>> and i'm chris lawrence. because all of this is developing by the minute, scott macfarlane joining me here on how this is going to impact train service. >> dramatically so. penn line the one that's paralyzed right now. we know the person hit by the train is dead. it happened just north of the new carolton station about a mile north in what is buoy in prince george's county. the silver star which goes from new york to miami after a stop in new carolton. we're told by amtrak the person was trespassing on the tracks when this happened. right now because of it all amtrak, all service suspended north of new carolton. metro is now taking marked passengers free of charge to help them get closer to their destination. right now it's far from clear when service is going to resume. >> we're heading right into the evening rush. >> pat. >> all right. police are

person caught on camera the night someone strung bananas as american university. a meeting to address the hate crime has been cancelled. students walked out of yesterday's town hall chanting their demands. frustration began to boil over today after a meeting was called off between au administrators and several student groups of color. kristen wright is live in northwest right now with fast breaking developments with this story. >> reporter: kpamz are going on right now but there is still that unease. today in a statement we heard from the student who was in many ways at the center of this whole thing, tailer dumbson is the new student government association president. first african-american woman to hold that position. she's also an aka, the is a roert named in that hateful banana incident: she

she's not surprised by these quote heinous actions, but i was disappointed to realize that in this day and age we must be prepared for the challenges and that were once our parents and grandparents to bear. we must be committed to tangible and long lasting change that exists beyond just words. we must move beyond town halls and protests. this is the person of interest in this week's hate crimes at au. campus police are following up on tips and leads that have come in since they put the surveillance video out late yesterday afternoon. and we confirm today that the fbi civil rights division is helping with the investigation. >> i would like to think based off the au committee that it wasn't someone from american universi university. >> reporter: there is a $1,000 reward in the case. now coming up today on news4 at 5:00, why some students group of color, pat, are ups

that administration is handling some of their concerns and that has to do with that meeting you spoke of today. back to you. >> what is it they want the administration to do? >> reporter: these students say that they want more transparency. they feel they're having been incidents well before the incident that happened with the bananas and they feel like the university has not addressed even those incidents and they don't get that follow-up. they don't know what happens to students when bad things occur so they said they want more transparency from the administration here and they also want better protocols in place on what to do when situations, particularly those involving race, happen, pat. >> all right. we're getting new reaction from people outside of the au campus. troy johnson

more later this hour. chris. >> this is obviously getting attention from all over the country at this point. here at home on the manhunt for abescaped prisoner in maryland. after someone spotted a suspicious man in the same area where the prisoner was last seen. right now authorities are searching the woods around the clifton perkins hospital center in jessup. the inmate escaped from the hospital grounds and has been on the run for some five days. chris gordon joins us with more on this new search. chris? >> reporter: we are awaiting a news conference momentarily from the howard county police to update us on today's search for escaped prisoner david watson. it has been a difficult day of searching. police and dogs are in the woods right now. earlier today chopper 4 was overhead but air space was restricted by police early in the day's search

reporters and camera crews were blocked from covering searchers on the ground. a helicopter flies above the woods around clifton perkins hospital. today's search was proprietied by a single unconfirmed report, a sighting of an unknown male. please have been looking for david watson since friday when he got away from two corrections officers who transported him to the perkins psychiatric hospital for evaluation. watson faces charges. he is serving a sentence of 100 years in delaware for attempted murder. there's a reward for watson who has distinctive tattoos on his face, neck and body. jessup elementary school spent the day on lockdown with all activities kept inside. police found what they call a nesting place, a place where someone may have stayed in the woods because of bedding found there. police search near train tracks along a creek bed where footprints were

searching drains and tunnels. now we are expecting a news conference updating today's search momentarily. we are monitoring the situation and we'll be bringing you any new information as soon as we get it. ahead at 5:00 tonight, we'll hear from a resident of this area, why she believes she may have spotted escaped prisoner david watson today. pat back to you. >> thank you, chris. now to some of the other top stories we're following for you at this hour including a shooting in northern virginia. prince william county police say a man was shot and wounded today at this town hall in woodbridge. this is near the intersection of royal court and pheasant lane. the incident does not appear to be a random act. the victim is expected to recover. an historic meeting at the white house is renewing hope for peace talks in the middle east.

