[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] scott: it is becoming an all too familiar scene across the united states, protests after a police

officer shoots an unarmed teenager. we have the story from madison wisconsin. reporter: residents of madison wisconsin, mourning the death of tony robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old shot to death by a police officer. >> ask the hard questions, say the hard thing, but you shake hands and hug before it's over. reporter: frustration boiling over in church. >> we are having to find encouraging words. i don't feel like everything is not going to be all right! reporter: some venting their anger on the streets, to leave. >> black lives matter! reporter: madison on edge friday night, when officer kenny responded to multiple disturbance calls, forcing his way into a home. >> shots fired. reporter: the police say those

shots fired after he became -- came under attack from robinson. his mother's desperate for answers. >> he loved his family, he loved his friends. he was never, never, he would never hurt a person, never. reporter: humidity leaders trying to bring together a divided city. -- community leaders. >> robinson. his mother's desperate for answers. >> let's come together as a community and country and do the right thing. scott: the suspect in at least five recent shootings in our area is undergoing a mental evaluation. investigators believe that young to his targets at random, including a truck on the icc in prince george's county and a building near the national security agency at fort meade. nobody was seriously injured in the shootings. young faces several charges including attempted first-degree murder. there is a new controversy surrounding the late marion

barry. a newspaper column said he died without a will. for reported he added estimated $16,000 of assets, compared with $60,000 of unpaid traffic bills. those figures do not include the expenses of his funeral or potential revenues from his book, "mayor for life." d.c. mayors honored marion barry with a new mural. barry would have been 79 years old this past friday. a surprising announcement from a virginia school, sweet briar college announced it is shutting down the summer because of financial issues. the private women's colleges located a few miles north of lynchburg, va. suzanne kennedy has some reaction. >> there is no easy way to share this with you. suzanne: the announcement came

on a website, and through e-mail . after more than a century, the rural all women school will close because of insurmountable financial challenges. >> i love the campus. suzanne: she was in the class of 1990. she says the news is heartbreaking. >> i'm not sure it needs to happen. that is i think the biggest question that has not been answered yet. suzanne: the school outside of lynchburg still has a 94 million dollar endowment, but declining enrollment is forcing the all women's college to take drastic steps. this woman credits the school for helping her find confidence as a young woman. >> i think that sweet briar elevated my sense of self and my ability to accomplish bigger things than i had originally anticipated. suzanne: this year's seniors

will graduate, but other young women are being forced to go to other schools. >> we had plans, classes we were going to take. we were all going to graduate with a sweet briar emblem and everything, but that's not going to happen anymore. suzanne: sweet briar will be the third women's liberal arts college to close its door in the last two years. one more graduation, one more reunion, and the 109-year-old school will shut its doors for good. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. scott: virginia commonwealth university is reaching out to students at sweet briar college you have to continue their education somewhere else. vcu says it extended its transfer education deadline -- transfer application deadline and more grants duden's interested in attending the richmond school. howard university will provide a rebate for students to earn their degree early or on-time. students graduating in 2016 or later will be eligible. the board of trustees has also

frozen tuition florida graduates and graduate programs for the upcoming school year. george washington university's new science and engineering program opened this week. the $275 million building is the largest building for research in washington. labs span 10 floors, including two underground full stop the building sits on what once was a parking lot. coming up -- sxsw sires's week. there will be a local face this year, but at what cost to d.c.? and why elephants are being taken out of the circus. eileen: a taste of spring today. a forecast coming up.

scott: here is what you need to know in the week ahead -- the first african-american senator in the u.s. will be laid to rest tuesday. senator edwin william brooks from massachusetts served with the 366th comment infantry in world war ii. he was 95 years old. the sxsw festival starts thursday in austin, texas, and d.c. mayor muriel bowser is

planning to attend conferences and film videos during the event. chris papst learned while crunching the numbers, despite a $ 250 million deficit, the city is spending $350,000 on that, that is cut down from $475,000 that was originally budgeted. the mayor plans to recruit people for jobs in the city. and registration for this year's marine corps marathon lottery opens friday at noon. thousands are expected to register for the 40th year of the race. that will be october 25 in arlington and washington, d.c. the american basset or to south korea is hoping to be released from the hospital tomorrow. -- the american ambassador to south korea. his stitches were removed today half of them. he has been hospitalized since a slashing attack thursday.

