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Us Capitol police are investigating after Congressman Jamal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House office building today. The incident comes ahead of a scheduled vote on a house funding bill. Now, Bowman claims that he pulled the alarm by accident saying he was trying to get through a door and thought the alarm would open the door. We spoke to Pace University Law Professor Bennett Gershman about the incident and he says in DC, pulling a false fire alarm is punishable up to six months in jail. But Gershman says intention is key. It's still in the early stages, they're going to investigate. Nobody is minimizing the seriousness of it. Um Was it a stunt? Was it an attempt to delay the proceedings? I don't know. He claims it was an accident. He claims he made a mistake and look people make mistakes. Uh and, and, and uh you know, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that somebody committed a crime uh intentionally and knowingly now some Republicans in the house want the congressman censored for his action. Officials say Bowman laughed off their reaction and said the GOP members are going to do what they do.

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News twelve's Jade Nash has local reaction to the historic funding bill and what's being said today about Congressman, Jamal Bowman after he triggered a fire alarm in a house office building. PJ Woodson, the editor in chief of Black Westchester thinks the government should always remain running and never come close to a shutdown. It's a no brainer. I don't even know what to say. Although Woodson says he would have preferred if Congress reached a long term funding bill. He admits that he's glad that elected officials at least came together for a short term bill to avoid a shutdown. There would have been too much repercussions on both side and, and the Republicans would have had a lot to deal with if they didn't, if they let the, the, the country shut down, the short term bill includes funding for natural disaster relief but gives no additional dollars to Ukraine. It's, it's, it's disappointing, um, particularly coming from the Republican Party, uh which historically and traditionally, um, had been a strong on international issues, strong on foreign policy and certainly no friend of Vladimir Putin and the Russians, the former Republican turned independent is also speaking out about representative Jamal Bowman. Bowman pulled the fire alarm in the Cannon House office building on Saturday before the house was scheduled to vote. I know Congressman Bowman, he's a good man. He's a decent man. Uh Frankly, this story that he got confused when he pulled the fire alarm in Congress yesterday doesn't really add up particularly for a uh career middle school principal to say he doesn't know what a fire alarm does. In a statement Congressman Bowman says in part, I want to be very clear. This was not me in any way trying to delay any vote. It was the exact opposite. I was trying to urgently get to a vote which I ultimately did and joined my colleagues in a bipartisan effort to keep our government open. Westchester County Democratic Committee chair Suzanne Berger thinks now that Bowman has apologized, it's time to move on. I think it's a distraction from the fact that the Republicans up until the last minute were prepared to shut down the government. I'm sure he wouldn't do it again in Yonkers, Jade Nash News 12.

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He claims he was rushing to vote and came to a door that was normally open but, at the time, was not.  

Rep. Jamaal Bowman released a statement admitting he pulled a fire alarm right before the vote for a bill to avert a government shutdown. Bowman said pulling the alarm was an accident as he rushed to vote and came to a door that was normally open. 

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Right now, storm watch teams, Hoose has been tracking some chilly weather making its way. Are we a chilly or cold? Hope, what are we looking at now? Chilly, too cold. So we're starting off with some chilly temperatures tomorrow and then it's just going to gradually get colder as the week goes on. So here's a first look at what you can expect. This week, the cold does return some wet weather and then we warm up, warm up. So a little bit of a roller coaster that we need to get through as we get through the next couple of days. But this is where we're starting the day, mid to upper thirties to start our Tuesday, we're going to see a little bit of that sunshine, but the cold, that's what you're gonna feel tomorrow morning feel like temperatures will be near 30 degrees. So in the afternoon, mid forties and then we start to experience some colder air. By Wednesday morning, you're waking up the temperatures near 30 degrees once again and it looks like temperatures are really struggle to get to near 40 degrees by Wednesday afternoon. The only good thing about this weather pattern is that we're not seeing any wet weather that's going to hold off until the weekend. But the coldest air that we'll experience this week will be actually Wednesday night into Thursday morning, temperatures will be in the mid to upper twenties, feeling like the low twenties and even the thirties as the day goes on. So as we get into the end of the week, it is going to be dry but milder Friday and Saturday looks and feels amazing. But this is what we're watching for our Sunday, the storm system, it is going to bring in a swath of rain and even some gusty winds, we're still ironing out the details to find out the exact timing and impact for the storm. So keep it in our new 12 and we'll let you know as the week goes on. But in the short term, it is going to be cold by tomorrow and even through Thursday.

