Because of crash duke strot and metro turning out to be on time now. I have you covered steve and allison. Thank you very much. Election day in alabama. Voters head to the polls today in one of Biggest Senate races since the president ial election. Roy moore, doug jones battling it out for Jeff Sessions vacated senate seat. Bell mel is live on capitol hill this morning to break on the highly contested senate race, mel. Good morning, steve, allison. When senator Jeff Sessions long time senator from alabama was chosen as trumps pick for attorney general political analysts physical urd that was safe move because there was no way in their opinion that alabama voters would ever fill that seat with dem caxt now race is toss up. And that could mean a shakeup in the senate. And. Jm roy moore wouldnt say much about politics or sports or anything else last night outside final election eave cap pain question validity of recent polls and talk need to challenge establishment. Its difficult to drain
Days ago showing moore with a 9 point advantage and then this fox news poll most recently showing jones democrat with den point advantage and average polls two percent of difference showing the candidate. Its a tossup no matter which way it goes. It as an impact. The night before the alabama special election roy moore and doug joes making final case to voters. Theres been plenty of outside help. Robo call from President Trump and former president obama and plus appearances by steve bannon and new jersey corey booker and monday night moore took a page from Trump Campaign play book holding drain the swamp rally and he wept after the women accusing him of Sexual Misconduct decades ago asking why the women stayed silent. I ran three county campaigns in this same county and never once was this mentioned. Jones said s we lagged behind in industry and lagged behind in education. But quickly focused on allegations against his opponent. Its time that we put our sdeensy and our state before poli
Year. Now, accusations from former staffers include sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit. Hes accused of berating aides and creating a hostile Work Environment. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry out outbursts. I think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will begin investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations the senators resignation has not yet been set. Also this week you may recall three women who went public during the campaign with accusations of Sexual Misconduct on the part of donald trump, one more time and there is now a growing group of Congress Women who would like there to be a House Oversight investigation. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local news. Thanks mel. 4 32 right now. These are new images of a man wanted for a deadly stabbing in alexandria. Endless
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
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