>> we need an ambulance, fast. scott: the police say the suspect was testing joint military drills between the u.s. and south korea. investigators are trying to determine if he has ties with north korea. the state department is reviewing security procedures at the time of the attack. they had only one guard, who was not armed. ahead, the ringling brothers circus announces a major change. they will no longer use elephants in the traveling circus. and this week's forecast.

scott: after years of protests ringling brothers announce this week they will start phasing out elephants from their circus acts. the iconic symbol should be gone by 2018. rebecca: for decades, ringling brothers corporate headquarters was based in washington and when the circus came to town, the elephants parade up as the capital. after years of complaints from animal rights activists, the ceo of feld inter-came and said it is time for a shift under the big top. >> it is the best thing for our company, associates, consumers and most of all the elephants. rebecca: pets a said --

>> this is a time of great rejoicing for all animal rights activist and the animal kingdom. rebecca: this person opened a day care in northwest, using elephants was a big reason she boycotted the circus. >> i don't go to the circus because i don't want to see them in cages or the way they are treated. rebecca: this person preferred seeing other racks. >> as a kid, i was like the stunts of the kids in the acrobats. rebecca: it is this new generation of animal-loving circus goers the company plans to focus on, allowing elephants to retire to the sanctuary they established in florida. >> we want to get back to what we do best, creating live entertainment and creating incredible experiences families can enjoy together. rebecca: a spokesman said for now the tigers and big cats will remain at the circus, but the company that also produces

disney on ice, monster jam, and other major productions will now focus on high tech high wire racks for the new generation -- high wire acts for the new generation of circus goers. scott: all right eileen, everyone must love you today. eileen: i'm feeling the love. scott: you get to deliver the best news we have had in a long time. eileen: i guess i do. let's recap the high temperatures. it was glorious on this first day of daylight savings time. 59 degrees the high at reagan national. the average is 53, so he little above that. 53 the high at bwi marshall and 55 dulles. a little cooler further north as we had more snow pack, but still really nice. 64 the high today in fredericksburg. i think we will be back in the upper 50's, lower 60's for the highs tomorrow. still, not that cold right now

at reagan national. 41 degrees. the wind is calm. high-level clouds are moving in, so the temperatures tonight will not be bottoming out all that much. still, it's going to be worthy of a jacket in the morning. ready to degrees in frederick, 33 dulles, 37 winchester, 40 degrees right now andrews. after a cold start tomorrow temperatures will rise nicely. the overnight will be in the upper 20's, mid 30's, that range. hour by hour monday, a lot of people back to work and school after a few days off from the weekend and the snow days, sunrise tomorrow at 7:29. you will be waking up too dark or conditions, the one flip side of daylight savings, but by 1 p.m. with sunshine, 53, highs in the upper 50's. increasing cloudiness especially through the late afternoon and evening as the next weather system approaches.

the weather system is off to the south. i will take you there on the satellite radar, show you the showers that stretch from tennessee into eastern texas. the low pressure will track northward, bringing rain for the day tuesday. you will not need the rain gear tomorrow, but you will tuesday. the futurecast, 7:00 in the morning, a good bit of cloudiness. or maybe it's of light rain or drizzle early tuesday. we will find tune the timing but it will be all rain, in green, by 1:00. a gloomy day, and more showers overnight tuesday into early wednesday. by wednesday morning, it all moves out, sunshine returns, and highs wednesday climate in the upper 50's, near 60 degrees. thursday about 56. as i alluded to, friday morning as the next weather system approaches, it may be clever enough to start as wet snow, sleet. that is as of right now, still a

week away, so we have time to fine-tune the forecast. but something that we will monitor. saturday, 52 with rain showers. but i think -- and i'm hopeful, knock on wood -- that we are over the hump and spring has officially arrived. scott: temperatures in the 50's, people are happy. people in montgomery county will have to wait longer to hit the field. as caroline tempora shows us the parks department had to delay opening fields for spring sports until april. caroline: >> 290 fields are the big investments. the ground is probably frozen about six inches deep. caroline: they had to protect the investment. >> it was easy to make the call early this year because of the amount of snowfall.

there was no chance we get out the fields ready by march. caroline: field openings will be delayed until at least april 1. >> we will not start soccer until the eighth. we have seven days to hope and pray the weather is good. caroline: the rec department is not worried about delays, and neither is this soccer captain. >> we've been inside too long. caroline: he has faith in field preparation. >> montgomery county is really good about taking care of the fields. caroline: these conditions can be found all through montgomery county. you need and paste just to get through. -- you need an icepick to get through. >> the baseball field is a special soil a sandy mix that needs to be dried and scooped out. we will revisit the overall in the middle of march and let people know whether we think we

can have them open in april or not. scott: coming up -- mcdonald's hopes customers are loving the big change with chicken.

scott: turns out that starbucks may need more than just a couple of coffee. according to a survey, it may also increase the value of your

home. houses within a quarter-mile of starbucks have risen in value. zillow says they have increased in worth by 96%. donald's is changing the way that it does chicken. the fast food giant says it will only use chicken raised without antibiotics. mcdonald's says some antibiotics may be used for health reasons will stop it will take about two years for the company restaurants and suppliers to adaptive policy. they will also only offer milk