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say the ward 5 council member could give up his society as part of a deal he's making with federal prosecutors. thomas has been accused of using $300,000 in city funds to buy an expensive suv and other luxuries. matt ackland is live at the wilson building tracking it down. matt? >> reporter: brian, harry thomas told fox 5 last night that he did not have plans to resign, although sources here at city hall say that he is in the process of working out a deal with federal authorities and part of that deal would be his resignation. we're also hearing that it could happen soon. >> councilw...

snow squalls like we had yesterday. you can see some of those, about 12 hours ago. we still had a few around. and they quickly moved around. clouds this morning off to our south and west. we generally have been clear. we've had some reports, folks are able to see the meteor showers going on during the overnight. they were occurring over the last few hours. the folks that went out to brave it, they were hearty souls. temps are now 89 in win chest -- 9 in winchester. warm spots being right on the bay. not warm at all. annapolis at 19. the wind chills this morning, down to 5 and andrews...

latest just as soon as we have it. >> all right, go ahead and join the press conference. thank you. >> meantime, the fbi raid caught many of thomas' d.c. council colleagues by surprise. bob barnard has more on their reaction to today's developments. bob. >> reporter: out in the community, shawn, there is outrage with some calling for council member thomas to resign, others saying he should go to jail. emotions more reserved among his council colleagues,y this not all expressing their full support. inside the wilson building today, the harry thomas scandal could hardly be avoided. >> ...

comments and not at that time. we're hoping to ask more about mr. thomas, quite frankly, to see if he was in the house but we didn't get far in the efforts. >> i know you have been out there all day long. any chance you got a look at the search warrant and what the feds were looking for, in particular? >> reporter: we didn't. we called the fbi and the u.s. tarp's office and both were vague saying it was a part of the ongoing investigation. you know, some of the money that was spent, some of the $300,000 that was said that he spent it on a luxury suv, it was an outy -- audi suv. thoma...

nbc 4 at the door but declined to open it. so a long and dramatic someday is co-- day is coming to a clos here. it is a sign this investigation has entered a new and more serious stage. i'm tom sherwood live in northeast washington. dorene, back to you. >> all right, tom. thank you. we continue our coverage now with the i-team's tisha thompson who has reaction on all of this. have we heard from the mayor? >> we have. he has started it to put statements out. he's been in new york all day today. we've been in touch with his spokesperson, who gave us this statement. he says, i continu...