Now before a number of congresswomen including Sheila Jackson lee walk up to this podium in the shadows of the chapel building capitol building. This is where a News Conference will begin at 12 15. They will be here to show support for their sorority at americansters university. We have been reporting on what happened there on monday since monday. In a nutshell, according to police, somebody put nooses and bananas around the campus. On the bananas were the letters aka, the abbreviation for Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. The congresswomen will show their support for the Sorority Sisters at the university. They will have a News Conference here and denounce the actions that happened on monday. When it comes to the search for whoever pulled off that crime, that is still under investigation. They are considering what American University campus a hate crime. This News Conference is scheduled to begin in about 15 minutes or so. We will be here for it all. Expect more information on what happened here on later additions of abc 7 news. Back to you. Lindsey thank you. Right now, a full investigation in college park is underway. Someone found a news on the campus noose on the campus of the university of maryland. The university past president is calling it universitys president is calling it despicable. The noose was found at a Fraternity House last week. Happening today, another crack at a vote on the Gop Health Care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Sam sweeney is live in the newsroom. Is there any chance that this bill gets past . Passed . Sam right now it looks like its going to pass the house. The boat is expected to be razor thin. Controversial. The sticking point, the preexisting conditions. Lets take a look outside the u. S. Capitol. Last night, republicans amended this bill, adding 8 billion over the next five years to help those with preexisting conditions. Some republicans and all democrats still calling that inadequate. Many in the medical field say 8 billion is just a drop in the bucket. No one knows how much this bill is actually going to cost. The Congressional Budget Office simply hasnt had the time to evaluate the new bill, but republicans are pushing ahead with it and democrats, of course, are fighting back. We cannot wait. We have to transform this. Thats what we will do today. The Affordable Care act is simply not working for the american people. It is limiting choices. It is rising costs. Does the Senate Approved this as it is right now . House has what the done is taken a bad bill at Affordable Care for 24 million americans, drive up prices for others, at the same time they give a big tax cut wealthy people they have taken that bad bill and made it even worse. Now people with preexisting conditions could be denied coverage at any affordable price, and they get rid of what are called essential health benefits, things like substance abuse, Mental Health support, maternity care. Sam that is maryland senator chris van hollen. Nancy pelosi and other Top Democrats are facing a rally outside of the capital. That began just a few moments ago. The house does need 216 yes votes for this bill to pass today. It still has a difficult uphill battle in the senate. That bill could be voted on at any time. Once it is, we will let you know. In the newsroom, im sam sweeney. Lindsey it is National Prayer day. President trump just signed a new executive order to make it easier for religious organizations to become more politically active. Organizations cannot endorse or oppose political candidates and still remain taxexempt. Todays executive order will give the irs more discretion on when or if it wants to enforce that law. Some virginia residents are speaking out right now against Dominion Resources proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline. They are holding a News Conference right now outside of the governors office, terry mcauliffe. They are upset because the proposal includes the removal of 38 miles of abolition ridge appellation ridgelines appalachian ridgelines. Duties are now winding down. Today, the royal family summoned all of its staff to Buckingham Palace for an emergency meeting, revealing Prince Philip is going to step down from public life. Suzanne kennedy has more on what the move means. Suzanne when the summer comes to a close, so will prince after thousands of public appearances since the 1940s, the 95yearold duke of edinburgh is retiring. The queen and her husband attended a Church Service today. The announcement coming as a huge surprise to the senior palace staff, called in from across the country and as far away as scotland for a meeting. The prince saying he will honor previously scheduled meetings appearances through august. Prince philip is the patron of nearly 800 organizations. He says he will remain associated with them, but not an active participant. The prince may still choose to attend Public Events from time to time. The Prime Minister of great britain, theresa may, expressed the countrys gratitude for Prince Philips decades of work. He and the queen will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in november. