in southwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: jonathan: glad we got that cleared up. michelle: yes. my gosh. steve: you know you go to the airports in different cities, some of the people don't necessarily know. michelle: they haven't seen it. jonathan: education for them. steve: exactly. we have nicer weather on the way. we have to wait until monday and tuesday. michelle: man! steve: we need the rain. so if you are suffering from theergies -- allergies it will help. look outside. weather bug network, national harbor. it's quiet and dry for right now but it will change moving through the overnight hours and in the day tomorrow. really in the weekend. 78 degrees at the airport at

cheryl conner went to dulles to see if the passengers can figure out why this is happening. >> steppingn an airplane, most of us are armed with a cell phone. a mom with a daughter seen crying with the video that started recording. not happy with how the flight attendant treated the woman and they exchange w >> at dulles international airport, willie parker decided to leave his stroller home. but not his cell phone. >> everyone videotapes everything that happens now. records everything. put in my mind to be ready as well. >> i haven't done anything. i have paid for the ticket. >> this video was posted to the social media this week. a man flying delta has to go to the bathroom before the plane took off. he was then asked to step off the flight. he refused. so the plane pulled back to the gate. and all passengers had to get off. it is another incident for the airline executive tollis review from the cell phone. >> i think it is making them more conscious of what they are doing. >> passengers tell us we shouldn't believe the full story is on the cell phone. >> you are not there. >> we saw u

cheryl conner has more. ning but only if you are local. >> i remember at one point people thought it was washington state. cheryl: eric held d.c. driver's sigh len for 30 years and know -- license for 30 years and know about the change. >> d.c. is the distinctive factor. chyles right now it says, "district of columbia" at the top but the d.m.v. is moving it back to washington, d.c., in june. >> it's just a way to ensure that our citizens residents of the district of columbia are streeted fairly. they are not held up unnecessarily. cheryl: lucinda has seen complaints from people as they travel. >> we feel they have a better chance of knowing washington, d.c., versus district of columbia. >> craig holds a commercial license and drives across the country delivering cars. >> some people are ill literal to fact -- illiterate to the fact and you have to help those who don't know. cheryl: it was changed to "district of columbia" in 2013 when vincent gray was mayor. drivers can still use a district of columbia licens

as cheryl conner told us, she talked to people who try to help after the deadly crash. >> it has gottenetter. they have the physical and mental scars from a crash that ended in their front yard. >> i punched it once and then i used my hands to make a hole so they could get out. cheryl: a suburban that you can barely identify. >> of my head, people crying, "help me, help me." sure: skidmarks an issue left behind. bam. was just cheryl: jodie said that the suburban did notbrake at all. they came across the front lawn and crashed, sending flames halfway up this pole. maryland state police say that the suburban hit a jeep driven by a waldorf woman they do not want to identify, but they shared these pictures. >> i can see somebody coming at a high speed behind me. i said they are going to hit me. cheryl: she and her passengers are ok. they say that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash that killed the driver of the suburban and a passenger from waldorf. four others escape, including a suburban. >> i hope people do think and consider that before they drink and get in the car, before they

i'm cheryl conner. coming up, we will tell you the mission away from campus.brian: outside right now severe thunderstorm warning extended for the district of columbia. prin anne arundel until 5:45. large hail up to golf ball size, downpour and gusts of 50 miles per hour. see the right side of the camera. heavier showers moving east and southeast. we will track those and the latest on this and the upcoming weekend at "abc7 news at 5:00" continues after this. nancy: "7 on your side" with a payout for volkswagen. the judge signed off or there 3 billion criminal fine. volkswagen pled guilty to for conspiracy and obstruction of justice. they also paid out money for a civil case and bought back impacted vehicles. seven current and former employees have been charged in the case. d.c. mayor taking time to hand out special statehood themed plant seeds today. the seeds will grow into plants that have red and white blooms. mirroring, of course, the color of the d.c. flags. they were handed out at more than a metro stations in honor of earth day. michelle: 100,000 people

