says that she not only does qualify on that basis but she is fully deserving of the title and kappa alpha psig on the basis of her scholastic promise, community involvement and professional demeanor, the chapter stands with rachael malonson. >> what a conversation. >> it's a big conversation and people are still tweeting about it. >> i'm sure. >> i can only imagine. >> it probably will carry on for quite some time. adrienne, thank you. let's check the weather once again and get it back over to rob. >> hey, guys, let's go down south, florida, the dry season continues and in some spots the drought is still on in central florida and we're talking about dry winds that drop things down south. critical and elevated fire danger today. we've got red flag warnings also up for the southwest as a trough digs down out there across southern critical so critical and elevated fire danger. winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. this is also going to bring chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm to california. really for l.a., at least, the first chance of rain that you've seen in almost a month, so a big cha

the pageant, in its 35th year, hosted by the historically black fraternity kappa alpha psi.meone of african-american heritage. the fraternity stands by rachel saying she is completely deserving of the crown. >> i was raised by a mother who's white, who loves me so much, who has helped me become the confident woman i am. i was raised by a black dad who loves me so much he helped raise me. how could i not identify with those sides of them? >> frankly ridiculous. her father is african-american, she's a biracial woman. although you don't first thing, is she black? you don't know what ethnicity but if her father's black, she's black. i think that the issue with rachel's win has been politicized. and rachel represents an issue of colorism. it's not necessarily her personally, even though she's being personally attacked. >> reporter: the issue of colorism is explored in depth in the new netflix series "dear white people." >> what if i wanted to join them? why do people assume i'm not down? >> dear halfway person, you're just not black enough for the union. >> reporter: we spoke to

kappa pha psi capitol hill legislative conference. mr. mceachin: they raise awareness around the key issues that affect our communities. i had the privilege to join this noble clan of the kappa alpha psi fraternity at the american university where we chartered the kappa chi chapter. it was in the fall of 16980 i was able to commit myself to life of honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor. mr. speaker, today i'm proud because now more than ever we need the leaders in our communities to raise their voices, raise awareness and come to washington, d.c. as advocates on behalf of their communities. as a citizen of the first amendment to petition the government for redress of their grievances, i am proud of the brothers of kappa alpha cy fraternity, incorporated for coming to congress today as they do each spring. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. polis: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. polis: today i'm p

. >> reporter: just hours after rachael received the title hosted by kappa alpha psi backlash came pouring social media. >> i felt i didn't have any privacy and i just started crying. >> reporter: the college senior catching major heat on twitter tweets reading she should not have won because of the color of her skin. one user writing, of course, they picked the lightest biracial girl to win. another saying, if you saw this girl out in like public somewhere and had to guess her race, the last thing you'd say is black. >> one moment i'm on cloud nine thinking, wow, all this hard work i put into was showindicated and the next minute i'm not black enough. >> reporter: the 22-year-old began being questioned about her heritage at an early age. >> there is a way to have a larger conversation about race, about colorism, about blackness without attacking her. >> reporter: rachael says despite this controversy, she's grateful for the encouragement she's received. >> a lot of people who know me and those who don't even know me started having my back. it's turned into a beautiful thing that has remin