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Lindsey the nearly weeklong manhunt for this escape maryland prison inmate is now over. David watson was caught late last night, after a statewide search. Howard county with the very latest on how he was finally captured. Lindsey, at this hour, Howard County police are making arrangements to have david watson transported back to delaware, where he will continue to serve that 106 year sentence for trying to kill cops. The police chief. Howard county says he did not plan this the police chief here in Howard County says he did not plan this escape in advance, did not have outside help. This is the first image of watson after being captured late last night. Watson told police he was eating from out of trash cans and drinking from puddles of water. He traveled within a mile or two radius only. This is the Drainage Pipe where he was found late last night. Police recovered wood fiber, packing materials, hardhat, a safety vest, all stolen from nearby businesses. There was a brief struggle to ge saying he did resist first. The large drainpipe that he was letting down bedding down is here. You can see the pellet packets that he was laying on while he was resting during that period. So, the actual site where he was arrested is approximately half a mile from the rear lot of clifton tea perkins clifton t. Perkins, where he escaped. John someone called 911, tactical teams strategically fanned out in that wooded area. They used night vision equipment to actually find him. As for the escape, last friday morning, the police chief only saying that he was able to remove the restraints. They are not sure exactly how. He says they are currently investigating john gonzalez. Lindsey a lot of questions. Thank you. Turning now to our weather. The cool and breezy start to the day. We do have some wet weather heading our way. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. Doug clouds have been increasing, still getting a little sunshine through the clouds. Upper 60s. The clouds will win out later today. Then theres the rain. Lets head over and talk about the rain moving in. Right now, most of the rain that the system the system caused terrible flooding down south through arkansas. Thats well to the north now. Still a lot of moisture to the north. That will start very late tonight, especially overnight into tomorrow morning. Our forecast through the afternoon, a little sunshine through the clouds, but the clouds will increase. We will climb to the mid to upper 60s. According to our futurecast for the timing, about midnight, we will see a little and 8 00 or 9 00 in the morning when the rain will fall from this system. It will be heavy at times. There could be some thunderstorms. Definitely slowing down the friday morning commute. The heaviest bands of the storm will say stay to our south east. At about midday, the heaviest rain should end. We will still be open to the possibility of scattered showers friday afternoon, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. As far as how much rain is falling, different models have different aleutians. Solutions. Forybody is at 1 to 1. 5 the metro area. The heaviest rain will fall in areas to the west on the eastern sides of the blue ridge. We will talk about the weekend in about seven minutes. Lindsey thank you. Coming up, a Restaurant Goes up in a ball of flames. Why crews were forced to wait to put it out. Plus, a wild crash involving a school bus. It was all caught on camera. Family kicked off and overbooked flight. The airliner is now under fire. Now a look at traffic with steve. Steve all right. We are going to start with a look at the beltway. Maryland on the lefthand side of your screen. That is the outer loop of the beltway approaching 201 and kenilworth avenue where there is a works own blocking lanes. That will slow you down if you are headed north. Than it hastter been the last couple of days. They are not working on outer loop after New Hampshire avenue. Overture virginia, 95 near the occoquan. North and southbound moving well. They were working southbound i95 approaching the occoquan, but it looks like they have stopped for a while and everything is moving well. Over to 66, also looking good. Thats a look at traffic. Announcer you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. Lindsey right now firefighters in houston, texas, are still tried to put out hotspots after this massive blaze that destroyed a restaurant. Nearly 60 firefighters were called to douse the flames, but they were forced to allow it to burn out because there werent enough hydrants in the area. Crews had to haul in thousands of gallons of water from surrounding areas. No injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation. Caught on camera its a terrifying crash involving an Oklahoma School bus. Video shows a black truck veering into oncoming t and is flipped over before coming to a stop right in front of the bus. Authorities say three people suffered minor injuries. None of the 19 students on the bus were hurt. Another major airliner is coming noon. Fire this a California Family says they were kicked off and overbooked delta flight off an overbooked delta flight are orally using flight f refusing to give up a seat held by their twoyearold. Another Heated Exchange between passengers and the flight crew. [indiscernible] hawaiianible end to a vacation, the threat of jail time for he and his wife on a flight home to california with their kids. He claims his family was kicked off the overbooked delta flight when they would not give up the seat they purchased. I bought that seat. That seat originally brought bought for the older son who ended up taking a different their twoyearold. Flight attendants suggested the little boy sit on the parents lap, which they initially refused. Whether its true or false, it puts fear in me. Fear and outreach at the way outrage at the way