cheryl conner was on campus as two buildings were renamed for former slaves. >> ♪ amazing grace ♪ how, the sound >> we are profoundly sorry. cheryl: you are looking at the descendants of slaves. and listening to georgetown university trying to make right with the past. >> the pain is still here and it burns in the soul of every person in the united states. >> the oldest catholic university wanted to apologize for the role in the 272 slaves sold for more than $100,000 to clear university debt. >> i felt it was sincere. >> behind me is isaac hawkins hall. cheryl: two buildings have been renamed. isaac hawkins was the first name on the list of the 272. as second building was renamed for a free woman of color who built a school for black girls. they will be treated like alumni but right now no financial assistance. >> everyone can't afford to come to georgetown university. >> the history books will not change but georgetown university added a chapter. in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. >> there are a lot of thing. and maybe this is the first step that the places will do th

cheryl conner takes us to the street of southeast washington. cheryl: the humane rescue alliance came back with fliers. they spoke to wayne and track down who tried to set a cat on fire. >> somebody wanted to set him on fire. that is sad. >> the humane rescue alliance says it was a community cat, meaning no owner. much less the where you know here. a picture of the cat after it was picked up showing sitting close to the bur missing claw likely from frantically clawing at the cage or get away from the fire. >> the humane rescue alliance says she is too traumatized for the cam ro to get close but she was taken to a hospital before getting treatment at the northwest location. >> i don't have no idea. i hope they catch him. >> the humane rescue alliance set a trap on this alley after 8:00 and tried to be discreet as it works to spay and neuter cats without homes. >> come up. c'mon. >> now a $5,000 reward is being offered for an arrest and a conviction in the case. the neighborhood identified for a hot spot for community cats that are often fed by peo

but cheryl conner reports that overall the dinner in d.c. is actually pretty good. cheryl: it's fishy, by smell not by suspicious. we headed out to talk to the teafood lovers following a george washington study that found mislabeled fish. >> most people can't tell the difference. >> it was this species of tuna for this species. chevy but it could mean added drugs or hormones or the price to allow for the products to be tested. >> they will charge you for the food. >> seafood integrity comes down to trusting the supplier. one this third of the sam panels were misabled fish but not all were offenders. >> i think the d.c. restaurants did well. >> if you choose not toilet it, you shouldn't pay for that. >> i want to share video with you that can only be from florida. that takes ten minutes of dancing around, and tossing a towel over t success! when you have success with a gator what dough you do? you give him a smooch. >> he had that secured well. >> what is snapping back is mother nature. we need it. brian: we jump back up. hoping the drought update will go down. look a

in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news. brian: outside now. 4:19. coming down. we will see the light showers tonight. look at the camera lens. dulles international airport. you can't even see. the winds are as high as 20 to 25 miles per hour at times. it's windy out there. it makes it feel worse. mid-to-upper 50's for the west. the temperatures have been steady throughout the day. notice winds at the north/northeast at 10 to 15 miles per hour. we need the winds to shift direction. tomorrow we will start to transition. tomorrow the system will away. we will have clouds and fog in the morning. there will be drying from the west to east. we will get the sunshine. that will get the stage for tomorrow. the weekend we have question marks. thursday is stellar. we are talking about this for the weekend. there is a summer like feel but now they are saying we could get a northeasterly wind. the next chance of rain is monday and then to the low to mid-70's. there are several nice days headed to our way. nancy: we're l to that. next at 4:00, talk about a golden parachute. t

enjoying the last day before i ve >> in northwest washington, cheryl conner, abc7 news.onathan: before i have to back and learn. michelle: unlikely sight on easter morning. everything is okay in vegas but not this. this is a bull running wild in vegas. jonathan: stopped traffic. caused commotion. especially in vegas. they roll out the bars at all hours good, "is that a bull in traffic?" yeah. they wrangled the bull and forced it back to the trailer. a couple of cowboys there. when it happens in chicago, it tooks four hours and they have to find a person with a rope. in vegas, they had cowboys there and even a trailer. >> if someone were to tell me there was a bull outside, i'd call bull. say it's not true. steve: what would you say? jonathan: on the phone, you won't believe me but i see five cars and a bull running around. michelle: we have the pressure of the weekend forecast out of the way but we need a nice steve: a nicer evening on the way. closer to d.c. the clouds are hanging around longer. you can see the clouds clear. but compared to yesterday cooler. it's 70 in