a cowardly and despicable act. that's how the president of american university describes the images that started circulating around that campus today. >> the racist messages targeted an african-american sorority, and they were found in more than one location. news4's jackie bensen has more for us with more reaction from the university's students and leaders. jackie? >> reporter: it is planned for tomorrow, but the set here tomorrow is that's not going to be enough. while students were cramming for

to a hate-filled incident that may have occurred in more than three locations, according to officials. >> we found out today that the people who committed the incident last fall were expelled. however, it's ten months later, so there are still people on this campus thinking that they go here or that they're in another hall, and it just builds a level of fear. >> reporter: other students we spoke to called the incident disheartening. >> i don't know why they do that, but it's unfortunate. >> reporter: they confirmed the bananas tied with black nooses had lettering that appeared to indicate a black sorority. a statement read in part by the president, racially charged acts of bigotry are done to

fear in those here. i'm sorry it happened. my apologies to all those affected. there will be a campus meeting on tuesday. this was the very first day on the job for the new student government association president. she is the first african-american woman ever to hold that position. she's also a member of the sorority referenced in this incident. she released a statement and we expect to hear more from her tomorrow. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. they are investigating whether racial tensions may have triggered a stabbing today at university of texas at austin. the suspect was also a student. he carried a hunting knife at a gathering on campus. he's in custody now. authorities are not sure about the motive for the attack. this is the friendship heights station in northwest d.c.

firefighters got here around 8:00 tonight, there was no fire and the smoke had dissipated. but it still led to single tracking. riders have been frustrated by delays at this same station several times in just the last few days. metro says electrical arcing can happen more when we have wet weather. turning to our weather now, we saw some rain roll through tonight, some gusty winds along with it, but the severe weather stayed away. a time lapse here from our nbc4 tower cam shows the clouds and rain, but they cleared up pretty quickly. >> doug, you said those storms were going to be hit and miss. it sounds like the bigger story may be what's coming next. >> that's going to be a big storm later this week. first off, though, in the middle between tonight's rain and later this week's rain, we have a couple nice days out there. let's look at some shower activity still in the area and still some areas with damp roads. tomorrow morning could be a little slow going, but you should be okay. look at the

there's almost none left. a shower in calvin county. this one is moving into frederick county, virginia. we'll continue to keep our eye on it because this is actually part of a frontal boundary making its way our way. we could see this intensify as it moves to the east. not going to be strong at all, though, just some shower activity. one more day tomorrow, breezy tomorrow as well. but then we talk about that big storm midweek and a much cooler pattern. wait until you see the forecast, guys. we just hit 91 the other day. we're not getting close to that any time soon. communities across 16 states are beginning the difficult process tonight of cleaning up and starting over after violent storms that killed more than a dozen people over the weekend. amid the tragedy, one texas family is giving thanks now after half a dozen strangers dove into these rushing waters to save them and their two young children. the kids just four months and 18 months old strapped into the

pickup truck. >> to me it was tremendous. all the people that stopped, no regard for color, no regard for anything, they just went out there as a team went and did this. >> yes, we did. >> reporter: the family is okay but the danger is not over tonight with storms threatening the northeast. a fallen delaware state trooper, steven ballard, was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week. his wife spoke publicly for the first time since his death. >> this is where we met. this is where steven started his career at troop 4. this is where we were engaged at dewey beach. this is where we spent a lot of time together. >> earlier today our tracy wilkins spoke with trooper ballard's father. he told tracy he would give his own life to bring his son back. he also wis

been done to prevent this tragedy. >> between a week ago, a month ago, somebody should have saw a sign somewhere. >> reporter: the man accused of killing trooper ballard barricaded himself in a home for more than a day while shooting at police. he was eventually shot and killed on the scene. it's been four days now and the u.s. marshal service is leading the search for an inmate who escaped. 20-year-old david watson escaped on friday as he was being taken to clifton perkins hospital in jessup for a psychiatric evaluation. watkins is currently serving a 106-year sentence for shooting at officers' homes. police say watkins has ties to the eastern shore and delaware. the reward for watkins' capture is now up to $10,000. some parents are upset over the administration's new rules for school lunches.

