Bigger than it was last year. Reporter Fairfax County battalion chief helps distribute some 2,500 coats every october. But this year the need surged. With the help of local businesses, they gathered another thousand or so. Just ahead of the frigid plunge in temperatures. We try to have our Fire Fighters, even give our Police Officers coats to place in their vehicles in case they see someone that might need a coat. Reporter 52 of the coats will go to emily timers group which helps folks with special needs. Some of these coats may be worn inside, too. You start to think about the need at home, you know, if there is not heating and, you know, things like that. So, its just reporter thats a reality . Absolutely, yeah, absolutely. Reporter along lehigh way in merry field, it didnt take long no notice individuals who may be most impacted by the cold. As of january this year there were 1920 folks in Northern Virginia who were considere reporter the Northern Virginia Regional Commission hoping
More Sexual Misconduct reported on the hill. This time republican representative blake farenthold. He is 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. Good morning, mel. Reporter and good morning. The texas congressman says that the allegations brought by a former Communications Director against him are false. Nonetheless he said he will not seek reelection next year. Accusations from former staffers include allegations of sexually graphic jokes and comments farenthold is also suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. Face. Stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged no those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going t
Toughest times of the year. And President Trump says the gop tax bill is a Christmas Gift. But even some republicans say it may really be just a lump of coal. We know a lot more about a story that we brought you as breaking news first at 6 00. Kids were playing with a gun when it went off, injuring a toddler. Good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. Im ericka gonzalez. Police tell us the bullet pierced the little girl in the leg. The shooting was inside an Apartment Building on pomroy street in southeast d. C. The girl is expected to recover. Detectives are interviewi ining everyone who was around at the time. No word if there will be charges filed. New at 11 00, this time of year can be difficult for families coping with the loss of a loved one. Tonight a group of local mothers are getting together to lift each other up after devastating losses. News4scy Prince Georges County with their powerful stories. A lot of times we dont even want to wake up. Were not suicidal. We have to fa
Well keep you updated on the story in the nbc washington app. 4 31 now. President trump is back in washington this morning after a weekend trip to camp david. Now a top lawyer for his Transition Team has accused a Government Agency of unlawfully turning over thousands of emails to special counsel, Robert Mueller. This is all part of the russia election meddling investigation. President trump says he doesnt plan to fire mueller. No, im not. What else . What are you, surprised . President trump cannot technically fire mueller. He could order for his dismissal. The only person who could fire mueller would be depply u. S. Attorney general rob rosenstein. He just told the iteam that hes satisfied with the special counsels work. Republican senator john mccain is home in arizona right now. The 81yearold was recently treated for a viral infection at the National Cancer institute in bethesda. Doctors say he is responding positively to his treatments for brain cancer. Senator mccains daughter me
Developing this morning, a major power outage brought the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. You can literally hear the cheers the moments the lights came back on at atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport. The power outage came at the start of the busy travel season. Passengers were stuck in the dark for 11 hours. One person described it as pandemonium. You can hear it there. People literally had to yell to find each other because they couldnt see. Georgia power says a fire in an underground electrical facility may have caused the outage. Over the next few days, its likely to impact your Holiday Travel plans no matter where youre flying. Justin finch is live with the number of delays were seeing this morning. Hey, justin . Reporter hey there, good morning. [ inaudible ] reporter very slow moving line. I can tell you as well this morning, i have been watching the board as well. We have flights in from atlanta due to arrive. The first at 9 00 a. M. And a couple others at 10 00 a. M. In