palestinian leader despite decades of failed efforts to achieve peace between the palestinians and israelis. trump says he will do whatever is necessary. here's a live look at capitol hill where the president spending bill is heading to the house floor for a vote. the president is calling the one trillion dollars measure a win for the american people. top democrats successful blocked funding for the border wall and punishments for sanctuary cities. >> for the first time director james comey is explaining in detail why he reopened the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server just days before the election. during testimony on capitol hill, mr. comey said he had to tell lawmakers about those e-mails that were found on the computer of former congressman anthony weiner. >> it makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election. >> comey went

all in all he thinks it was the right move. yesterday clinton said comey's decision played a big role in her loss. >> now to a story you will only see on news 4. two teens facing charges in connection with a series of crimes in montgomery county. this all came to a head near einstein high school in kensington. police say behind the wheel of a stolen car they found a student along with a stolen assault rifle. the gun had been taken from a rockville detective's vehicle just a couple of days before this and a short distance away they found another stolen vehicle with a shotgun also taken from that detective's car. >> we have a police car that's broken in to and you have assault weapons and a shotgun stolen and those are out on the street. so obviously that's a huge concern for us and thankfully we were able to recover those weapons and nobody was rt

teens in the stolen car as mario alhave a radio. the other teen is a minor. we are just a couple of days from a night that is popular at bars and at mexican restaurants but police have a warning this afternoon. what you can do to make sure you have a safe cinco demayo. >> thousands of family have their personal information compromised. >> we're seeing a lot of sun. a great day today. but that all comes to an end as this monster storm moves in tomorrow night into friday. your updated forecast. i know i don't like it.

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county wants to lead the self-driving car revolution. >> some of the latest tech is on display. >> reporter: when it comes to new car technology they say information is like oil. it's a amazing what cars can do these days like avoiding a collision. look at these two cars they actually were talking to one another to avoid that collision and as these cars drive around and drive off they're sending out information to the road and to the other cars about what's ahead of them. for instance, this car right here might brake in front of the other car and then the car in back of it gets an alert that that car is actually braking hard in front of it and then it gives an alert to the driver to slow down. that's the kind of technology that we're talking about that is going to become mass produced in cars and also new technology like taking your hands off the steering wheel, letting your car drive b

that's coming on line in just the next couple of years. we'll take you inside all the new car technology that was on display here in northern virginia and why northern virginia may a leader when it comes to the self-driving car revolution. >> this story got -- would you ride in a driverless car? we want you to weigh in on this on the washington flash survey. so far more than half of you say no and you don't want them on the streets either. there's still time for you to weigh in on this. go to the nbc washington facebook page. >> all week they're going sugar-free. it looks as if some folks, sugary sabotage going on behind the scenes. they came into work to find cupcakes waiting for them at their desk. who could do

deed. it just kicked up a notch. >> starbucks has been celebrating spring by rolling out all kinds of new frappuccinos with every color under the sun. >> and of course they're all packed with sugar. last month it was the unicorn frappuccino that filled our gram feeds and then there was the dragon frappuccino. so this week there's something new. the pink and purple and green colored mermaid frappuccino. it's a vanilla bean base blended with freeze dried blackberries and drifld with a toasted coconut sauce. it's not on the menu but if you ask your local ba ris ta will make it happen for you. >> they also deliver hence the fact that we got these could have phys sitting right here on our desk. >> i'm passing mine over and i'm trying not to do sugar. >> i love sugar.

i am not giving it up. i'm going to give it a try. >> drum roll and your facial expression is interesting, doug. >> up hum. >> so yours, chris. >> this tastes nothing like coffee. >> is there any caffeine in this? it takes like 100% sugar. >> sugar and what else. >> like bubble gum. >> i also smell a waft of -- >> i don't know. is this a thumbs up or thumbs down? >> my kids would love this. i'm not drinking it but they would love it. >> i like the taste of coffee. in this one the sugar is overpowering. >> i agree. >> there's definitely some seeds in here. >> i got some berries. >> excuse me. it's definitely a seed. >> here you go, doug. >> let's talk

