i have a horrible feeling three weeks ago, it's not who we are and it's not this company. >> another apology from united airlines ceo. this time on capitol hill. >> hear what changes they are making in the violent dragging of a passenger that put them in the spotlight. why a community meeting may not be enough. coming up, what au students are planning to do. shaping up to be a nice day across the area. breezy but temperatures are slowly getting into the 70s. i'll show you the next big chance for rain. that's coming up. good rn

thank you for joining us. time to kick things off. it looks like it's going to be a nice weather. >> yes, indeed. breezier than it's been in the past few days. sheena parveen is here to tell us what is happening the rest of the day. >> guys, it's going to be breezier today. cold front moved through. temperatures this afternoon a little cooler. 74 in the district. west winds sustained at 17 miles an hour. so breezy and windy at times this afternoon. winds gusting close to 30, 35 miles an hour. we're nice and dry. some of those clouds have been struggling to get out. most of the clouds are north of the district but as we go through the afternoon, it's really going to be a nice day. if you're dining out, good time to do so. nice and dry around happy hour. 77 degrees and still looking breezy. by dinnertime, nice and dry and cooler. i'll show you the forecast and also a much bigger rain chance coming up. >> an

officer shot on camera shooting an unarmed black man will plead guilty. michael flager shot and killed scott. the associated press released the details of the plea agreement. in that agreement, state prosecutors agreed to drop the pending murder charge against the former officer. his first trial ended in a hung injury. he faces a possible life sentence when going before the judge in a few weeks. the community is outraged and hurt. students and staff were hurt by an apparent racist message. in less than an hour, there is a meeting scheduled to talk about that. molette green is joining us on the campus. good morning, molette. >> reporter: good morning. a lot is expected to happen in an hour at the community meeting

in attendance, the latest target of this incident. she is appealing to the students to ignore hate and unite in a show of solidarity. it's a steady day on campus but many find it hard to concentrate just a day after a racially charged act that's left american university shaken, including these sophomores. >> i would like to see more actions to figure out who is doing this and getting them out of there, whoever is causing this terror on our campus. >> reporter: in the latest incident, bananas were found hanging from strings in the shapes of nooses. and aka-free among the words scribbled on the racially

the alpha sorority. i spoke with the international president dorothy buchanan by telephone. she said, quote, we are stunned. in 2017 to put a noose on a banana and the letters aka, we're clear about what that is. students i spoke with say the university leadership has to do more. >> it keeps happening but i think that we need more solidarity from the school board, the administration. >> reporter: and the community meeting starts at noontime in a show of solidarity and march across the campus. one other note. in my conversation with the international president dorothy buchanan, she told me that she did speak with taylor's parents

and very concerned for their daughter's safety. so they will quickly investigate this and resolve this problem on campus. that is the latest, live from american university, back to you. >> molette green reporting, thank you. this morning out of capitol hill, lawmakers are asking some tough questions about airline customer service. airline executives are in the hot seat giving testimony about how they treated a passenger. oscar munoz spoke before congress. >> i'd like to apologize to dr. dao and every person on that flight 3411 and to all of our customers and employees worldwide. further, i'm personally sorry for the fact that my immediate response and the response of our airline was inadequate to that moment.

mr. dao was. >> airline customers are reacting this morning to some of the changes united and other airlines have vowed to make. news4's justin finch explains. >> reporter: many passengers are hoping that this leads to more positive changes and they are talking about the new rules. united customers telling us that the airline is taking actions that they find reassuring from offering up to $10,000 compensation for those who give up their seats on full flights to give united workers more leeway in solving issues in the field. now, those are among some ten changes that united debuted last week after this video of chicago police pulling dr. david dao from a full united flight after he refused to give up his seat went viral. dao and the airline have since settled and customers say at first sight that video give them

what they could have done or should have done initially. but we'll see. hopefully it can continue and nothing like that ever happens again because that was completely unacceptable. >> and the outrage spread across the country, across the world. many at this point are hoping that it was a one-time deal and united is saying that it is. we know today's hearing is only phase one. a sentence hearing is scheduled for some time next week. justin finch, back to you. >> justin, thank you. the other big story we're following on capitol hill today is the republican effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. house republicans are working to get the votes needed to pass their plan. news4's tracie potts has a look at where things stand. >> are we going to vote this week? yes or no? >> stay tuned. >> republicans are counting votes on health care. >> all signs are positive that they do have the vote. >> reporter: they've got two more days to convince nearly a