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All right. There are less than 21 days until Christmas and a week to the first day of winter. I don't like, I, I don't like talking about that. I just go, don't worry, Kevin, we're gonna go ahead and make sure that we're gonna have any cold air coming our way as we move on in towards those first few days of winter coming on up because you can see that temperature trend for the month of December shows us trending on the warmer than average side. In which case, the average high throughout the month is around 39 to 47 degrees. So we'll be seeing sixties and seventies. No, but we'll be trending a little bit around 47. Are you a little bit warmer? Yeah, it is certainly possible. Especially heading up in tours this weekend. I'll show you those numbers in just a moment first. These numbers right here as we're continuing the countdown for the holiday season. We do have winter officially arriving December 21st in the evening hours, 17 days from now. Christmas arrives, of course, December 25th, 21 days from now. So you still have time to go ahead and continue some holiday shopping and New Year's Eve, of course, getting ready to ring in 2024 27 days from now. Looking out and about, it's a quiet night out there past the Cuomo Bridge. We are watching those skies getting clearer as time goes on, temperatures cooling down to the upper thirties and then we'll watch more cloud cover head our way going in through the middle of the day, but no showers are coming out of those clouds. In fact, we'll continue to enjoy a dry stretch of weather. We certainly do need to have that kind of raw wet day on Sunday. Well, look at this, our next chance of rain is coming up this coming Sunday where we're gonna be a large system moving towards the northeast, but Saturday is gonna be beautiful. It's my pick of the week. Probably cloudy guys, 53 degrees for a high running nearly 10 degrees above the average high of 44. So through your future cast, we go tomorrow afternoon we have temperatures in the thirties and forties feeling a little bit cooler. And then by Wednesday morning we see those temperatures in the twenties and thirties having a touch of a chill in the air. So each and every morning going forward, it's gonna feel bit colder and colder. Getting in towards Friday to Saturday. Here comes that system heading our way. A southerly breeze will help to boost those temperatures on Friday and Saturday. Then here comes the rain, Sunday morning, just rain coming on down, breezy winds. Then the system is out of here by Sunday night. So we should go in towards our Monday coming out of next week with drier, yet cooler air coming on down. So guys overall a very nice stretch of 10 days with one dreary day in sight.

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Rep. Bowman apologizes for ‘mistakenly’ pulling fire alarm during House shutdown vote

But as house representatives gathered at the house can office in Washington DC to vote on the government shutdown, our Congressman, Jamal Bowman allegedly pulled the building fire alarm leaving many with questions. News twelve's Valerie Ryan is here with us now in studio to give us the details and reactions about this incident. Valerie, thank you. No, the Bronx and Westchester Congressman, Jamal Bowman released a statement admitting he did indeed pull that fire alarm and officials say they believe it was in an effort to delay voting, but Bowman says it was the exact opposite. In his statement, Bauman Bowman writes in part today as I was rushing to make a vote, I came to a door that is usually open for votes, but today would not open. I'm embarrassed to admit that I activated the fire alarm mistakingly thinking it would open the door. I regret this in sincerely apologize for any confusion this caused. Bowman explains. He met with the sergeant at arms and Capitol police to explain the situation. But according to the app formerly known as Twitter, other representatives are unhappy with Bowman's behavior. Matt Rosendale, a US representative posted this picture that captures Bowman pulling that alarm and writes, interfering with the legislative proceeding and there will be no ramifications. Nicole Mata is a representative of the Staten Island District writes this is the United States Congress, not a New York City High School. At this hour, we do not know if Jamal Bowman will be facing any consequences for this action, but we will continue to keep you updated as we learn more back to you. No.

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