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This afternoon trying to answer questions about the schools investigation into a student who sent a shockingly racist and frightingly sexist email to Fraternity Brothers, that e mail over a year old but has just come to light. Reporter im scott broom at university of maryland where president wallace loh is refusing to be interviewed about this. Instead he took to twitter this afternoon to say, the utter disregard for decency, the mindless disparaging of Sexual Consent has left me angry and pro foundly saddened. The offensive email was sent 14 months ago to members of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity telling brothers not to invite certain minority guests to a function and no one at the frat house would talk about this today, but the member behind the e mail has resigned. Students from a anybodying fraternity condemned from a neighboring fraternity condemned the email. The fact that this student believed they could just send out an email and there would be no repercussions says something in itself. I was in a fraternity and like some of the things youd hear people say was just like shocking. Reporter the student involve is a senior who attended high school in Montgomery County. He is under investigation by the university, but administrators wont say what sanctions he may face. At university of maryland scott broom, wusa9. As scott points out, the University President does say this student is under investigation, but the administration is not providing any details about the mans status or what sanctions he might face. Former members of the Oklahoma University fraternity shut down because of a notorious racist rant are considering a lawsuit against the school. A prominent lawyer for the fraternity says all options are on the Table Including a lawsuit against the schools president. The attorney who also represented Oklahoma City says frat members are in danger. Death threats have been placed, where there have been physical assaults or alterations on the university of oklahoma campus and where some of the students who are members have frankly been afraid to go to class. The attorney for the Fraternity Brother seen in the video says he was hired by alumni who oversees the ou chapter of the sae fraternity. Investigators looking into the shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson, missouri, identified two people theyd like to talk to. One may be the shooter. Rain and prayers helped cool tensions in the city last night. Investigators are looking for anybody who may have helped the gunmen get away. Those two officers are recovering tonight. Missouri police and state Highway Patrol have received control of any further protests in ferguson. A d. C. Metro transit cop shot and killed a suspect last night deep inside a metro tunnel on capitol hill. Reporter a source now says that the man shot by a Police Officer back in the tunnel here was coming at her with two big sticks. Passengers are back in the potomac avenue station now after the shooting thursday night closed it for hours. Police say the incident started when a train operator pulling into the station was startled by a man who had push past the no trespassing signs and was far inside the tunnel. Metro Transit Police rushed in to try and figure out what the man was doing. A Law Enforcement source says when an officer approached the man, he charged her with two large sticks. She opened fire and killed the man with her department issued service weapon. Metro is declining to release the officers name but says she is a 10 year veteran of the metro Transit Police. Bruce leshan, wusa9. Police will not release the name of man killed until been positively identified hes been positively identified. The American Healthcare worker who contracted ebola in sierra leone is now being treated at National Institutes of health in the d. C. Area. That patient arrived in a chartered plane from africa and was admitted before dawn this morning in bethesda. The condition of that Healthcare Worker is described as serious, but the nih isnt saying much more. A guilty plea from the intruder who jumped the white house fence and made it deep inside the executive mansion while armed before being stopped. Reporter im Andrea Mccarren at u. S. District court where Omar Gonzalez walked into the courtroom unshackled wearing an orange jail jumpsuit. His guilty plea spares the secret service a trial that could have been embarrassing. Ed images of Omar Gonzalez the images of Omar Gonzalez scaling the white house fence and completing an unobstructed 70yard dash into the executive mansion were astonishing. He ran through the unlocked front door all the way to the east room before being tackled. Its not so much the agents as the management which perpetuates the laxness, the corner cutting and coverups. Reporter in federal Court Gonzalez pleaded guilty to two charges, entering a restricted building or ground with a dangerous weapon and assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer. In court we learned the troubled 43yearold army veteran from texas told police he wanted to warn president obama the atmosphere was collapsing. At u. S. District court, Andrea Mccarren, wusa9. In addition to his sentence, gonzalez is expected to be banned from entering the district of columbia and contacting the secret service. Youve heard of the outrageous fines on virginias express lanes. Today the company faced some tough questions from the chief Circuit Court judge in fairfax. Reporter a motorist on the express lane could have their e zpass improperly placed and miss a toll and then receive summons in the mail totaling thousands of dollars. Today a judge questioned the constitutional a of constitutionality of the tolling system. This summons was one of 11 toney cooley received when her transponder was improperly mounted. Exception sieve fines. You excessive fines. You do not know what youre doing wrong. Within a two week period i had fines of 11,000. Reporter her totals totaled 11. 