marched in protest today and met with the a.u. president kerwin say they are concerned about safety. >> i was shocked but it wasn't surprised. this is something bubbling on the surface. american university, the administration needs to be diligent in creating the action plans they like to tout. do something with them. this is enough. my brothers and my sisters shouldn't be afraid to walk on the campus. richard: so for the first time we are getting images of the man believe may be the person of interest in this case. there is now a $1,000 reward for information. live from a.u., richard reeve, abc7 news. >> while things returned to normal hat frederick memorial hospital it was a different scene earlier today after two men carrying a package came in to the e.r. needing treatment for respiratory problem and

the all clear is given after authorities determined the men had been exposed to a common household chemical. larry: top executives from a number of airlines talking about customer service or look thereof. videos like the one that showed a passenger dragged off united flight after he wouldn't give up his seat. not all the airlines sent reps to the hill. we that and more. we have a slight problem with the system. we'll tak

my nmother and i'moan i'm aa grandmother.'m a 2008 was when all the markets crashed, we lost our retirement. hamilton was losing hope and my husband and i were losing hope. my sister and i we challenged ourselves to help figure out a way to help them. our kids bought us a quilt machine. it was very humble beginnings. we were just this cute little shop, just like everybody else. one day al came in and asked me if i wanted to do tutorials and i was like "sure honey what's a tutorial?" i had not a clue. hi everybody i'm jenny from the missouri star quilt company. youtube gave us the opportunity to really differentiate, we got to a 1,000 subscribers year one and now we're at 300,000 subscribers.

use in the tutorials. now we're the world's largest provider of pre-cut quilting fabric. in the beginning we were just shipping 10 orders a day. now we ship 5,000 orders a day. opening a business in hamilton kinda sparked things. we've got 14 quilt shops in town, three restaurants, a little hotel, we had over 100,000 people come to hamilton last year. we love jenny. my whole life i've always wanted to own a business. none of that would have been possible without missouri star quilt company. all i have to do is open my door and bake my goods and missouri star does the rest. youtube has enabled my family and i to bring hope to the town and to the people who live here.

jonathan: we apologize for cutting away early. gremlin in the system. hopefully we'll get through it. live tv. getting back to airline industry on the hill. top executives talking about customer service and the videos like the one we have seen of the passenger dragged off the united flight after he wouldn't give up the seat he paid for. not all the airlines sent reps to the hill. kevin lewis live at the reagan national airport. this was a tough day for them. they got stern warnings. kevin: absolutely. a lot of ears steaming in the congressional hearing room. a congresswoman going so far to tell the united c.e.o. he better charter a private jet for the crew members before ever again kicking off a paying passenger. >> i am sitting here today because on april 9 we had a serious breach of public trust. >> the united airlines c.e.o. grilled on capitol hi

nightmare. >> in that moment for our customers and the company we failed. >> today's hearing was not mandatory. executives from alaska, american, and southwest joined united while allee gent, delta, jet blue and spirit opted to sit out. today united vowed only 15% of the overbooked flights resulted in too many passengers ending up at the gate. united explained the volunteers accepted vouchers 96% of the time. still, 40,000 passengers on the u.s.-based airlines were unwillingly bumped from the flight. >> essentially you represent four regional me noilies so you -- monopolies. >> they contend 600,000 seats would have gone empty without the overbooking. a move that alaa

the fare low for fliers. >> the problem is across the board we know it is a terrible experience. >> today, three travelers we spoke with said they are still leery of flying united. a las vegas man admitting he paid more money for a ticket to avoid the chicago based airline. live at the airport, kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: president trump and russian president vladimir putin have agreed to a one-on-one meeting at the g20 summit in germany in july. the white house says the two leaders had a good phone call focused on syria. this was a first since a u.s. missile strike on a syrian air base in response to a chemical gas attack. tonight we will take a closer look at president trump's first 100 days in office. chief political correspondent scott thuman will lead a panel to delve deeper to president trump's report card. you can

tonight at 7:00 p.m. and newschannel8 at wjla.com. jonathan: it is official. the d.c. council confirmed peter newsham to lead the metropolitan police department. today's vote was 12-1 with council member grosso voting no. 27-year veteran of the department, newsham served as the interim capacity as chief cathy lanier took a job with the nfl last september. michelle: tonight a family had closure after the murder of their loved one eight years ago. the man responsible confessed from a prison cell in michigan. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live for us in leesburg with the new developments here. jeff? jeff: well, 44% jammie lane was much loved and well-known in -- 44-year-old jammie lane was much loved here and well known and often known as "the mayor." at the church, the tree was planted in his honor. today was the day that mr. lane's family has been waiting for, for years.

