now at 11:00, protests over hate messages at american university. the video police want you to see and how this controversy is getting bigger than just au. a basebl

the stands. tonight a much different reception in boston for orioles outfielder adam jones. harmless prank or abuse? parents express regret over a youtube video that for now have cost them custody of their kids. news 4 at 11 starts now. >> good evening. first up at 11:00 that growing controversy over racist messages at american university. it's our top story online. >> student outrage spilled over into protest as police inch closer to finding the person responsible. jackie bensen live with news tonight about what is happening on campus tomorrow. >> reporter: we have learned that leaders are expected to meet with university administration tomorrow morning. meanwhile criminal investigation into this matter continues and now includes images. the black

surveillance cameras on campus don't offer much help in identifying the person who appears to be a man. the accompanying flyer confirms police are investigating the incident in which bananas in nooses were found as a hate crime. it reveals the subject dressed in black may have worn a hat or mask and may have entered a white or silver sedan on rockwood parkway. hundreds of students walked out of the town hall meeting this afternoon and began marching across campus. pressure is increasing on school administrators to respond to repeated racist acts. the frustration hoping to share lessons he learned in civil rights struggle. >> we always pray. we prayed. >> despite the fact that this is finals week,

continues. facebook page has been created advertising support rally 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. live in northwest, bensen, news 4. i'm carol maloney at the live desk. one day after hearing racial taunts orioles outfielder adam jones hears something else loud and clear. [ cheers and applause ] >> a standing ovation for jones tonight in his first at bat at fenway park. just last night jones was the victim of what he says was worst racial name calling in his career. the red sox organization apologized to him today and then fans did, too, tonight. jones doesn't mind being heckled he says but last night crosses the line. >> i don't need special treatment. treat me as normal. keep the racial stuff out of there. boo me, tell me i suck. that is what i want

be. >> it doesn't have a place in the game. i thought we moved past that a long time ago. >> two games to go in the series. wizards in boston. they needed overtime for game two. new at 11:00 tonight detectives believe a man accused of soliciting an ashburn girl for sex may have pursued other teen victims here and across the country. police arrested 35-year-old derek lamar jones. they tell us he has a history of meeting teenage girls at comiccon type events and posing as someone in his early 20s. in march police say he contacted a teen and provided transportation for her to travel to baltimore to meet him.

seven cities around the country since march and want to know if he has tried to contact anyone else. reconstruction crews are digging through debris trying to figure out what led to a very serious crash in german town this evening. we learned an infant was among six people taken to the hospital. we are told some have serious injuries. six cars were involved. the crash happened during rush hour. >> turning to our weather and things turning much cooler as we head into the middle of the work week. >> sounds like it will be feel more like march than early may tomorrow. >> average high temperature in the low 70s. today beautiful conditions across our area. we hit a high of 80 degrees. most everybody in the mid to upper 70s across the region. 76 in dulles. 79 down towards fredricksburg. i am tracking a storm system.

rain yesterday. this will bring cool weather tomorrow. i am tracking this guy that will drop down into the middle part of the country dragging cool air and rain. that one is going to be a big storm on friday. one more nice one tomorrow. clouds on the way for thursday. there is the big storm friday. that leads us to a much cooler pattern. 80 today. i don't see another 80 for close to two weeks. we just learned that a texas police chief has fired an officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy. he fired multiple rounds into a car full of kids. jordan edwards was 15 years old riding in the car with his 16-year-old brother and some other teenager. on saturday night officers responded to report of minors getting drunk at a house party. the officers say they heard multipun

on a car full of teenagers. police say the car refused to stop and was driving away from officers. one of the bullets hit edwards in the head. they are working hard to quote deal with the loss of our beloved jordan. >> thank you. alton sterling is trending on twitter hours after the justice department decided not to charge police officers in connection with his death. sterling, you may recall, was the man selling cds outside a store in baton rouge last summer and police say he fit the description of someone who threatened someone with a gun. officers tackled him and videos showed them shooting him on the ground. sources tell nbc bringing federal civil rights charges in a case like this is difficult and requires proving

different outcome for a similar case in south carolina where a white officer pleaded guilty to federal charges of using excessive force in the death of walter scott. scott was unarmed when michael slater shot him five times in the back. slater stopped scott for a broken tail light and scott ran away. slater's first trial ended in hung jury. as part of the plea deal the state will not file new charges against him. he faces life in prison but could have his sentence reduced. they are two men hoping for your vote in 2017. tonight the democratic candidates for governor of virginia answered questions at a forum. they took turns behind the podium. they both took swipes at the trump administration. some more veiled than others. >> needs to be inclusive. we shouldn't discriminate against anybody because of sexual

they come from or religion or color of their skin. >> we will be a firewall against hate and bigotry of the trump administration. we must remain vigilant about what on earth this president might do on any given day. >> tom sherwood moderated that first official debate this past weekend. they will face off in a primary in june. some changes could be coming to your property tax bill. the "washington post" reports that the alexandria city council plans to vote on thursday to raise your local property tax rate by an average of about $350 a year. the extra cash would address years of overcrowded schools, aging buildings, outdated sewers and a growing bill for metro. in fairfax county residential property tax rates are staying put. the board of supervisors adopted a $4

it keeps property taxes the same while leaving things like police reforms and salary increases for county employees unfunded. tomorrow fairfax county police chief will see the woman who crashed into his police cruser in court. christy edgar is expected to enter plea. she was charged with drunk driving when she rear ended the chief's unmarked police car while stopped at a red light. the chief suffered minor injuries but told us at the time that he was quote mad at heck and grateful that he was wearing his seat belt. peter nuewsham is the polic chief. chief had been filling in for kathie who left for the nfl back in august. unusually

