Drive. Ems evaluated the driver. The driver will make a full recovery. Also this morning, crisis averted at least for now after a budget showdown on capitol hill. Congress agreed to a funding bill last night. It is a. M. Trillion dollar compromise and a vote could come as early as midweek but did President Trump get what he wanted . Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on the hill with the details now. Mel. Reporter well, steve anda allison its been a busy weekend. They passed a one week extension of sorts and then last night came to an agreement, a framework of a deal that must still be voted on. Must be enacted by the end of the week. It is really just kind of kicks the can down the road for another five months but at least it is something that is said to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. A compromise. Something we havent heard a lot of these days t. And it does that fund some of President Trumps Budget Priorities though perhaps not in the way in he may have envisioned. Lets talk first
Arrive coming up. Erin. Problems on the roads and the rails. A crawl on the outer loop by New Hampshire boulevard New Hampshire avenue because of the stall by university boulevard. Blue line delays by king street. Well help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. Erin thanks. More details on both coming. First lets talk politics. President trump on the verge of a legislative victory this morning but democrats say they won too. Congress close to passing a bipartisa agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown but there is a price for compromise. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with more now. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison the price tag a trillion dollars with money in this spending compromise for many of the various priorities of the president and lawmakers and not very many cuts. Washington may be able to keep the Government Shutdown signs under wraps for a few months now with congress on the verge of inking a deal to kee
Weve been waiting for. Later a career day for Anthony Rendon third baseman powering the nats to huge win over the mets. Set agnew franchise record in the process. Highlights from what ended up being a mixed weekend for washington sports. Good day at 9a starts now. By mixed we mean at least the nationals won. [ laughter ] d. C. United with come back win. Somebody else to celebrate. Good day d. C. 9 00 oclock ornithes monday. We made it to may. May first im steve alongside holly, maureen wisdom. The end of an era. As of next month parking along the National Mall wont be free any more. How much it could cost you and tens of millions of tourists that come to the area. Though i would say its very hard to get those spots. I was going to say. Have you found a spot thats free. The museums are still free. Still free. Carry on. Carry on. Carry on. First at 9 00 we immediate to talk about the weather. In store for Severe Weather unfortunately tucker is tracking our changes and the chance of rain
Commute. Traffic etsell road heavy volume bristol to mannasas and also closed with over turned vehicle by 234. Sky fox headed there and well get you full work around next. Airport thanks very much. Lets get to the top story this morning. Students American University reacting to acts of racism on campus targeting black students. There will be a Community Meeting to discuss this issue coming after bananas were found hang around several place on campus. Melanie alnwick is live in northwest with more on how students at the cool are responding. And good morning, steve, allison. This definitely has just riled up the campus community. Even though today is a quieter day on campus study day as students prepare for final exams. American University President called this a despicable cowardly act. Now youre looking at pictures that were published in the Student Newspaper here of bananas found hanging on campus. They were fou strings that resembles nooses in three locations, word harambii and aka o
And because it had incidents in sment and now incidents in may. And today is not a regular day of class here. Its actually a study day. Students are preparing for final scams and many that we talked to said that this incident is hurt pull full and unwelcome. University officials confirming that these bananas hangingy strings in the shape of nooses were found in at least three locations on campus. And the words harambi and aka written on them aka referring to alpha, kappa alpha these published in the Student Newspaper and happened on a day when the University First he black female sga president took office and she is also a member of aka. And there was a meeting last night at the black Student Alliance media not allowed to be con campus to attend that. Students provided us with pictures it was very well attended. Many we talked to feel more could have been done after the prior ips dmept s were trying to come up with a list and letter to accepted to 5d mrtion letting them know all studen