Incidents . The tone of the town hall stayed positive. Issues like this will continue to happen in the future. Not just here at au, but around the country as well. Now we have the opportunity to be proactive and to help create a procedure so that members of our community can have a level of transparency and support that is necessary when dealing with biasrelated incidents in the future. Reporter of course prompting the town hall meeting today, the banana incidents on monday, those hate crimes. This is Surveillance Video from Campus Police of the person of interest in this case. They are still looking for that person. Theres a 1,000 reward. Coming up, wendy, tonight at 6 00, whether students at the town hall meeting found it to be productive. Back to you. Thanks, kristin. Congresswomen who are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are strongly denouncing this incidentnd joined that group on capitol hill this afternoon. The group noted the symbolism of hanging fruit, recalling the dark p
Students, staff and alumni, packed into a town hall meeting at American University today. Coming together for a common goal, to fight racism. The Student Government organized the meeting after racist displays were found on the campus. Kristin wright talked to students. Did they feel like this meeting was productive . Reporter yeah, students told us they felt like the twohour town hall was productive. The Student Government association said it will not be the last. I believe this was a Tipping Point that officially caused everyone to say, enough is enough. The outcry at American University. Reporte i never imagined i would become the president or the target of a hate crime. Reporter Taylor Dumpson called this town hall meeting, students want stronger defined campus protocols on hate crimes and other biasrelated incidents. They want au police to track the number of hate crimes and they want to know what happens during and after an investigation. Im really glad that we had this open forum
To the u. S. S. Intrepid. The president is expected to spend a weekend at Trump National golf club in bedminster. President trump will sign another executive order making it easier for churches to participate in politics. Without risking their tax exempt status much the order will protect faith based protecd pay for contraception coverage under the Affordable Care act and its also aimed at easing an i. R. S. Provision that forbids churches from endorsing to candidates. An escaped prisoner from Howard County back in custody. Police caught david watson last night in jessup. Police received a tip yesterday morning that watson was spotted in a wooded area near the location where he escaped custody from officers last week. Watson was in jail for attempted for murder. Alcohol smuggling and other security risks as it was making nearly 700 million to protect the u. S. Air base and p16 fighter jets in iraq. There were accusations of prostitution, of human trafficking, of sex trafficking, female
Annie. Reporter hey, good morning to you allison and steve. Thats right, after a nearly week long search it finally ended late last night. This morning we are told that 28yearold david watson is in custody with Howard County police and it was all thanks to a crucial tip that Police Received wednesday morning that led to the arrest. If you look behind me the clifton t. Perkins Psychiatric Hospital is located in an area thats filled with industrial buildings, thick forest and the local worker who called 911 after seeing a man who he believed to be watson was spotted not far from here. This is where he escaped from Police Custody last friday but the caller reported seeing him running not far from here Near Railroad tracks and after an all day search, watson was finally found hiding near the hospital in a wooded area off of dorsey run road just a few hundred yards from where the tipster spotted him. We have learned that where watson was found was in an area that police and k9 units and the
Im andrea roane. House republican scheduled a vote for the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. After months of negotiations, gop lawmakers now said they have enough yes votes to push through the legislation. As weijia jiang explains, still, it faces an uphill battle in the senate. Reporter it ends today it will and today reporter lawmakers started debating on the house for the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. House leaders called for a vote after winning over lastminute holdouts. We will have the boat. This will pass. Reporter the bill would reduce subsidies for low income americans and eliminate taxes on the wealthy that pay for them. It would try to encourage young people to buy insurance by offering an agebased tax credit for people making less than 75,000 a year. States can choose to allow insurers for people with preexisting conditions, but only if the states set up high risk pools to help with the cost. It is still in there. The Insurance Company can charge what