weather coming up. a lot of sunshine out there today. that sunshine's gone tomorrow and it's gone and it may not come back, guys, for weeks. i'm not kidding. plenty of sunshine now. bright blue skies across the area. take a look at the current temperature. 66. winds out of the northwest at 16 miles an hour. it's a cool day. very nice afternoon. that wind is blowing just a little bit. current temperature 63 leesburg, only 59 in winchester, 67 down towards fredericksburg. i mentioned the wind, temperatures about 5 degrees below average. winds gusts upwards of 30 miles an hour. so it's still a rather breezy day but all in all it's been a nice one on this wednesday. your diamondbacks taking on your nationals tonight. 65 degrees at 7:00. it is going to be a cool night for a game. i would definitely take a jacket. hopefully we can get a win. no rain to talk about no

to what's happening out west. this is going to be a major storm because not only is it going to bring us a lot of rain. it is going to change the pattern for weeks here. right now you can see all the rain moving up and look at all the cold air making it's way down from canada across the area too. that storm moves our way and it does gives us a good chance for some rain. all the warm air is way down to the south. atlanta at 83. everybody else in the 50s. you see what's coming here, first we will get a little bit on the warmer side as that storm moves in. tomorrow starting off with some sunshine and here comes the cloud cover. wee see the clouds around noon and they get thick during the afternoon. all day tomorrow we'll be dry. i'm not worried about any rain tomorrow through about 7:00. here comes the rain to the south and by 11:00 we got the shower activity around and look at the heavy rain early on friday morning. that friday morning commute is going to be a mess due to the fact we're going to see that heavy rain and we could see easily one to two inches of rain in parts of the area. re

back to the west maybe more. even shower activity through 10:00. tomorrow, not a bad day. sunshine early, clouds moving in and dry through the day. the rain moves in on friday and again, it is heavy at times. late thursday into friday. heavy at times with a high of 75 on friday and look at this. temperatures in the 50s. we will be running 15 degrees below average as we head into the next week and the pattern stays there, this is mostly cloudy if not all clouds all the way through next week with another chance of rain next saturday. not the nicest may. we just went through the warmest april ever. may will not be the same. >> wow. it's like they reversed themselves, we flip-flopped this year. >> yes. >> they were photos that ignited a backlash against the paparazzi now the royal's family's getting involved in this. the royal lawsuit just filed and our first look at what prince william felt when he found out. a

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to it. they're being raised by their parents, mr. president and the first lady. there is a third eaglet in our area. that one was named last week, the name spirit. >> the caps are just a few hours away from another huge game against the penguins. >> and if they're going to even up this series, they're going to need another big game. >> sherree burruss joins us now from pittsburgh to tell us about the extra motivation for the cavs goalie. >> reporter: he does. there's three fans here in particular that have been cheering for braden hopy his whole life. i met his mom, dad and aunt and they decided last point in fly out to pittsburgh from canada to come watch the series. i asked mom and dad if they were still excited to see their son playing on this level and they said

and braden's following in his dad foot steps by playing goalie. he never played for nhl but he played in high school and college. when it came time to pick just one braden chose goalie. and i kd him today what it means to have his family here in the building for the playoffs. >> it's more fun for them. they get to enjoy it and watch some games but for me it's the same mind set every day. it doesn't make a difference with circumstances or anything like that. it's focusing on what i do on the ice and what we do here as a team. >> your mom wants to know when you're going to put a i love mom on your helmet, any plans? >> no. >> reporter: so no shout out to mom on his helmet but he does have the name of his two children. game one i saw him reading the names of his children and kissing his helmet before tt

live from pittsburgh, sherree burruss, news4 storts. >> new developments on the campus of american university just days after bananas were discovered hanging from nooses on campus. >> it's bringing a lot of negative attention to the school but it's also putting a is a roit in the spoight onetl

