pollard. when the iteam pressed for more details, the school showed us documents about a man who, quote, appeared to be homeless who tried to gain access here at a website that used a racial slur against dr. pollard when she first became president of the school six years ago. since hiring armed driver, the school says dr. pollard has seen a tweet and separate facebook post using insensitive language about her. the school asked us not publish these documents citing safety concerns. the college receives 00% of its funding from taxpayer. so we went to county executive >> it's not something that you can take lightly and you don't want to second guess this. and so the amount of money that we're talking about is relatively small if you end up with the incidents that i think you need to -- >> reporter: he says that he would review dr. pollard's expenses but a spokesman clarified that the county exec will only do so if someone asks him to. in all, records show dr. pollard 2013. is that the equivalent

pollard. when the i-team pressed for more details, the school showed us documents about a man who, quote, appeared to be homeless who tried to gain access here at the administrative offices of the college and documents about a website that use a racial slur against dr. pollard when she first became president of the school six years ago. since hiring the armed driver the school says dr. pollard has facebook post using insensitive language about her. the school asked us not to publish these documents citing safety concerns. they receive funding from montgomery county. >> it's not something that you can take lightly and you don't want to second-guess this, and so the amount of money we're talking about is relatively small if you end up with incidents that i think could lead to greater harm. $160,000 on travel, meals, and transportation since 2013. that's the equivalent of a semester's worth of tuition for about 80 students. she did issue a statement overnight after this story first aired stating

pollard spent $37,000 on 18 trips. montgomery college board fired its last president in 2009 in part for spending too much money on perks. faculty leaders were upset that he spent more than $58,000 on corporate credit card within a 21-month period. we have for dr. pollard's card and found she spent $79,000. to watch the original investigation and see how spending by udc's president compares, go to our nbc washington app and click on investigation. tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >>> coming up, tragedy in colombia as questions swirl about the cause of a a deadly plane crash. a crash that killed members of a a soccer team. >>> the race to contain the threaten homes and resorts in tennessee forcing thousands of people to evacuate. >>> they will see more rainmaking its way into that portion of tennessee. the same rain moving our way too during the day tomorrow. we're watching >>> hundreds of homes and buildings are thousands forced out of their homes if gatlinburg. many of them describe the scene as hell. fire all around th

because pollard knows he's an iowa state fan. brewing up support. a coffee company is giving 100- percent of its sales for a day to a family that lost two daughters in a crash. sisters selena and bella died last week in a crash on theiw home from school. their mother and two other sisters also in the car -- one of whom remains in critical condition. funerals for both selena and bella held yesterday. the sit of the inn county crash now with flowers and notes. all three scooters coffee shops in cedar rapids raising money for the families yestersay. one store manager says her daughter went to school with bella. theropy dog, i think for a lot of kids it's really hard for them to kind of grasps everything and to kind of realize that anything could happen at any time-- at one of the locations -- sales doubled yesterday -- raising two- thousand dollars by five yesterday evening. the head man of iowa's transportation department is resigning. paul trombino will leave at the end of the month. he was appointed by governor branstad 5 years ago after working 17

. >> it's inappropriate, it's a distraction for the >> she's pollard deputy sector estate talking the email project sources say tracks back university professor. >> i think it's irresponsible in this climate. and this close to election to send out what is essentially spam. to all of our county clerks. to try to conduct a lab experiment. it's not part of what we do. >> denver seven investigates has obtained some of the emails sent to at llast 25 colorado county clerks and clerks and 13 other states. sources say, it appears to be a social science project with it, it was a and jacob. this one sent from cream the same asking what i need to bring to vote, i want to vote for trump for president but didn't register as a republican. do you have to do that before i vote? >> there was a great deal of concern earlier. >> there is concern because want to make sure he knows didn't contain malicious contact. >> state and federal investigators alternately determined professor's research project was poorly timed but not malicious and not a crime. >> understand why it's not a crime but it still for so

because pollard knows he's an iowa state fan. a dedication for the university of iowa children's hospital. university leaders joined others in dedicating the new university of iowa stead family children's hospital this morning. construction began about 4 years ago. patients are scheduled to begin moving into the new hospital next month. a broadcasting legend comes back to iowa -- to make a donation to the university of iowa library. tok iowa. he went to the university of iowa for a year. he's giving some things he's collected over the years as a journalist to the school. that includes -- a notebook from reagan ---but his favorite... "probably would have to be that time at the library --- recording the stories behind many of the pieces in the collection -- before the exhibit opens later in the year. brokaw is celebrating 50 years with n-b-c. coming up... happy veterans day. some kids get quite the surprise just in time for the holiday. here is a look at your current radar and temperatures. we will let you know if ani track seven f

joining me now is lincoln pollard., it is good to have you with me. >> my thoughts and prayers to the students of ohio university and my admiration to first responders and everyone. >> we have been watching for generations now of the healing that needs to take place for cuban americans as you are born in havana and you are a nephew of fidel castro. you left the regime after he chased your family left the island. does his death matter to the bigger political picture for the cuban people? >> it does. it is an important step. just like the case of the long dictator ship and the dominican republic or my long decades, long dictator ship, aciddictato had to die. without the death of dictator and democracy, democracy is not possible. a lot of work needs to be done. i hope and pray that the focus of the international of the community is in the cuban people and those suffering the suppression and the heroes of every town and village more of them and bravery increases by the day that they receive the attention and the world dema

because pollard knows he's an iowa state fan. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. around 50. lows tonight in the mid to upper 20s will start a chilly saturday, but we warm sunday and windy thursday, but ll >>> it's 7:30 now on this friday morning. it is not just any day. it is november 11th, 2016. it is veterans day. we see the flags flying on our plaza as our nation pauses to honor the brave men and women who democracy possible. we have a number of veterans here with us on our plaza this morning. operation men which is a great organization that helps wounded warriors. we've got marines, we've got air force. we'll hear from the west point band in a little bit. we're feeling so thankful and grateful this morning and happy to have lester here. >> you did an all-nighter for me on tuesday with the election. the least i could do is come and get up early. >> i made you. i said promise me you'll be here friday. >>> let's get a check of the donald trump erupted in cities across th