extra police monitoring a neighborhood in hill east neighborhood. 30 shots fired from three different guns all happening in broad day light monday. some of the bullets nicked the fence of the housing complex at 13th and g southeast. nobody was hurt but that is not making neighbors feel any better. >> this just seems like with the number of shots potentially more dangerous weapons used and the time of day. so we are angry and we would like answers and a resolution. >> police say they are looking for at least two vehicles that may be connected to yesterday's shooting, a gray nissan altima and orange colored van. back here at the live desk we learned that two police officers have been shot on the south side of chicago. a spokesman for the police department tweeted that two officers are in stable condition after getting shot by someone who was riding in a

one was shot in the arm and hip and the other in the back. we are told not life threatening injuries. the police superintendent is on his way to the hospital. we are working to get more information and will bring it to you as soon as we can. next at 11:00, youtube pranks gone too far. how these videos cost a maryland couple custody of their kids and where this case goes from here. new tonight a fight among room mates leads to a house fire. what prosecutors say pushed one woman to arson. and the inspiration for a virginia opera singer now sharing his gift and his message with teenagers.

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a messy room mate can make a living situation pretty dreadful. it went a step forward in fort washington, maryland. things got down right dangerous. >> heated argument sparked a fire literally. news 4's shomari stone has more on this peculiar case in prince georges county. >> reporter: there is an unusual story about this boarded up house in fort washington. just ask the state attorney's office. >> certainly not something you see every day. >> reporter: according to these court documents seven room mates rented this house but one of them was allegedly messy. her room mates were talking about it and she was listening. >> the defendant allegedly overheard that. >> reporter: upset she walked to the basement and

she threatened y'all want to keep talking about me and i will fix y'all. after she allegedly started the fire court documents say she walked out of the front door with lighter fluid. a room mate noticed smoke and yelled and alerted everyone in the house and they all ran outside. a few minutes later court documents say she was walking away from the house with a backpack. >> nothing ever happens around here like this. >> reporter: we told curious neighbors about the arrest. >> i can't believe it. >> reporter: we haven't been able to find the room mates or the landlord. the house is uninhabitable. police arrested her on tuesday. she is charged with first degree arson and malicious burning. i'm shomari stone, news 4. mike and heather martin said they just wanted their children to be happy but they went about it the wrong way, beyond wrong according s

the martin's lost temporary custody because of these youtube videos. they filmed these so-called pranks in their home and made hundreds and thousands of dollars doing it. the children's father and step mother said the kids were in on the prank but an attorney for the children's biological mother said it doesn't matter. it's abuse. >> creamiscreaming to the point children cry, if you did it at the mall, forget youtube and the physical stuff a cop would take you away. >> there is another hearing this friday and it is up to a judge to decide who gets custody. tonight we have the inspiring story of a world renowned opera star from virginia. >> his name is feeto green. he has had success on stage. his recent performance in new york's metropolitan ope

hailed as a show stopper. ♪ >> what a voice and what a presence. he says he struggled with anger issues growing up in a trailer park across from a crack house in virginia. by age 12 he was locked up for plotting to kill his family. at age 15 he heard the opera and knew that is what he wanted to do. >> it took almost half my life to get to a point where i didn't hate myself and accepted my past is my past and future is what i make it. i wouldn't have been allowed to sing because of the color of my skin. >> green is the bass baritone for the met. see his full story on the nbc washington app. ch

making. he is truly larger than life. >> what an inspiring story for young people to hear. we have some more changes in our future. >> more changes in the future for sure. if you like today 80 degrees. we may not see that for two weeks. we may not see that until the third week of may. that's the kind of cool weather we have here. this pattern will settle in and not go anywhere anytime soon. i have something for you. >> what's that? >> take a look at this. i thought we had video. we don't have video. 50.3% tonight. >> got lost in the clouds. >> we weren't sure where to find it. >> just supposed to trust you? >> trust me. take a look. 68 degrees. winds out of the southwest at five miles per hour. very nice nighter

spectacular spring like afternoon. 58 in martinsburg. we are seeing temperatures in the 50s. by early tomorrow morning some of you may be in the upper 40s. going to be a little bit on the cool side when you wake up. kids may need sweat shirts. on the radar nothing to show. we are on the clear sky. this is a really cool shot. this kind of sums up the weather and the way we are going to be. this is a big storm along the east. that is why we saw rain during the day yesterday. very cool weather north of this. towards denver another storm system making its way in towards the planins. this is going to change the pattern for weeks across our region. first off high temperatures 80 d.c. 77 raleigh. only 51 in chicago. 62 in pittsburgh. we get into the 60s tomorrow. we are going to be much cooler on wednesday. 55 to start off. 65 at noon. good day to be out

play golf. noon kids at recess looking great. you can probably still eat lunch. 68 degrees, great afternoon. nice 7:00 temperature there around 65:00 degrees. a.m. jacket you probably need that. you can do the short sleeve in the afternoon. sunglasses a must. no need for the umbrella. we won't need that until thursday night when another storm moves in. temperature around 69 degrees. friday as the system moves in we get to 72 degrees. heavy rain is going to be the main factor. rain early. some of the rain heavy. i think over an inch easily, maybe two inches in some spots. look at the pattern here. average high temperature in mid 70s. we may not hit 60 many of the next ten days. it's really quite amazing. seven of the next ten days if you have games this saturday it is quite cool if you are thinking about touring around the city.

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