The bill is passed. Host washington journal for may 2. A bill that wicked would expand the definition of antisemitism, prohibiting discrimination against students. The legislation comes as demonstrations at some College Campuses with administrators authorizing force in cases to dismantle those demonstrations. As we start, you can comment on this house legislative effort to combat antisemitism on College Campuses and those related topics by calling these lines democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you are a College Student or work at a college and want to give your thoughts, 202 7488003. You can use that same number to text us. You can also post to facebook and on our x feed. You can see the whole debate on our website and our app. The hill reporting that the house approving wednesday a bill that seeks to crackdown on antisemitism in College Campuses, a measure that in the floor as propalestinian protesters were on universities across the countr
She went missing last thursday and has not been seen since. This is torri marie gibson, shes been missing since saturday morning. Shes just 11. She has braces with blue bands on her teeth. We put the pictures and the information on our Facebook Page so you can share the posts and help spread the word. In Montgomery County, Fire Destroys a familys new home. It only took a few moments for this home to go up in flames. The parents and two children inside escaped early this morning. Now we are learning an onduty Montgomery County Police Officer came to the rescue. He made sure neighboring families got out of the way. By the time i knocked on that end door down there the whole roof was engulfed, the second floor was no one was hurt here. The fire was started by improperly smoking materials discarded on a porch. We could see protests like this one in washington today. This one was held in chicago yesterday as people protested against President Trump. It is part of the not my president s day
Has said other young are now coming forward. Fairfax county police are searching for a newly identified suspect in a search and robbery. Detectives on the hunt for this man. Edwin ponce martinez. They busted in early side morning. Attacked the woman and took off running. Residents say the sketch looks a lot like a man theyve seen sleeping in a laundry room of the mallard department. Call Fairfax County police, if you think you know where martinez is. Well, the mystery continues, surrounding a former marine, who was badly injured. It happened in d. C. , the same night another former marine was attacked outside of a mcdonalds, by two teenagers who have now been charged. But in this case, theres no Surveillance Video of the incident. Wusa 9s peggy fox, joining us live from where it happened. Peggy, what do we know . Well, these incidents are completely unrelated. Were here now at metropolitan Police Department second other incident that were reporting on you. You know, and strangers found
At 7 00 this morning. I thought it was thundering. I mean it was just, you know, terrifying when i did hear it. It shutdown the metro met metro station was closed down. People used shuttles. They made us get off of the bus three blocks before the station. Inconvenience. I understand that. Chemicals, something that they were that spheult. I was tough. I can not get to the store. They are inveat the train derailed. We want to find out what happened and how we can support making it safe. Reporter the Freight Train was traveling from maryland to North Carolina. And you can question bringing chemicals through a residence area residential area like this is prudent. Reporter as for metro, service is expected to be back to normal tomorrow start agthe 5 00 a. M. The officials do say before you leave your home to go to work tomorrow morning make sure you check online to make sure nothing has changed. Reporting live tonight, back to you. You can check on delays on metro, amtrak line. If you have
That is what we have been told up till now. But do we really know rosa parks . The answer according to our guest this evening is very definitely, no. We welcome to the center for the book tonight, dr. Danielle mcguire, assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in detroit. Her new book is at the dark end of the street black women, rape, and resistance. A new history of the Civil Rights Movement from rosa parks through the rise of black power. As her subtitle suggests, the book does not not merely shed new light on rosa parks and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, it offers us nothing less than a new way of approaching an understanding both the womens history and the underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement. It is a scholarly yet riveting narrative that traces a sordid history of Sexual Violence directed against black women in the jim crow era and illuminates how the littleknown actions of rosa parks long before that bus boycott helped create the impetus for Ci