a plan to president trump insists will cover pre-existing conditions. >> i mandated it. it has to be. >> we have to protect people with pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: but what's on the table now will allow some patients to be charged for more health insurance. >> extremely high rates. three, four, five times what the normal rate would be. >> if done wrong, it could really cause a lot of damage to millions of people. >> reporter: a vote could happen before prog take as vote on thursday. >> confident in the direction that it's going. >> reporter: the white house is explaining why they would be willing to check out north korea's leader. >> it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely -- i would be honored to do it. >> reporter: it's something no sitting u.s. president has ever done. but the white house doesn't

but the timing is not right given the provocative actions by north korea. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> meanwhile, north korea is accusing the united states of pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. the accusation was made on north korean tv. the two bombers were deployed amid rising tensions over north korea's pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs. local leaders are calling for action on the purple line today in silver spring. they are demanding two things. a legal decision and federal funding for the project. the light rail line would run from new carollton to bethesda. >> reporter: the crowd is thick here in silver spring. remember,

system that would run between bethesda and new carrollton. workers not only want the jobs but the benefits that would come from building the purple line and all of this is being held up by a judge's ruling which basically says that metro's woes could have an impact on the purple line. >> adam tuss reporting. peter newsom has been the acting police chief. they are set for a full vote today on newsham's confirmation to the top job. he plans to reduce the number of commanding officers and move more officers towards higher crime areas. u.s. marshals have taken over the search for an inmate that's escaped in howard county. they've increased the reward to $10,000. he's

days while being taken to the hospital center for a psychiatric evaluation. watson has ties to maryland's eastern shore and delaware. he's currently serving a 106-year sentence for shooting at police officer's homes. we're hearing from the family of a murdered delaware state trooper originally from prince george's county. >> this is where we met. many this is where we were engaged at the beach. this is where we spent a lot of time together. >> trooper steven ballard was shot and killed during a traffic shop last week. prince george's county tracee wilkins also spoke with ballard's father. he wishes more had been done to prevent the tragedy. >> between a week ago to a month ago, somebody should have seen a sign somewhere. >> the

trooper ballard barricaded themselves in a home for nearly a full day while shooting at police. he was eventually shot and killed himself. in an hour, hundreds of first responders will kick off national police week. right now the streets surrounding the area are closed this is the 23rd year and this will line up for a solemn procession into this church. they will pass under a huge american flag hanging from two fire trucks. the mass begins at 12:10. >> and it seems like it's hard to get your little ones moving and you're probably not alone. >> it generally is tough to get them up and moving. why a little exercise can go a long

. a texas police chief says video shows a car was actually driving away, not toward the officer during a shooting, as the department had previously said. the 15-year-old jordan edwards was killed when police fired at the car saturday night. the police chief says he's troubled by the video but won't

>> i can tell you that i do have questions in relation to my observation on the video. and wasn't in consistent with the core values of the police department. this officer has been removed from all duties and placed on leave. >> the police chief called for time to let authorities complete their investigation. racial tensions may have caused the deadly stabbing at the university of texas at austin. one student died and three others were seriously hurt during the campus attack. the suspect was a 21-year-old student. kerry sanders has more on the search now for a motive. >> reporter: overnight, beefed up patrols here on campus at the university of texas in austin. students this morning understandably anxious and confused by 19-year-old harrison brs

death in broad daylight on a busy campus plaza. >> i am a little bit of mad. >> jeffrey has been best friends with the victim since they were in daycare. >> he was really funny. he was really outgoing. he was a friend to everybody. >> harrison brown killed three others slashed by the attacker. >> i have one white male college student. he's conscious. >> reporter: police say this man, another ut student, went bize bizerk armed with a hunting knife. witnesses say at first the stabbing spree seemed unreal. >> he grabbed this guy by the shoulder and stabbed him in the back. >> reporter: as video posted on social media shows, campus police wrestled the suspect to the ground. officials say the arrest coming just two minutes after police were first called. in custody this morning, 21-year-old kendrick