since the day jammie lane was stabbed and murdered in 2009, hi wife and daughter lived in pain. >> it has been really hard. it is hard to go on with my life. >> for the past eight years have been devastating. we didn't know who it was. >> two weeks ago they finally got an answer. 40-year-old elias abuelazam currently in prison in michigan confessed to the murder. abuelazam lived in a town home in leesburg. across from lane and the family. >> this is shocking. this is the neighbor. my dad helped you. we fed you. >> abuelazam is serving life without parole for stabbing and killing five people in michigan and wounding nine others. he is also accused of stabbing three others in 2010. they tried unsuccessfully to people with him for years but two weeks ago abuelazam agreed to talk.

lane in exchange for immunity of the prosecution. >> the motive is unclear. but the family says the weight of the question and fear lifted. >> i know he is smiling on us today and resting in peace. >> detectives say that abuelazam did say he expressed remorse for the murder of jammie lane. they say it was clear to them this was something he wanted to talk about and confess to. prosecutor said he took the deal for immunity because he knew that jammie lane's family wanted and needed answers. live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. michelle: jeff, thank you. new information on the breaking news we told you about yesterday from the university of texas. police now say the man who killed one student and stabbed three others on the austin campus has mental health issues and had been previously committed. investigators say they doesn't think

any sort of targeted vendetta. jonathan: we showed you the video yesterday of complete strangers coming to the rescue of a family that included two children. michelle: we will show you that video in a moment. they were trapped in their car. it flipped over in the floodwaters in texas. now they are getting a chance to thank the heroes. >> how everybody came together to get the doors open, to get the children out. it's mindboggling that people were able to do that for us. >> thank you very much. you're welcome. glad i was there. >> i don't feel like i was a hero now. i just felt i was able to help people out. michelle: a great job. the baby is now home but the big sister is still recovering in the hospital but the parents say she is high-fiving and playing around. jonathan: good thing they were there. michelle: nice update. jonathan: amazing.

a stunt a landing a teenager in hot water. a teenager jumped in a pool of fish at brass pro shop. the pranks like this are seen on different stores across the country and it's been posted on social media as though it is funny. the bass pro shop rep wants the teen prosecutorred to the fullest ex -- prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law. michelle: the very popular national museum of african american history and culture is getting a new exhibit that could bring even more visitors. jonathan: you want a free dupont circle row home? look how beautiful it is. it's yours. oh, wait. there's a catch. announcer: honored with six edward r. murrow awards for journalism, and the prestigious award for overall excellence. we're abc7 news. we're proud to be on your side

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minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. jonathan: that is her take on it. she said the past six months have been hard but the support of the family, friends, supports helped her through it. she working on the next book and will speak out when she believes the president is wrong. michelle: heb this video of graffiti at several monuments and memorials in the national mall in february? now the u.s. park service police released a new image. they are calling this man a person of interest in the case. the messages were found scrawled in the black marker at a number of places including the lincoln memorial, the world war ii memorial and along a trail in arlington. more than seven months since its opened and demand is still sky high for tickets to the national museum of african american history and culture. the next batch of the time entry passes will be released tomorrow at 9:00 in the morning. as

even visitors who have seen the entire museum will want to go back with a new exhibit set for friday. >> more than a picture is the first temporary exhibit to open at the national museum of african-american history and culture, showcasing 169 photographs, just a sampling of the 25,000 in the collection. this is the museum's oldest photo taken 1861 on a plantation in alexandria. a rare image of the enslaved women and the children. more rare the names are listed. the most recent photos are from the black lives matter protest and the baltimore riots. >> even with a photograph there are so many perspectives you can pull out of one photograph. >> it highlights the work of the professional photographers and the amateurs, artists, photo journalists, activists and the everyday americans. >> sometimes there is a connection between you and what you are trying to capture. you go i got one! that is a fun fe

farmer was the first african-american woman fired as the white house photographer in the clinton administration. it features one of the photos from a 1982 concert in anacostia park near where she grew up with the teens holding the boom boxes recording the gogo music of the junkyard band. >> i would love to know where the young people are now and what they are doing. >> now a columbia heights resident, farmer is still snapping pictures, even bringing a camera to the press interview. >> photographs are evidence that i was present. i can interpret history my way, i have gone to heaven. this is cool. national mall, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: how about this? a big giveaway in northwest washington. look at the row houses. they are beautiful and have been around for a long time. just off dupont circle. they are up for grabs. for free! you can have it. if you want one you have to

move it. and soon. the land they are on is slated for the new development. they will knock it down. if you can move it, they are yours. >> raise it, put it on the blocks and move it. it's a very expensive and a time consuming process but it can be done and it has been done. jonathan: then you have to find a place to put it. the homes are free. you just have to pay and move it. the demolition will start this summer. if you is a plan, work quick. michelle: you never know. maybe you ask a realtor how to move an old d.c. row house. we have a team of realtors standing by until 6:30 tonight to answer your buying or selling questions or the movie questions. call the "7 on your side" help center at 703-236-9220. >> this was some day out, wasn't it? beautiful. michelle: like san diego weather. perfect. doug: you are right. it's gorgeous. quite some time before the 80's again.