they were treated. Theres no more flights. Are we just going to sleep in the airport . The couple blames the whole thing on delta for overbooking the flight. Today on capitol hill, congress will once again be grilling the ceo of united. We are here today to look and hear about where we could prod, push, regulate, or legislate to get Better Service for passengers. After a house hearing tuesday, now its the Senate Passed turned to dig into the treatment senates turn to dig into the treatment of air passengers, specifically the circumstances that led to dr. David dao being remov flight. Delta has apologized and promised to find a resolution. Lindsey right now, parts of the midwest are left underwater, ravaged by historic floods from arkansas to missouri. Hundreds of homes left damaged, highways shut down. Thousands forced to evacuate. In louisiana, a frightening seen as a school bus filled with students got stuck in floodwaters before tipping over. Luckily, all the students on board made it off safely. Thats why they say not to drive through floodwater. Doug they are very fortunate. So, here, we are not going to have anything like that, even though it is still associated with the same storm system. We will get an inch to 1. 5 of rain. The most we will see is some intersections in lowlying areas be a repeat of that. We will look around the area right now. Still a little sunshine coming through the clouds. Cloudy skies, but you will see stilln in many areas dimly visible through the clouds. The clouds will lower and thicken later today. The nationals have again coming up against the diamondbacks, 1 05, first pitch. No rain. It will be kind of cloudy and mild. Temperatures in the upper 60s. Later tonight, temperatures will only drop a little bit as we have a combination of eastsoutheasterly wind turning southerly. That an increased cloud cover will keep that an increased cloud cover will keep it mild that and increased cloud cover will keep it mild. By 7 00 in the morning, possibly thunderstorms and some heavy downpours. 7 30 on a friday morning, heavy rain, not a good combination. Lan ahead. Plan ahead. Julie will have traffic. And w weather will work out. The heaviest rain should be out of here by noon. Maybe a few additional lateday showers. 1. 5, generally. If there are any flooding issues, it will be out along the blue ridge. Rappahannock academy, culpeper county, Rappahannock Culpeper county, places like that. It should be dry and cool on sunday. A quick look at the next 10 days, we dont see any major any warmup other than the 75 tomorrow until we get to the end of next week. That will be in the lower 70s, about where we should be at this time of may. We need the rain. Try to look at it in a positive way. Lindsey and you will have one nice, dry day over the weekend. So much more ahead on abc 7 news at noon. First, lets get a preview of whats coming up tonight at 11 00. G at 11 00, two abandoned babies back in the 1970s, two separate cases, or so everyone thought. Keep the tissues nearby. Their reunion is not the end of this story. Leads toonal discovery many more. Tears of joy, plenty of surprises, and even some anger. Thats all coming up tonight. Lindsey we are going to take you to capitol hill where members of the Alpha Kappa AlphaSister Sorority are addressing those disturbing discoveries on American Universitys campus. Lets listen in. Thank you, Sheila Jackson lee. Sorority and all the distinguished women of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, what happened at American University is tragic. A young womans historic achievement has been clouded by hatred and bigotry. This incident is just the latest in a string of atrocities sweeping our nation, and its by no coincidence since president trumps election that we have experienced a wave of intolerance and divisive rhetoric. It has emboldened and legitimized of the behavior. As a former educator, to see the level of hurtful crime be displayed in our schools and on our college campuses, it is heartbreaking. I am here today as a member of congress, as a woman of Alpha Kappa Alpha, as a former educator to send a different message to our young people. We are a country rich in country that embraces rich in diversity, a country that embraces tolerance and acceptance. As members of congress, we cannot be silent, allowing young people to think division and hatred are the norm, because it is not. The newly inaugurated student body president at American University and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority didnt do anything to provoke on animosity witnessed campus monday morning. Her only crime . Being a trailblazer, breaking down barriers as the first africanamerican female to serve as student body president at American University, and we want to applaud her a competent. Lindsey we have been her accomplishment. Lindsey we have been listening into the News Conference about those disturbing discoveries at American University. Much more on this this evening. Honored with six edward armer edward r. Mrrator the time i to do what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, ound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Doug tomorrow will be a weather alert day. Heaviest rain between 3 00 a. M. And noon. Lindsey thank you for joining us. Join us here again at 4 00 this evening. See you then. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo is specifically designed to open up airways to improve breathing for a full 24 hours. 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