they're following michelle obama's healthy lunch initiative. he ate lunch with fifth graders before announcing the usda's new rule. now schools won't have to cut more salt from lunches and they'll be able to feed kids more whole grains. they'll also be able to serve 1% milk instead of serving skim. too much food was going in the trash. >> we all know meals can't be nutritious if they aren't consumed, if they're put in the trash. we have a balance of a nutritional aspect, the sodium content, the whole grain content with palatability. >> nethe new rules will take ple in the 2017-'18 school year. thousands gathered for mayday marches, also known as international workers day. thousands in

may 1st usually sparks demonstrations over labor issues. but many protesters in the u.s. today rallied against the trump administration's immigration policies. more fallout plaguing the network. fox news head bill shine resigned today, and it's said he tried to cover up information on ailes. he denies the allegations. he is being replaced by a woman. founder rupert murdoch did not mention the scandals and preyaid shine for his years at the network. when you are young, you dread it. when you reach middle age, you're flattered by it. soon you could be carded every time you try to buy alcohol. news4's shamari stone says

and when this policy will take effect. >> reporter: robert dorfman is the head of the department of liquor control in maryland. he is announcing a new change to news4 at the liquor stores run in the county. >> we're going to do what wine stores do in this county and that's card everyone. >> reporter: that's right. starting july 1st, employees will ask for age identification for every single person making a purchase, no matter what the age of the customer. >> it's good for the employees and it's also good for the customers. >> reporter: what is the policy now? suppose you wanted to buy this bottle of wine. you would go to the cash register, and if you look younger than 35 years old, you will be carded. county officials say this new policy will protect employees from subjective carding. most customers don't mind the change. >> i am turning 45 myself, so i do have plenty of gray hair, and i don't mind showing my i.d. >> reporter: no problem for mary may. >> it doesn

i actually kind of like it when i get carded because it makes me feel young and youthful. so it doesn't bother me. >> reporter: happy birthday, mary. make sure you bring your i.d. starting next month. in rockville, i'm shamari stone, news4. >> i'm going to montgomery county for now on. it's one of your biggest complaints to nbc4 responds. sticker shock from your water bill. next on 11:00, susan hogan on the quick fix that's cheap and could save you from flushing mona way. we're now less than four minutes away from the strike in hollywood. when you could notice changes if they don't reach a deal. did you see it? another o.t. thriller keeps the caps alive tonight. the game winner just about 25 minutes ago.

it's time for you and your boys to get out of town. (laughing) left foot. right foot. left foot. stop. twitch your eyes so they think you're crazy. if you walk the walk you talk the talk. it's what you do.

you switch to geico. hide the eyes. it's what you do. show 'em real slow. we're just a few hours away now from a strike that could have a lot of us watching reruns on tv. some 13,000 hollywood writers are threatening to walk off the job. here are four things you need to know about that strike. four things you need to know about that strike. major networks have until midnight pacific to reach a new contract deal with the writers uni union, the writers' guild of america. that's 3:00 a.m. our time. if they don't, new episodes of late night talk shows will be the first things to go. the last time this happened was in 2007. the writers were on strike for 100 days then. comedians david

o'brien all grew beards as a show of solidarity. streaming platforms like netflix have changed the way many of us watch tv. most show seasons have fewer episodes now, meaning less money for writers who get paid by the episode. and on top of that, studios want writers to cover more of their own health care costs. a strike would have major implications beyond what we can watch on tv. it could have a ripple effect on the california economy. estimates put the overall cost of the strike in 2007 at more than $2 billion. has this happened to you? complaints are pouring in to our nbc4 response center over high water bills. we wanted to know why. consumer reporter susan hogan gets the answer to why your money is being flushed down the drain. >> reporter: one of the most common causes of high water

so we're about to show you how to cheaply detect one and how to cheaply fix it. you wouldn't flush cold, hard cash down the toilet, but you unknowingly could be. hear that? that's your toilet running and running, and, yep, still running and ringing up a high water bill. a running toilet can waste up to 300 gallons of water a day. >> the first thing we asked our customers is, look, check your toilets. >> reporter: they receive hundreds of calls a day from customers with high water bills, and 70% of the time, it's a toilet leak, and you could easily check for one yourself. >> safely remove your top. >> reporter: add 15 drops of food coloring in the tank and wait 10 minutes. >> here we go. you got a slight leak, buddy. >> the dye

tank which means the valve probably didn't shut properly or the flapper is corroded. both fixes are cheap and easy to fix. better than a water bill of thousands of dollars. here's four things to know. you can have a toilet leak without seeing any water actually leaking out onto the floor. shut off the water connected to any toilet you never use. >> just because you're not using the toilet doesn't mean it's not going to do something such as leak. >> reporter: if you have an indoor water meter, look on the dial. see this red triangle? if there's any type of movement, there is a leak somewhere in your home. if your water meter is outside, call your utility company and they will check it for you. bottom line, if your water bill is higher than normal, do that simple dye test. if the water is clear, contact the utility company and ask them to do another reading for you. some utilities will