>> the individual didn't actually just attack people that were right there. he walked a little ways and then stabbed another individual and so forth. >> reporter: one classmate of the alleged knife-wielding attacker said he noticed a personality shift after he was arrested for an alleged dwi last month. >> he was missing from class for about a month. he was pretty depressed. >> reporter: harrison brown's former school district remembering him this morning as an inspiration to everyone around him. all right. if you've ever wondered how many calories are in that dinner when you went out last night, you're going to have to wait a little longer. this week, restaurant chains, grocery stores and other places that sell food were supposed to start listing it on the menu but the fda says they have at least until may of 2018. they said it was too much of a burden and hard to follow so we're going to have to wait. changes are coming to your

kids' school lunch. nbc's tom costello explains why the trump administration is rolling back on a healthy food initiative. >> reporter: today's announcement takes aim at one of michelle obama's signature efforts to fight obesity. in 2012, the government required healthy changes to school meals, more fruits and vegetables, slowly phasing in more sodium levels and requiring half of all breads and pastas to be whole grain. eventually all would be whole grain. but many school districts reported that the healthy foods cost more and kids often threw it all away. today at a school in virginia, president trump's new agricultural secretary announced he's loosening the rules. >> meals can't be nutritious if they are not consumed and put in the trash. >> reporter: the government will not cut sodium levels any further and keep the current whole grain requirements and not demand that all pastas

schools will offer 1% chocolate milk. >> the winners will be the makers of processed foods and processed food products. >> reporter: and the long angeles school district where they make 700,000 meals a day, nutrition specialists say they've found ways to make food taste better and prevent waste. >> kids are always going to be fickle with what they eat and some days they will like it better than others. >> reporter: the new rules take effect in the fall. the trump administration allowing local schools to make the decision about what they feed their kids. tom costello, washington. getting kids to exercise more could save the health care system billions of dollars. only 32% of american kids exercise 30 minutes three times a week. but a small increase could reduce childhood obesity on more than 4% and avoid $22 billion

new data reveals facebook knows when your teenager is feeling insecure and facebook is capitalizing on that. facebook has analyzed the status updates and photos of young people for about a year now. it focus ed on teens in australa and new zealand. the social media site says facebook gave that information to advertisers. facebook called the move a mistake and says its advertisers are not allowed to target users based on their emotional state. all right. well, it was a nail biter but the home team pulled off a win. >> they sure did. we're looking at what the caps have to do to secure the next win in tir quest for the cup.he

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the caps are going to have a big game this saturday and those tickets are going to be hard to come by. >> you can say that again. they'll be back at the verizon center. the caps have got to win three of the next four games to be in the playoffs. no pressure. this is how big the win was last night. >> he wasn't happy with his playoff play but kevin is happy with the results on monday night. his overtime goal delivered the caps their first win in this playoff series w

begins. pittsburgh scored two goals in 46 seconds to send the game to overtime tied at 2. in over time, the caps get a power play. they win 3-2 in over time. >> this was a lot of moments where we had to see what we were made of and i think for me it was a shift by shift process and, you know, obviously feel a lot different than where i was standing 12 hours ago with you guys. but i've got to make sure i carry us. >> a win here means the capitals will host the game saturday night at 7:15. back at the verizon center, you can catch it right here. from pittsburgh, sherrie burgess, news4 sports. >> they are going to be back here, sheena. >> you know, i really hope so. and the

loves the penguins? we are all hoping for the best. we are hoping for the best in weather. >> what are you going to give us? >> it's fantastic outside. it's dry outside, too. as we go through the afternoon, we see more sunshine, dry and beez z breezy today. we're talking about 60s for daytime highs. we go into friday and that's going to have potentially heavy rain in the morning and could see a sort of an all-day-rain starting to taper off. currently, 74 in the district. 70 in frederick. comfortable outside and breezy. if you're walking the day, this is chanel who is available. head to the humane saturday for more information. breezy, dry, sunny skies. by 4:00 p.m., 73 degrees. nice and dry on the

