayor where point ridge and marlton elementary are both closed today because of heating problems. All other Prince Georges County schools are opened today on time. Dorchester county schools are closed. Queen annes county schools are on a 90 minute delay. Talbot county schools are now closed for the day. And in West Virginia grant hardy hampshire jefferson and Mineral County schools are all closed. You can see the closings and delays running o bottom of the screen and the fox5 news and weather apps. Our Team Coverage continuing this morning. Tuck joins us now with the first check on the forecast talk about the threat of freezing rain which is really what were worried about this afternoon, right, tuck. Hard to believe with temperatures as cold as they are this morning were talking about freezing rain. Upstairs several thousand feet temperatures are going to warm first then work their way down to the surface but in the meantime were looking at this period later this afternoon earl
Congratulate President Trump on his first 100 days in office. We are keeping one promise after another and frankly, the people are really happy about it. Reporter the enthusiastic crowd cheered familiar themes. Media outlets like cnn and msnbc are fake news. Reporter and celebrated a new direction in politics. From now on, it is going to be america first. Reporter mr. Trumps ambushes agenda has been met with resistance . Washington. The plan to repeal and replace obama care has stalled and the president still needs to secure funding to build a wall along the u. S. Mexico border. The president has a historically low Approval Rating if ever this stage of his presidency, but his core remains extremely supportive. I would give him an a plus. He promised a lot. And, he has we will hear more from the president tomorrow on face the nation. He speaks to host John Dickerson about the future of his administration. When asked about north koreas failed Missile Launch attempt, he says he is not hap