>> announcer: news4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. >> it's 4:30 and we are starting with the breaking news. the house just passed a spending bill to make sure the government stays open through september. it totals just over a trillion dollars and now the senate has until friday to take its vote on the spending plan. >> we want to start with the battle over repealing and replacing obamacare. republicans say they are getting closer. the big sticking point has been how to cover all these preexisting conditions but there are signs a new amendment when ease some of the concern. blayne alexander live with late details from capitol hill. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the white house says the president is not forcing a vote on health care and says gop leaders will only go when they feel they can win. today new life for health care reform. two key republicans announced they have flipped to a yes after an oval officeti

where he said that this bill would be just as strong on preexisting illnesses as obamacare. i want him to keep that pledge. >> reporter: fred upton offer the amendment that could be a game changer setting aside $8 billion to ease insurance costs for those with preexisting conditions. democrats say that's not enough. >> we'll neighboring impossible for millions of americans to afford the health coverage they desperately need. this is deadly. this is deadly. >> reporter: the bill would dis mantle obamacare but republican supporters promised to keep the most popular parts. >> coverage for people on page 26 on their parents plan, check. no discrimination based on gender, check. >> reporter: meanwhile another house floor debate the spending bill. >> there's a lot in this bill that brings us together. >> reporter: a bill with support from both sides now more contentious after the president tweeted a shutdown may abe good

together. >> we don't need a good shutdown. we need a good leader. >> this is a great deal for the president. he had $21 billion in military funding. >> reporter: working together to keep the government open while still arguing over which side got the best of the deal. now keep in mind on health care, this is just a house debate. once health care passes that chamber it will face a whole new battle in the senate, pat. >> thank you. developing right now a campus wide lookout for this person of interest. police have distributed surveillance video of the person suspected in a possible hate crime on the campus of american university. three ba nans placed on campus early monday morning. aka thought to refer to alpha kapaa alpha. froi johnson is here now with today's talk around town and this is the

in the past 8 months that there's been an incident with the same symbol at au back in september. one student says someone threw a banana at her. another says a spoiled banana was left in her dorm room along with obscene messages. what are your listeners saying about the way these issues are being addressed. >> there's a lot of concern because nobody wants to see these kinds of security breaches happening on these schools. people are saying, we think about the cameras and the surveillance equipment and the amount of police that are on campuses all across america. students are focused on their education and safety and exposure to hate speech shouldn't be their concern while they're trying to educate themselves and this is not just happening on au as we know but, of course nooses and parties and black face. there's a story in baylor university in texas recently, people dressed as maids and construction workers, degrading mexican americans. one person in

continuing to happen. they say the dialogue around some of the things that are happening in america may be a result of that. i also spoke with britney today. she's a recent college graduate and a member of alpha kapaa alpha. she is angry that her organization was singled out in this attack when her focus has always been on positive social action. britney went to a predominantly white schools. tell me many of those schools needs to be proactive when it comes to handle these racially motivated incidents on campus. >> so when the situation occurred they want to cover all of their bases, they want to prove their diverse and inclusive but they don't begin teaching students as soon as they hit the campus what is safe, what is not, what will be tolerated. >> as an aka your sorority is front and center. >> it's just heart breaking to

see. my sorority has fought for the black women and women of all color. to see us being attacked was heart breaking. >> these symbols were left on the same day that the new student government president started her new job. she's african-american. she's also a member of the aka -- are people thinking that african-american women are being targeted? >> they feel that way and they feel it's a very personal attack. greek organizations in the black community, very strong, very well-known. and it feels like especially a target to this young woman who is striving for excellence and in doing some very important work. women that i've spoken to were concerned as well because they are happening a little too often. these events, you know, again as we talked about just as recent as late last year happening on this campus and as you heard britney say, not really being addressed in a proactive way.

because safety is at hand. >> the akas have a history in washington. they were started here on the campus of howard university. do your listeners see irony in the fact that the akas were founded to raise cultural awareness for african-american women? >> when you say names like cor reta scott king, you know what this organization stands for. making a difference in communities and again, for now a 109 years in america, the akas have been focused on educational excellence, supporting women of all races. as you heard britney say in their endeavors and they're more than 200,000 strong and you can see with the response to the situation at american, you know, ladies taking to the hashtag aka 1908. they're expressing their solidarity with this young woman who is now president on a campus at a very trying time and as well as the sisters there on their campus. no matter what, a lot of people

that they've been doing for a long time. >> and talking about it and tweeting about it all over the country. >> that's right. >> troy, thank you. >> thanks, guys. the former president and first lady slowly stepping back into the spotlight. the public appearance they just made and why they say it's so close to their heart. plus what would you do if you found out your grandfather was a music legend? >> major storm system heading our way, bringing heavy rain. i've got new hour by hour timing.