rain with those clouds and, in fact, across the area we have areas seeing sunny skies and then this image as we move into the district. cameras showing the clouds around but it's still going to be a dry day and that means high pollen levels. today, tomorrow, thursday, friday, here comes the rain. that lowers the pollen. some of that rain can be lingering into saturday. that will help to lower it, too. future weather, we stay dry tomorrow and thursday. there's the rain getting closer and then into friday morning and we're looking at potentially heavy rain to start your friday. midweek cool down. 69 on wednesday and 67 on thursday. the rain comes on friday and lingers into saturday. we look at the ten-day forecast and we'll show you what the entire weekend looks like. >> sheena, thank you. folks in the south and midwest are getting hammered with severe weather. >> when "news4 midday" returns, we'll take a look at an emotional reunion following is daring rthes

two children and their parents are doing just fine this morning after an amazing rescue in texas that happened d

the family was trapped in rushing water in their car. nbc's gabe gutierrez shows us the moment a group of good samaritans stepped in to help and the family's message of gratitude. >> need some help? >> reporter: this morning, phillip and emily are thankful that they and their two children survived this harrowing nightmare when their pickup truck flipped over in the water. >> when you can't find your kids, you panic. >> reporter: grateful almost yo beyond words that good samaritans rushed to the rescue. their babies, 4-month-old marshall unconscious when pulled from the truck and addy still trapped into her car seat. tom mitchell gave cpr to the baby. virginia howard first on the scene provided the

and then the next child started coming around after she started praying. >> reporter: what's going through your mind? >> help him. before you try and help me. >> reporter: if it wasn't for the bravery of these total strangers, their young family would not be here to share their story and their gratitude. the 4-month-old boy has been discharged from the hospital here in dallas. his sister, 18 months old, remains in intensive care but she's now breathing on her own. her parents and rescuers now sharing a special bond. gabe gutierrez, dallas. parking in d.c. can be rough but it could be getting better. it's all about the red top meters in the central business district. that's about to change next week. starting

with handicap placards can park there. that includes streets as far west as dupont circle. the rules outside that area are not changing. just be sure to closely read those signs. and you might notice extra traffic in georgetown today because of bridge work. d-d.o.t. is detouring traffic over rock creek parkway. it only impacts westbound traffic. drivers will be sent down m street to get around the bridge. eastbound traffic can still use one lane of the bridge during the construction but traffic could slow things down for the next seven months. riders are staying on the job, which means no delays for your favorite tv shows. you might remember the writers' strike back in 2007 but some shows off the air for a while. they reached a deal

4:00 this morning to keep on working. the union said they received new recognition for shorter tv seasons and more money for health care member union members. listen to your mother is always good advice. and now some local artists are taking the man tra to the stage. eun yang explains. >> a show is coming to the d.c. stage this sunday. listen to your mother. sharing their stories of motherhood and it's reached more than 50 cities in north mername. joining us is one of the cast members and the producer. thank you for being here today. stephanie, from the name of this show, it sounds like it could be funny and sad at the same time. >> it absolutely is. we have stories that run the gamut from break your heart to make you laugh so hard you'll be crying because motherhood is not just one thing. it

hilarious. it's got so many colors and facets and cast members have really collected that and put together incredible essays to hear and experience. >> tell me about the story you're sharing for the experience? >> i'm writing about domestic violence. one of the charity work here in d.c. is the oldest charity that supports domestic abuse. >> my sister's place. >> right. here in d.c. they support women who have been abused and it's the oldest one here in the d.c. area and it's really close to my heart. i think about my friends and students. i know so many that have been abused so it's about the abuse in my own family. >> and that must be powerful for you. how do you, stephanie, work with cast members to make sure that the important stories come to life on stage. >> one of the things we do in auditions is we look at the

they've written and how they present it and then we get together and have a big cast read-through, which is like a big party and everybody reads each other's stories so we can laugh and experience them and it's a team building exercise. so everybody rehearses with me and i work with them how to lift the story up off the page and out toed it audience because connecting with the audience is what it's really about. gina is telling her story but also to somebody in the audience that is going to feel that and have experienced something similar. >> gina, what do you want your audience to take away from your story in this performance? >> i think what's important to me -- i'm an english teacher by trade -- is that you have to tell your story. there is tremendous power in letting people know your particular experience. most importantly, that experience is something that people can connect t