your high bill even if it was a toilet leak. back to you guys. >> susan hogan, nobody wants to be flushing any money down the drain. >> that's a lot of toilets. that's all we saw. clean water. >> a lot of rain and wind and lightning, all kinds of stuff tonight. >> we didn't see any severe storms. we had a severe thunderstorm watch, but we weren't expecting a widespread severe weather outbreak, and we didn't see much at all. you might have gotten caught in that rain. it was falling down pretty well in some areas. they canceled those softball games, so it depends on where you were with what you saw out there. 84 degrees in d.c., 82 lorton, 75 winchester. really nice temperatures this first day of may, but we don't have any 80s in the entire 10-day forecast. we're changing things. we're changing things in a big way. right

sitting at 75 degrees. still warm with that south wind at 13 miles per hour. everybody is still on the warm side. just about everybody still in the 70s. still close to 80 in huntington. still tracking a couple showers, southern maryland in calvin county and st. mary's county. and watch back here to frederick county, virginia. making your way to caplin bridge. there's one line. there's another line here, you can see it forming. you can see that south flow. that's why we're still on the warm side of things. tomorrow waking up at the bus stop, rather nice for the kids. 64 degrees. breezy at noon for recess. looking pretty good there, though. around 64 degrees at 4:00. winds tomorrow could gust at 25 to 30 miles an

65 degrees. a nice start. i mentioned the breeze, though, and it is going to be starting to get breezy once the sun does make its way up there. just know that if you're getting out there for that morning jog or maybe that bike ride as well. 76 tomorrow, and look at this, 68 on wednesday. still a nice day. 67 on thursday. thursday night into friday, we see a big storm, kind of like the one we just saw but this one will come closer to us. that means a lot of rain. we could see upwards of 2 inches of rain from this system thursday night into friday. if you have plans friday night, a lot of events friday night, and i think they'll be okay, the system moving out. look what it does behind it. the storms sit to the east and look at these temperatures. average temperature high this year is in the mid-70s. we're going to be in the mid-50s in some locations early next week, and that trend looks to stick around really for the first full week of the month of may. it does look like we'll be a little cooler next week, so enjoy tomorrow, enjoy wednesday as well. >> all right, we will.

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see the complete picture. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. that's how it's supposed to end. >> my goodness, and in pittsburgh at that. >> i learned something, because braden said afterwards he talked to his sports psych guy who said the puck doesn't know it was a big game. sports psych guy, that's what i need! >> that is the toughest

sports to be a hockey goalie. >> caps taking years off of our lives. it was well documented and tonight it was worth it. a two-goal lead with under two minutes to play, but witness the slow motion shot. first period pens on the break. crosby falls down, takes the eye hit, crosby down on the ice. he did not return. later in the period, puck loose, but it doesn't go in. they save it off the stick of daniel winnick. backstrom off to the side and he puts the caps on the board 1-0.

third period, he fires and scores. he puts the caps up 2-0. most dangerous lead in sports, right? penguins with an empty net comes through. their first under 2 to play and then just seconds later, the nightmare for caps fans, justin schultz ties the game at 2. sickening! penguins score two in less than a minute. remember shattenkirk needing to play better. there it is, the overpowered goal from shattie. the caps win 3-2 in overtime. the series now two games to one. for more we'll head to pittsburgh. sherry burke live. just left the locker room. i'm sure the guys were much more relieved than anything. >> it's the

in hockey. once we were back here, the game was over. cheering from the caps. the hero shattenkirk. he said this game was how he wanted to play after starting the series off a little disappointed. >> obviously i feel a lot different than where i was standing 12 hours ago with you guys, but i have to make sure i carry this into the next game and that's the most important thing. i'm going to enjoy it tonight but we came here to win two games, and next game it's going to be even tougher. when he's playing at the peak of this game, it's watch out for the other team. you know, whether or not he's been happy with his game, this could be a tie changer for him, and if it is, that's really good for our team. >> reporter: and caps forcing a game 5. they'll be back at the verizon center. a 4:15 puck

>> they were down 2-1. it was a 2-1 series with

well, it's getting close to midnight. day one of sugar free is in the books. unless we snag a snack on the way home. >> if you haven't heard,

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