another public appearance by former president obama today. this time to update progress on the obama presidential center. mr. obama unveiled the concept aldesign of his first presidential library and museum in chicago's historic jackson park neighborhood. he wants the center to trans form a community plagued by crime and poverty. obama also talked about the personal connection he has to the area. >> the best things that have happened to me in my life happened in this communicating, the values that i learned here in chicago and that we've now passed on to our children. i owe it all to this community.

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king cole. >> i didn't physically know him while he was alive. i know that he was always really meaningful to me and i believe that spirits leave this place but they don't leave us. and i do think that maybe my loving his music as a kid, you know, why would i necessarily love nat king cole's music versus so many others of his era? i want to think, i like to think, i do think that that was sort of his way of playing a role in my life. that was the only role he could play. >> it is an amazing story and we'll have the full story for you coming up tonight on news4 at 11:00. >> looking forward to seeing more of her. >> it's a really fascinating tale and you won't want to miss it. >> thank you barbara. >> millions of families rely on this tool to help pay

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to our own wendy rieger. >> so much has been said about her, in fact, some of the racist messages that were scrolled aka, might not mean a lot to some people, but obviously to people on that campus they knew that she had just been elected the first african-american woman to head the student government association. she is also a member of alpha kapaa alpha sorority head the designation the aka and wendy you got a chance to actually speak to the young woman herself. >> she's really poised. i'm really impressed. i wasn't like that at american university. what a lovely young woman. so you can just imagine the outrage and the hurt from this ugly, ugly incident butdomson is a leader and said she was raised by her parents for this very moment. >> they

a post racial society. and they were very much prepared for that from a young age. they prepared me for that so now this is just a time for me to let that shine and let that show. >> well, done. we will have more on the interview with taylor coming up on news4 at 5:00. >> facebook is adding about 3,000 people to scrub its site for videos of crimes and other questionable content after videos of two murders were found on its site. it doubles the number of people at the social media giant who are devoted to retrieving don't that users have reported. mark zuckerberg took to facebook about why he made this question and what he's doing about questionable content on the site. open our nbc washington app to search facebook

story we've been following regarding students' federal financial aid and issues with the irs. >> today lawmakers on capitol hill demanded answers about the status of a breech that impacted about $100,000 taxpayers. susan hogan following this story. what's the latest. >> this is a big one because in march as we told you the irs abruptly took down a vital link on the fasa website, the data retrieval sight that allows students and parents input their tax information for federal aid. the house committee held a hearing asking for an update on that data breach and when that link would be available on the website. so here is what we've learned. the department of education and the irs is aiming to have the link back up and available to applicants by the end of this month. also coming out of the hearing today, a tax administration official said when the irs alerted the department of education of t

department of ed disagreed saying it was legitimate activity and kept that link active. house lawmakers came down so hard on both agencies for taking too long to remove the link. >> we did not take lightly the decision to disable the drt tool. we knew that doing so had the potential to disrupt millions of students applying for federal financial aid. even sow i believe we made a sound decision one which would protect the data of approximately 175 million americans. this is our highest priority. >> now the irs is notifying all effected taxpayers and will offer free credit monitoring for them. you can see all of our stories regarding this breach and the criminal pact it has on students on our nbc washington app, just search fafsa. my kids, we were all on fafsa

>> let's hope the damage is minimal on this one. >> let's hope so. >> thank you, susan. well, let's get a check in now with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. we got a sense everything's about to change. >> i'm singing the blues today and what i mean a beautiful blue sky and a beautiful blue potomac river. the average high today 72. we've been below that and a month from now the average high is 81 degrees. and what to wear for tomorrow, you'll need a jacket in the morning and sunglasses in the morning but short sleeves in the afternoon and have an umbrella ready for tomorrow evening. now, we have some rain likely coming our way to wash the pollen out of the air. it's in the high range now for trees and grass. the pollen remains high. low for weeds and mold spores. however, doug and i are closely watching this major storm system now crossing theis