it's your story and somebody else's story and there's a beauty in that because as difficult as it might be to share your own story and talk about your pain and lay it out on the table, because being a mom is painful and hard as well as being beautiful but knowing that, you know, somebody else was doing that same thing, feeling that same pain, feeling that same beauty and that allows you to not feel so disconnected and isolated which mothering can sometimes be. it's a hard job. sometimes you're going at it alone and you don't understand if anybody feels that way but this particular project is the beauty of it, we tell these stories but stephanie's story is my story and somebody else's story that he is fulfilling to me as a mom but also uplifting to me as a woman. >> great unifier indeed. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. listen to your mother is playing at the theater in arlington at 2:00 p.m. this sunday on may

7th. >> we're so grateful to have them as our charity to do incredible work. >> thank you both. >> thank you. still to come on "news4 midday," we'll reveal what and why you may want this new food

there is a reason they call the metgala the oscars of hollywood. this is rihanna. one of my favorites. getting the most attention for this dress. it looks like she's covered in entire flower petals. a piece of art. and the art in between, the stars did not disappoint. katy perry wearing this veiled red thing. pretty cool. she was one of the co-chairs

is also wearing gorgeous red dress. it's kind of creative but also you have to think of artwork designed by the fashion label and that was the designer being honored at the metgala and caroline kennedy wore gorgeous floral arrangement. gorgeous dresses and really interesting look and maybe they will inspire trends for the next year. >> those dresses were definitely interesting. >> pretty interesting. >> i think break lively got all of the buzz with these blue feathers at the bottom. that was very beautiful. >> yes. other than that, we had a little -- >> yes. >> and it's going to be cooler because it will be dry and sunny across the area and a breeze

there. fantastic and mild, 35 miles an hour this afternoon but the commute looks good. dry roads as we go through the afternoon. exercise, fantastic, dinner out temperatures across the area, mostly the low 70s. if you are exercising today, it's going to be good around noon, mid-70s. 4:00 p.m., 77 degrees. and that's where we'll be we are nice real estate dry. the rain is offshore or up to our north and we stay dry through most of this week. wednesday, thursday, staying dry. that's noon. and then you see the approach of rain. 10:0p.

there to the west. and then we could be starting your friday with some heavy rain. that's going to last through a majority of your day. not clearing out until late friday but showers lingering on saturday. for today, 77. tomorrow, cooler. 69 for your wednesday. 67 on thursday. friday, we have the heavy rain. 75. those showers could linger into your saturday. the weekend looks cooler. clouds will hang around on sunday. dry next week. >> sheena, thank you. so we are wishing miss charlotte a happy 2nd birthday. yesterday this picture was released. more changes ahead for social media giant twitter. what you'll soon be able to expect when you log in.

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we are just a few days away from zoofari. it's become popular and a successful fund-raiser for the zoo. lynn, the director, from iron gate restaurant, is joining

tell us about zoofari. >> it's a fundraising event at the zoo and a gourmet food and cocktail and wine tasting event. fantastic restaurants will be there and they will be preparing samples of their best dishes and drinks. there will be live entertainment and animals at the zoo. we'll do a live auction where our guests can bid on things like a behind-the-scenes panda tour or a cheetah or panda cub. >> everyone loves to eat. we love the restaurants in d.c. chef tony, tell us what we have here. it's very bright and seasonal. >> yes. we did a simple salad today of roasted carrots with yogurt.

olive oil, lemon juice and seasoning to give it there on the bottom. these carrots have local honey and salt and pep letter. very simple. >> very simple but i can never do that. >> 400 degrees so it's hot enough that it caramelizes but hopefully doesn't burn. this is just the chili oil. it gives it heat. cilantro, which goes great with these flavors of yogurt and carrots. very simple salad. >> salads and things like thark we'll change it up and have some slushies to go with it. >> i likehe

kind of spicy. >> okay. so what people want to know now, how do you get your hands on these tickets? >> anybody can go to zoofari and we have regular tickets for sale, 160 for members and 200 for the general public and we have v.i.p. packages available. so you can get ten tickets and parking passes and a behind-the-scenes tour and we have a few available. >> good to know. looking forward to. may 18th, right? >> yes, from 6:30 to 9:30 at our beautiful national zoo. >> sounds great. looking forward to it. thank you for your time, lynn and tony. one polar bear is cute. two polar bears are twice as cute. these are the twin editions at sea world australia. video footage was released today of the newborns feeding from their mom

den. they were born last week and don't have names yet. they won't make any public appearances until later this summer. "news4 midday" is back in a moment with a look at the forecast and don't forget to tune in to "ellen" today. comedian wanda sykes will stop by and talk about her new movie with amy schumer. stick around for

