we're going to learn more about atchinson when we visit the virginia town where he grew up. that will be on the way at 5:30. >>> a small number of people who had been living at this crumbling a lynn hill condo complex in temple hill were defying the county order to leave. fire officials told them yesterday it's not safe for you to live here. after all, these chronic fire code violations in that complex, scott broom is live again tonight to tell us how authorities are handling this standoff of sort. >>reporter: well, they're trying to not make this a complication. they're declaring this a humanitarian evacuation. between the u haul trucks and you can see a chain link fence to keep those they have been able to leave to keep them out. they say no one is leaving in handcuffs, but they say they're shutting down this parking lot starting at 7:00 this evening. >> so we're basically going to be homeless. >> boards going up and the buildings wrapped in chain link fencing to keep residents from returnin defiance from some who refuse to leave. >> i know how to climb gates. >> [indiscer

but the butlers then sued atchinson for what he done them to. and were told that atchinson ended up owing the butlers $23,000 in restitutioning according to them, he had never paid them back yet alone issued an apology. they held a news conference as you just saw there, saying that they were very surprised once they heard about this former kkk leader of local maryland chapter had become a priest and started preaching at a catholic where they currently live. and just into our newsroom as well, there was a statement issued by the diocese of arlington i'll pull up that statement. that says, in part, that father atchinson fully acknowledges that the butler family deserves an apology and he's open to meeting with the butlers privately to address some concerns and question, bishop has offered to be present for this meeting. in that press conference, mr. butler said he and his wife want closure. they say toward the end of the statement here they they hope to provide closure, based on this new information sounds like there will be a meeting between both

and they want him to name names before they agree to any kind of meeting with father atchinson. bruce leshan, wusa9. diocese is out with a statement. they just put it out. they say father atchinson agreed to fully cooperate with police in providing details of the old case that they failed to collect earlier. the diocese also says that father atchinson decided to fell his story publicly after first being approached by a pre-lance reporter about his past. >>> president trump is on his way back to washington after spending a second day in arizona. he president spoke to a huge crowd of veterans in reno. he called them examples of national unity that he's trying to create. it's a sharp contrast to the angry tyrant against the media the president delivered just the night before. >> this is a big one. >> president trump signed a bill wednesday making it easier for veterans to appeal decisions on their disability claims. the ceremony came after a speech to thousands of veterans at the american legion national convention in reno. >> no longer will veterans be kept wai answer to their app

and father atchinson is taken a leave of absence from the church. nobody from the church would go on camera accept to say, they're supporting this priest and the dialogue that he's creating about forgiveness, about redemption and father atchinson had a very firm message to people who are white su premas, that they'll never find any satisfaction in their hate and anger. >> interesting. mark, we'll see you at 6:00. >> thanks, mark. >>> we're in weather alert mode because of some swelderring humidity this afternoon. amelia and lauren are in the storm center tracking the temperatures again. and also there have been some changes. >> yeah, we're tracking big changes in the forecast and that is in part to the heat and humidity that we're noticing right now. when you factor in the mugginess, it's feeling 100 degrees out there. >> it's so soupy out there. it felt like this, as well. it does where we're had the heat indices. we're talking about storms, they're coming here tonight. >> that's going to be the change that is we're talking about that will bring mo

tonight, we're live at police begin >> seeking redemption, the victims of william atchinson's hatefulpeak out in a public news conference. what they said atchinson has to do in order for them to truly forgive him. >>> and more protesters sounding off against president trump. his latest remarks just one day after defending his controversial comments on charlottesville. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> the time is up for people who call the lynnhill condominiums home. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm lauren demarco in for tony. residents are given a 24-hour window to leave the premises. hotel rooms and assistance were longer term housing are being offered up. for many this is just a nightmare. matt ackland live in prince george's county with more on all of this, matt. >> reporter: as you might be able to hear, i'm going to quiet down this patrol car making an announcement >> please go to the black bus in the parking lot and miss

it's the place where father william atchinson was assigned as an administrator in 2000. two years later he was upgraded together pastor before he left in 2005. this church had long time members who were able to describe him during his time here. they said he was a nice guy who enjoyed talking to people and getting to know the community and really helping out. the mailman he baptized one of his children. it's a tight-knit commute. >> many of the people here in town are glad to forgive father atchinson, they said he should have come forward a lot sooner about this. father atchinson is saying he's doing this to apologize to seek redemption, but let his story be an example of someone who turned their life around. michael quander, wusa9 in west virginia. >>> a person is on the run after getting in someone's backyard and stealing a bike. the entire thing caught by a nearby surveillance scammer. this happened near 4th and varnum street. if you know who this is, contact police. >>> a 500-0000 community center had its big opening in southeast dc. it's on q street off pennsylvania

father atchinson was born in arlington in 1954. 1977 while a student at the university of maryland, she was charged with multiple cross burnings in prince georges county. 11 years later, he was ordained as a priest in nevada. in 1993 he was transferred to the dioecies of arlington where he served in several parishes. since 2014 he's been a priest in fairfax. >> father atchinson admits in his article that he was involved in cross burnings, he omits the fact he was served 90 days in jail and ordered -- but after his release maryland and never paid the family the money he owes them. the cross burning gained so much attention back in the late 70s and early 80s that president ronald reagan visited the family. the visited was covered by jet magazine. i spoke with a woman who lived in the college park home that he burned a cross back in 1977. she told me she had no idea he was still alive, much less living as a priest a few months from her >>> the condos have all kind of code violations and people living here need to get out within 24 hours. bureau chief tracee wilkins is in temple hill with n

. >> father william atchinson. he w i before becoming a priest.e wrote an article for the arlington catholic herald and asked for forgiveness saying he was prompted by the violence in charlottesville to write about his past, calling his time in the kkk "memories of a bleak period in my life that would have preferred to forget. the reality is, we're cannot forget and we're should not forget." today where father atchinson served since 2014, his parishers were supportive of their priest. >> now he was enlighted, so he asked for forgiveness and, as a catholic, as parishioner, i will say, okay. >> mark segraves has been digs into this story and found there is a whole lot more than the priest admission to this dark past. what else have you learned about his time in the kkk? >> this dates back