into our metro area. here is the new timing. it does look like the rain arriving in this area maybe the first of rain -- maybe not arriving till around midnight tomorrow night. look at all this yellow and orange and red. that is moderate to heavy rain coming in for the morning commute on friday. we may have some standing water, maybe some flooding issues. look how quickly its gone on friday afternoon. most of its gone. maybe just an isolated shower. how much rain will we get? all this in purple is the zone here of 1.5 to 2.5 inches. this red zone could be some higher amounts near the blue ridge by the time it all tapers off and ends on friday afternoon. right now temperatures in the 60s and we got that wind gusting to around 30-mile-per-hour but look at our temperatures tomorrow morning, 40s in the suburbs and rural areas right in town the mid-50s, mid-50s right near the chesapeake bay. sunrise at 6:07. little sun in the

time. mid-60s, dry roads for the commute tomorrow. won't have any trouble getting back home. temperatures by late afternoon in the upper 60s. big change on the way. after that heavy rain moves through on friday. we'll drop out of the 70s down to the 50s in the morning on saturday and stay in the 50s only near 60 on saturday afternoon. a lot of clouds around for the weekend with highs only near 60 degrees and again that average high is 72 so about 10 degrees colder than average for the weekend just a slight chance of a sprinkle both days and it stays cool all the way into next week, as we get toward the ends of next week it may change a bit. doug, is back with another look at this big storm coming our way in just a few minutes. >> thanks tom. the royal family in court. the pictures that are setting stage for a lawsuit as we see a side of prince william that many of us have never

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topless pictures of a vacationing kate middleton have incensed the british royal family and now this case is playing out in court. >> the royal family is suing the french gossip magazine that printed those pictures. >> reporter: in his

william's anger revealed over pap raz i pictures of kate topless. >> it seems like prince william was really hurt like this. >> it wasn't just hurt it was furious. the duchess is a bit more relaxed about it. she thought it was unfortunate. he was in a rage. he was very, very angry. >> william saying in a legal statement the facts submitted to your court are particularly painful because they remind us of the harassment that was the source of what killed my mother, diana princess of wales. the racy pictures publiced by the royal couple were on an official tour of malaysia, they show kate sunbathing of a french villa in 2012. they never even saw the photographer who was using the long lens. the deceit involved and their publication particularly shocked us due to the breach of our privacy william's statement says. including photographers who deny ki

editor of the mag mag zin defeefd the shots. >> this picture -- the picture of her wonderful couple, young couple, and nothing wrong. >> the prince deeply protective of his family, taking the official pictures of the children, some worrying about freedom of the press. >> reporter: times have changed of course. william was pictured partying in a swiss ski resort. it seemed as if those pictures were taken by a member of the public. these days any one famous faces any member of the public just on to one of these a cell phone. back to you. >> it's all heading to court. the news continues right now with jim and wendy. >> announcer: news4 at 5:00 starts now. >> more anger at american university as police try to find the person responsible for leaving racist messages around campus and now for the first time tonight we're hearing from th

>> i am the first african-american student government president so i anticipated that would come with something, but i never imagined that it would be this. >> that is an interview folks you will see first and only here on news4. you just got through interviewing her. she's going to share that in just a moment. >> the case is now being classified as a hate crime. an american university is working with d.c. police and with the fbi civil rights division liaison to bring someone to justice. a thousand dollar reward is being offered to help catch that suspect. >> meanwhile tonight, there is concern from students after meet tg with the administration today was cancelled. kristen wright joins us live from the campus with the latest. >> reporter: that's right. a coalition of student groups of color including the black student alliance requested this meeting with uniit

some of these very important issues but it just didn't happen. the person of interest in a hate crime at american university, campus police say they're following tips and leads to find out who hung bananas on nooses and marked them with aka a well-known african-american sorority. and now, more frustration among several student groups of color that planned to meet with administrators. word that the meeting wasn't happening spread very fast. >> i'm live individual when i woke up to that text this morning. it was all caps. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: a university spokesperson says administrators wanted to include other student leaders and that the timing for the meeting just didn't come together. the university invited students to a small community meeting instead, not open to the media. a student who was there said staff talked about how to address these recent