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twitter doubling down on live streaming. the company announcing 12 new live video deals ranging from news to sports to entertainment during a presentation in new york on monday. the ceo jack dors sey saying th he wants twitter to be the first place that tells anyone about what is happening around them. >> apple ending the day session at a record price of 146.60. stocks up this year and 60% since the recent low in 2016. the company scheduled to report earnings after the market closes this afternoon. with your cnbc report, i'm jackie deangelis. two girls died in a fire that a hover board started. look at that dramatic video. now the consumer safety product commission is warning you to get rid of your hover board if it's

the fire started in harrisburg back in march. there are more than 3,000 in the united states. we don't know how effective this thing is going to be. mcdonald's say they invented the frork. they say if you spill a little food on your plate, you use the prongs to scoop it up. you can get one at a participating mcdonald's store on friday. let us know if it works. >> that's funny. frork. >> interesting. i guess how else would you do it? you'd do it with your fingers. and that would be rude. all right. may is asian pacific islander heritage month and there are two new dolls being introduced. >> this american girl doll has

she loves staying connected with friends and sharing a good story. coming in the fall is a native hawaiian girl growing up during world war ii. she helps others by getting involved with the war effort after the attack on pearl harbor. >> i had one of those. i had addie. >> i had chatty kathy. i know you don't remember that. >> i don't. but a doll is a doll. time now for a final look at our forecast. >> sheena, what's it looking like. >> i have tons of barbie's, too. really nice outside. here's a live look outside. a few clouds out there and they will be passing through today. we have the winds as well. so you'll see those clouds moving quickly across the sky. breezy at times but no rain with that cloud cover. it's staying up to the north. plenty of sunshine for us as we go through the afternoon today. if you'r

mid-70s and breezy and dry. 77 degrees, happy hour. dinnertime, 73. staying nice and dry there, too. with the dry air, the pollen levels are up. today, tomorrow, thursday staying high. that's our dry stretch. then it starts to drop down on friday. that's when the rain gets here. that will lower the pollen and lingering into a cooler weekend. also keeping the pollen lower with. here's future weather today and tomorrow. nice and dry most of thursday. it will be dry. then we go through thursday night. that's when we have the rain approaching 10:00 p.m. on thursday. a rainy morning on friday. some can be heavier. next system approaches bringing a lot of moisture and we could see the rain through friday afternoon and early evening. then we start to see some improvement. lingering into saturday. today, though, 77. mostly sunny. breezy. tomorrow, we're even cooler. we'll wake up to temperatures in mid-60s. around 50 degrees

morning. that might feel chilly tu based on what we've seen recently. thursday afternoon, 67. cool spell by the middle of the week. friday is the rainy day. saturday, showers lingering. mid-60s for a high. low 60s sunday morning. morning temperatures upper 40s. some areas in the higher elevations could be in the 30s. we'll be watching that. and then we start off next week nice and dry in the 60s. pretty good looking forecast. >> it is. i'll take it. >> we like it. thanks, sheena. and that's "news4 midday." thanks for being with us. we're back on first at 4:00. >> get your news, weather and updates on our nbc washington app. everyone have a great day. see you in the morning. >> see you later.

stand by, everyone. we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >> what an incredible carpet, rihanna shutting down the white and blue carpet last night at the met gala. it is the super bowl of fashion. everybody living up to that. i mean, definitely a show stopper there. how in the world did she go to the bathroom? we've got questions. our style expert is here. >> i can't answer how she went to the bathroom nor how she ate. this is a gala dinner. you sit down and eat. what do you do? she's still got to be at a able. i'm glad we opened up with her. i