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 period in our history when African Americans were lynched. Some people may try to call us gorilla bait, but the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha are among the most Accomplished Women in the world. We are women of substance, women of pride, and women of integrity. Such incidents may make us momentarily feel down, but they will never, ever, ever take us out. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee is asking the Justice Department to investigate this incident. Now to the weather, back to our top story tonight, and the historic flooding in parts of the midwest, blamed for five deaths across five states from illinois down to missouri. Chec the air. People in those states dealing with yet another round of heavy rain today, and that same system is the one that is in route our way. Lets bring in chief meteorologist doug kammerer. Doug, whats the timeline on when that stuff makes it here . It could get here quickly. Over the next couple of hours, well see the rain moving on in. Some of it will be heavy in about two or three hours. Thats how fast its moving in. As you mentioned, radar is dry across our region. Its a cool night tonight considering whether weve been over the past week. The rain is not here just yet, but its just down to the south. Take a look at the yellows here, the reds, these are individual thunderstorm cells as well, but areas of heavy rain. This is all moving up from the south. And the wider picture, showing the storm itself, way back to the west. A lot of moisture with this storm, a flood watch in effect for areas in the southwestern zones. Rappahannock county, and areas to the southwest. Still a lost rain here, over an inch in many locations overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. Well talk more about the timing of it, what to expect for your friday morning commute. Well see you back here in about ten minutes. And also tonight at 11 00 and tomorrow morning, well be in weather alert mode. So stay on top of things. Be sure to download the nbc washington app and make weather your home page. There are allegations of sex abuse with a 47yearold soccer coach, accused of inappropriately touching a 7yearold girl while the rest of the team was running laps. Mark segraves is in Montgomery County. Police tell him there may be more victims. It happened here two years ago, on this field at Centerway Park in montgomery village. The victim, a 7yearold girl. The suspect, her 47yearold soccer coach, miguel Investigations Division followed up those leads and information, developed enough probable cause to charge flores with sexual abuse of a minor. According to charging documents, the girl who is 9 years old now, recently reported the alleged abuse to child and family services. She told investigators that flores would touch her under her shirt in the middle of this field while the arrerest of them was running laps. And he told her to keep it secret. Detectives believe there may be other victims who are reluctant to come forward. We want them to come forward, talk to investigators, let us know. Reporter flores was arrested yesterday evening right on this field as he was coaching his team. As of last check, he had not made his first appearance before a judge. Montgomery county police want to stress they believe the a people to come forward, and they say immigration is never an issue when witnesses or victims come forward to Montgomery County police. Thats the latest in montgomery village. Back to you. Mark, thank you. President trump says obamacare is essentially dead after scoring his first big legislative win since taking office. The house passed the Gop Health Care plan by the narrowest of margins. Republican members boarded buses for a celebration at the white house. As protesters outside the capitol chanted shame, the president says this effort is bringing the party together. News4s leon harris joins us with the 4 things to know about this bill. Leon . Well, the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is yet to do a scoring on the latest version of the gop health plan, so theres a lot we dont know about it. But there are some estimates of how many people would be covered in the new plan and how many will be left out. We still dont know firmly. Heres what we know that will change. This bill would freeze expansion to medicaid. And it adds work requirements for most ablebodied recipients who are not pregnant or caring for a child under the age of 6. Now, this also allows states to opt out of the program for existing protections for people with preexisting conditions, including that insurers have to charge the same amount to all people. An amendment adds funds to fund pools for highrisk people that do opt out. States can also request a waiver to change what qualifies as essential Health Benefits under obamacare. It currently includes er visits, prescription drugs, new born services. And this ne measure still has tt through the senate where republicans have a slimmer majority. A lot more to learn in the days to come. Thanks, leon. A disturbing find in Prince Georges County. Somebody stumbling upon a body in a wooded area in Berwyn Heights. The discovery on Nevada Street. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald is there with the latest information. Meagan . Reporter police tell us someone was walking along last night around 9 30, when they stumbled across this body. Were told it was about 200 yards inside this wooded area here. Of course they called 911 and police were on scene investigating for hours. Neighbors say this Berwyn Heights community is fairly quiet is peaceful. Oh, my gosh. I didnt know that. Oh, dear. Reporter which is why there was complete shock when they learned a man was murdered and his body was found in this wooded area near Nevada Street and yards away from their homes. The police, the fire department, the reporter it was just before 9 30 wednesday night when bob said there area was flooded with police. Its very frightening. So im quite dismayed by that. Reporter lana isnt the only neighbor on edge. There was a body that was found . How far apart . Half a mile. Reporter it was less than a mile away that just last month that a body of a retired maryland professor was found. In that case, investigators say he took his own life. Im anxious, i walk my dog. Reporter neighbors are hoping the case will be solved soon. I hope the police going to do something quickly. Reporter police say that victim died from trauma to the body and theyre leaning on the public right now. They say they need clues because at this point, jim, they do not have a suspect in custody. Meagan, thanks so much. An easing of a ban churches and other religious groups. Its just one part of a controversial signing today by president trump. When we come back on nudesews4 5 00, what his order on religious liberty means. We love the outdoors, but a warning for the weeks and the months fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month onlinefor the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of their