20 but transurban tacking on fees and administrative penalties sued cooley for more than 11,000. Cooley said she paid the toll when owed when she was notified of missing them but not the fees and fines. Stop the excessive fines, whats going on with transurban. Reporter cooleys attorney argued because theres no to anything systems on the express lanes that lets you know you missed a toll, the fines are excessive. Until you get a letter that your became has not gone through or theres a problem with your bank account, you dont know that you violated the toll. The ruling is expected in a few weeks. Judge smith could dismiss the case or move it forward to a full trial. The vice chairman of the Loudoun County board of supervisors is apologizing for a piece of his past that came back to haunt him. Shawne williams is addressing an incident from 2006 where according to Court Documents he beat up his then girl friend in a fit of jealous rage from drinking. Today we talked with some of williams constituents. Im for second chances, so i would give him a 2nd chance. Its in the past. Did he get convicted of anything . I dont think that he would be representative of the people of the district that he serves. Reporter do you think he should resign . I do. Williams released a statement saying there is no excuse for what happened and he received treatment for personality disorder and apologized for disappointing his family, friends and community. A new report says higher taxes and more spending could be coming to prince georges county. Property taxes would go up by 15 , the highest rate in the region. To save money 110 county workers would be laid off and all county workers would be furloughed five days. The big winners . Schools and Public Safety, 100 new Police Officers and 100 new firefighters are planned and schools will see an increase of 133 million bucks with a goal making of the system one of the top 10 by 2020. First responders who risk their lives daily were honored today in Montgomery County. Elson barber was there for the ceremony. It was a jet, man. Reporter december 8th, 2014, is a day very few people in Montgomery County will forget. Just before 11 a. M. A private plane plummeted from the sky colliding with two houses before it crashed and exploded into this one. In minutes Police Officers, firefighters and other First Responders flooded the area moving quickly to try and help. Today those men and women were some of the responders honored for their courage at Montgomery Countys 41st annual Public Safety awards. The Montgomery County chamber of commerce is proud to award the Public Safety Unit Citation on behalf of acting fire chief scott goldstein, sheriff darren pop kinand police chief thomas major. We heard the call go out for a plane into a house. We problem never heard that before. So as many units as were available started rushing that way. Reporter officer simpson headed straight to the garage when he arrived. Cleared out a way for the Fire Department who was coming very quickly behind me, kicked in the garage door and had to be turned back by intense smoke and flame. Reporter the first engine arrived shortly after. We knew we had a rescue to be made. You do the best you can in the circumstances, but with the jet fuel and structure damage of the house there wasnt a hospital we could do initially until more firefighters got to the scene. Reporter all responders said they were honored to receive the award but shared it with everyone who helped. If it wasnt for the Quick Response of fire rescue and all the other units there and the Maryland National guard across the street from the scene, we couldnt have gotten there as fast as we did. Reporter six people lost their lives, among the dead a mother and her two young sons. This was an incredibly dangerous situation and responders were able to get everyone out of neighboring houses safely. These guys say they were just doing their job. Later this afternoon ken gemmell released a statement saying hes glad their efforts were recognized. Still ahead on wusa9 news president obama traveled to phoenix for a firsthand look at the effort to reform healthcare for veterans. Plus was it an inside job . Police are raising some questions about a bizarre Home Invasion and robbery president obama traveled to the Veterans Affairs hospital in arizona today that sparked the firestorm of controversy within the agency. In phoenix the president said care for the vets has improved, but the mission is still far from over. We brought in a new team that has been tackling these issues to make sure that wait times for scheduling, access to providers is greatly improved. But what we know is that there is still more work to do. During the trip the president was scheduled to meet with patients, other veterans and va employees. Turning to connecticut where there are questions about an elaborate Home Invasion bomb scare and bank robbery. A Credit Union Executive named matthew yesman claimed mask gunmen broke into his hope last month and held him and his home last month and held him and his mom captive and the next day he was driven to a credit union and ordered to withdraw 4 million, but it turned out to be fake. Now the cops say yesman failed a polygraph test and eventually withdrew from questioning altogether. Still ahead on wusa9 news hitech aid to help dieters keep track of what they eat, think always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. Slickers and umbrellas. Pretty much. You know a little under armour couldnt hurt, 40s. Well dry out on sunday. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 55 today. Weve only had four days above average so far in march. Wow. Nine out of 13 days have been below average. Today was on the money. Right now 52, but humidity is only 31 . If the rain starts to develop, it will take a while because of the dry atmosphere and b, that surface temperature, the 52, will start to fall. Its going to be a cold night. Widen out the radar, raining in roanoke, charleston and back into the tennessee valley, not raining yet into Garrett County or cumberland. We have probably 9 00 to 10 00 time frame west to east as it moves across the metro area. It gets heavy after about 11 00 tonight. Winchester the raining there yet, romney and cumberland close, a couple sprinkles. It will break out in the next 30, 40 minutes there. Keep your umbrella nearby through tomorrow afternoon and evening. Yellow alert heaviest rain 10 p. M. To 1 p. M. On saturday. It will be milder on saturday and the rain will change to showers, but plan your outdoor actives for sunday and wash your car on sunday. If youve been putting off washing your car, youll thank yourself. Wash it sunday or next week. Stem 30 tomorrow morning rain and showers, 40s 7 30 tomorrow morning rain and showers, 40s. By 1 00 well have 50s, warmer and drier air. By 4 30 just clouds, most of the showers lingering in the mountains and beginning to clear out by tomorrow night with temperatures falling back into 40s. How many rain . Between 10 p. M. Tonight and 4 p. M. Tomorrow almost an inch. 1 2 in la plata. These number south and west are a little low. Pretty good rain heading our way. The good news is we arent looking at any flood watches going through the nighttime hours and tomorrow. Tonight cloudy, chilly, rain developing, heavy at times late, low temps in the 40s. By morning no rain, breezy and cool, 40s and 50s. By afternoon rain tapering off to showers, high temperatures 60 to 65. Break in down, 51 at 9 00, 54 at 11 00. Were in good shape on sunday, he 55, about average, gorgeous on monday, sunshine, low 60s. Next seven days, good shape on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, partly cloudy, low 50s. 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Com worryfree to learn more today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v you on a diet for springtime . You could get some hitech help. Researchers in los angeles are working on a device worn around the neck. Users set up goals how much they want to eat and drink on an app. A sensor in the device alerts users if they overindulge. The device could be available later this year. Then theres this one out of india where a bride walked away from her own wedding ceremony if the groom failed to solve a simple math problem. She said how much is 15 plus 6 . He said 17. She said look, dude, you are just not smart enough and said her almost husband misled her about his education and a 1st greater could have answered that one. I would have to agree because no multiplication was involved. Perhaps thats the next thing, a husband app. Are you smart enough to marry me . Should have asked before they went down the aisle. Remember that movie where the woman doesnt know about football . Right. The opposite of that. So many questions you should ask before you get married. Thats all for our news at 7 00. Were back at 11 00. Have a great night welcome to Fashion Police. So little time. What is happening to Fashion Police . Now Kathy Griffin is out, 13 days after Kelly Osbourne walks. Fashion police is definitely in crisis right now. Why kathy really left. And who is filling in now that the panel is down to two. Then, were with the gang from empire. The shows soundtrack topple madonnas album . She will always be the queen. I better get to singing. I need a track. I need a grammy. As the president and first lady hit hollywood. Thats pretty good. We spent the day with lucky magazines editor and chief. How does it feel to be the anna wintour of the digital age . Crazy day. Plus, cybill shepherds new faithbased movie. What shes telling us about her own religious experience. Does chris have two left feet . Were inside his lasttminute dancing rehearsal. You got to go home. Watch outt chris. Now, e. T. , maybe dont bet the farm on chris. Hi, everybody, thanks so much for joining us. Were in front of the news making headlines right now. Lets catch you up to speed. Heres tonights top story. Kathy griffin quits Fashion Police. Fashion police is definitely in cry sils right now. In crisis right now. They lost two main panelists. Will the show stick around . Major shakeup on Fashion Police. Kathys leaving after only seven episodes. Its over. She announced it on twitter. Quote, i discovered that my style does not fit with the Creative Direction of the show. Adding, there is plenty to make fun of in pop culture without bringing peoples bodies into it. She didnt agree with the tone that they wanted the show to have. Kathy also said she had been thrilled to continue the legacy of joan rivers on the show. The comedians were longtime friends. Shes been a doll

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