this is campus of the high school in laurel. gorgeous there. we will go for a forecast of clear skies. delightful at the ballpark tonight. diamondbacks are in town. first pitch at 7:05. 68 for the midgame. seventh inning stretch. and then 66 when it's over. tomorrow morning is cooler. windy min niche and it's clear and cool dry air will settle in. it's 47 for the friends in algany county in cumberland. 55 in fredericksburg. 56 in the city. storminess and the cloudiness from yesterday is continuing to push slowly northeast. so it is nice around sunny and warm. cooler tomorrow

winds will be back. thursday morning the clouds increase across the area for advance of the second storm complex to draw the moisture from the gulf of mexico initially. the result is period of rain overnight to friday morning. some rain is heavy. thunderstorms mixed in as well. a frontal system behind it. normally we see the systems, they will blow through and the cold front will clear it out. not this time. the storm center will go north and sit and spin to keep us chilly and cloudy for quite a few days. rainfall potential is an inch or more. other models have it closer to two inches. this beneficial rain through friday. the extended outlook checks out 68 tomorrow with the breezes and then on thursday we will see increasing cloudiness. 65 by friday

saturday is partly cloudy. d.c. united will host montréal. decent weather for the game. see it live on newschannel8. sundays and monday is 60 degrees. a cool week. below average temperatures as far as the eye can see but i can only see ten days out. after that it's fuzzy. michelle: thank you. jonathan: some game. michelle: yeah, the caps had your heart pumping. overtime. erin: i know! but at least they got the w. penguins are dealing with more than one loss and how thepy saturdays plan to get even tonight -- wizards plan to get even tonight in boston. details on the way.

to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us.

erin: game two wizards-celtics tonight at 8:00. washington will try to even the series at one game a piece. then the series will shift to d.c. morris is a game-time decision because of the ankle injury. we have to wait to see if he will play. wizards looked great sunday to start the game. then things fell apart. defense, missed frosts were a couple of the issues. if good news is it's only one game and the wizards have a chance to tie it up tonight in

boston. >> we have to stay together as a team. sometimes we get too lax and we stop being aggressive. we have to continue to be aggressive on both ends of the floor for the full 48. erin: well said. after adam eaton went down with the gruesome leg injury. many fans are thinking the nats line-up will suffer now. but then sunday happened. the nats crushed the mets by scoring 23 runs on 23 hits. in a game started by sendergaard. nationals begin three-game series with the diamondbacks and they know they can't rest on the recent success. >> that was last week. great to have a week like that but the guys tonight don't care it happened last week. you have to turn the page and continue to keep working like we have been and carry it over to this month and the next five or six months. erin: ryan zimmerman

penguins captain sydney crosby will miss game four against the caps after suffering a concussion last night. jonathan: we'll miss him. erin: that didn't seem sincere. jonathan: a little sarcasm. erin: we hope he feels better. jonathan: we do. michelle: reminder to watch "good morning washington" tomorrow morning for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see the wizards take on the celtics in game three of their playoff series. jonathan: get another look at the weather. doug? doug: a good short-term forecast here. looking forward to a clear and a cool night tonight. tomorrow sunshine and breezy. 68. clouds return thursday. 65 with showers at night. heavy rain overnight to friday with the showers and the thunderstorms. steve will talk about that and the much needed rain and cooler weekend tonight at 11:00. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: sorry about the gremlins getting the best of us. hopefully better tonight. see you tonight at 11:00 to give

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tonight, breaking news. president trump and now his second attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. will it go down to defeat again? after a key republican bails, the debate over covering americans with pre-existing conditions. also tonight, hillary clinton on stage, delivering her own stunning version of why she lost. saying if the election had been held on october 27th, she would be president tonight. the rage on a passenger jet, the violent confrontation, the flight attendant who tries to stop them, and it all comes amid a new grilling on capitol hill, over the unfriendly skies. the stunning reversal. the white officer who fatally shot a black man. his about-face in court. both families weeping. we are just back from the frontlines, in the race to save the children. 20 million people now at risk of starvation, four c