Last minute wheeling and dealing taking place right now as critics warn there will not be enough votes to pass it. House Freedom Caucus member mo brooks. Met with the white house today. He is still voting no. He is going to tell us why. Connell lets go back to the markets. The dow, really ending a little bit down ahead of tomorrows huge vote. Lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. What are you watching, lori . Reporter the vix popped up a little over 12, it is well, well under a level of 20, which is the longterm average for the volatility index. Folks are calling this crisis fatigue. Analysts say every time there is a shock to the system like 1 decline we saw yesterday, everybody buys in. They pile back in. You guys brought up a great point, this vote to repeal obama care coming tomorrow, depending on that outcome, that could be the next catalyst for this market. Today, call it a waitandsee. Talk about specific stocks. Nike reporting earnings, rising sales the other
This morning with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, the only regular here. I dont mind working thanks giving and the day after because im more of a new years guy. We wont see you new years day . No, ill be somewhere sunny and warm by new years. Not a lot of sunshine and warmth coming our way. A lot of cloud cover outside again for the afternoon. Not a whole lot of rain expected. Little pocket of drizzle and mist is all you need to worry sunshine. Shopping forecast for today, temperatures near 40 degrees here early this morning with a lot of clouds around. You can also see a little bit of sunshine today as well as have a small chance for a little rain. Little bit of everything. Mid to upper 50s. Cooler tomorrow. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Now its time to go to mr. Jack taylor at wtop. I still think the tryptophan is kicking in. If youre going to head out this morning, theres nothing in your way. Were in good shape as you head out. Nothing on the beltway. Good to go on t
Morning commute but more rain is on the way as Lauryn Ricketts will have more on that in a moment. First, what the same storm system did to our south. It produced storms in alabama leaving three people dead. There was damage at the alabama and tennessee border. Reporter a Flash Flood Warning is still in effect in several counties in tennessee. A tornado ripped t right now were in a community that is at a standstill. Power is out everywhere in benton, tennessee, where this store got hit hard. Power lines were dripped down, debris blocking several roads and shutting down some major highways. We spoke with the Benton Police and he said most of the damage a shelter is opened for those displaced from the tornado at the local high school. The National Weather service says they expect it to last until early afternoon. Back to you. We are definitely seeing rain out there right now. We are in a weather alert mode, mainly for this afternoon. I dont think were going to see much right now. B rain
As we are getting a little bit more of an easterly movement here. Heaviest rain, lets zoom in, in through Montgomery County. Now right over great falls, moving up toward gaithersburg. Rockville, headsup there. In toward bethesda. Will move across the American Legion bridge already having a tough time as normal traffic is concerned. The wider picture showing the rain will come to an end tonight. In behind it, we get much cooler if not colder. Ill have that complete forecast inclung minutes. Thanks, doug. A Council Member in Prince Georges County has crashed his countyissued vehicle for a second time. But this time police say mel franklin was drunk. Hes accused of crashing his suv into a car at a red light last week. Our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is in Upper Marlboro with more on this. Reporter this is what was left of prince georges Council Members mel franklins countyissued suv after a crash vehicle he struck looked like. A couple was inside of the car. Their car was totaled. They
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