download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com and folks, we are still sugarfree here at news4. Werery despite some attempts at sabotage from my colleagues. And speaking of colleagues, while we were setting this project up last week, we discovered our very own pat collins has been way ahead of us when it comes to going sugarfree. Take a look. Im pat collins and this is my lunch. Ill show you whats inside in a minute, but first i gotta tell you, do you know what they call people who go off sugar for just one week . Amateurs. Ive been off it for two months. Ive lost 20 pounds. Were good friends, arent we . Let me show you something. This is my belt. This is pat collins in february. This is pat collins now. 20 pounds ive lost, but i didnt do it by myself. I had some help. I want you to meet janet salman, my shes the one that taught me that sugar is the devil. What are four things you should never, ever do to stay away from sugar . Skip meals. Because then youre blood sugar level will drop and youll be starving. Two, avoid all carbohydrates. Your body wont be balanced. Some people say im never going to eat bread, potatoes, rice. Three, never avoid fresh fruits and vegetables. And four, never drink excessive artificially sweetened items. You get a basic sandwich and a drink a lot of water. And now for my lunch. 100 calorie bag of popcorn. Protein bar, less than four grams of sugar. I dont think of meat anymore. I think of protein. This a cheese stick. A really good snack, and a big apple. And in my off hours, i dont get in the same zip code as beer. Why i had some crafts over the weekend, but no beer. Having crafts without beer is like having Peanut Butter without jelly, but i dont do that anymore either. Go, pat. More notches in his belt. Back to us amateurs in the studio here, and if you have questions, check out our nbc washington Facebook Page all this week. Tomorrow morning, well have an expert who will be answering some of your questions youve asked and make sure to check back in with us here tomorrow afternoon for more as we go sugarfree. Well, as it warms up, were spending more time outdoors. Something to keep in mind this spring and summer. Its expected to be severe for tickborn l Kristen Dahlgren went into the woods with scientists who have been studying this for decades. We saw an absolute plague of whitefooted mice last summer. What you see after that, is a very Large Population of infect infected ticks that are capable of making us sick. I always associate deer with lyme disease. Why is whitefooted mouse now the major culprit . A lot of people call it the deer stitick, so you think of d spreading it. And in many cases its this whitefooted mouse. Theyre little bit more prolific, they live in our homes, and wood piles and leaf piles. So its predominantly this whitefooted house that the ticks jump onto, get infected if off, wait on a piece of leaf or something for a human to walk by, and thats when they bite a human and can spread lyme disease. So they look at the whitefooted mouse population to see when theres going to be a boom in ticks. Unfortunately, that researcher thats been doing it for 25 years, says last year was the worst year that he has ever seen. He said, there were hundreds upon hundreds of these mice they were catching and tagging and so they know that there are going to be more ticks out there this year. And that is just a really forbidding forecast for lyme disease, which continues to spread across the country, wendy. Are the ticks repellant, or deet, will it work on ticks as well . There are things you can do. The repellant does work. I dont know if you noticed i was wearing a white suit. Clothing when you go out there in the woods, tuck your pants into your socks so that the ticks cant crawl up your legs and get onto skin. With the lightcolored clothing, youll be able to spot them. And the important thing, do tick checks. This happens in places where you might not think you could pick up a tick. We spoke with one girl outside of detroit, and she now has lyme disease. He got a tick on her. She said she had never heard of lyme disease. She hadnt known anyone bitten by a tick. She got a tick, her doctors immediately poopood the idea of lyme disease, she pushed for the test and she has lyme disease. And kristin will have more tonight about this. President trump signed an executive order today believes will expand religious liberty and allow for more political activity. This order weakens enforcement of the johnson amendment, which prevents churches and other taxexempt groups from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Mr. Trump says no one should censure sermons or target pastors. For too long, the federal government has used the power of the state as a weapon against people of faith. Bullying and even punishing americans for following their religious beliefs. Todays order also provides relief to organizations that object on religious grounds to certain obamacare mandates, including that employers sproid contraception services. This is an issue that so many families struggle with, caring for a loved one who is losing their memory. Theres a new initiative in Prince Georges County that is trying to make that care easier. And the heavy rain heading our way overnight. Its going to be a big for your morning commute. But how long will it stick we are going to get soaked. We really are. And its a quick storm. The storm will stay with us and well feel the effects for a bettar days. But this storm, rain wise, it will be out of here by probably early tomorrow morning. Through the mutcommute, it will quite heavy. This right now, if you walk outside, you feel a little bit on the cool side, a little breezy. This is the kind of weather i expect to see over the next week to ten days. Not a lot of sunshine in the forecast. Temperature wise, 66 degrees, winds out of the southeast at 15 miles an hour. That wind gusty a little bit and it will be gusty with the rain. As far as temperatures go, on the cool side. 64 towards culpeper, remember, our average high is in the low 70s. Were not going to be anywhere near there, except for tomorrow throughout this period. Earlier i was talking to the second graders, i used to play basketball in the gym. This is the underground school for you guys who know that area around reston. That. Thanks to them for having me in. Tomorrow, Everybody Needs umbrellas and boots. The rain is coming quick. This is heavy rain around danville, just south of the richmond area, all moving to the north and well see that rain moving in tonight. The storm itself, spinning back to the west. And it has two moisture sources, out of the gulf, out of the atlantic. You can see it coming out of the atlantic. Thats why well see so much rain and have the flood watch for Shenandoah Valley. 48 in annapolis, 61 in nashville. Last few days, ive been showing you 70s and 80s. Theres no warmth anywhere along the east. Well see much cooler weather for the next six to ten days. Tonight, 7 00, north american virginia inundated with rain already. Heaviest to the south. But most of this is west of 95. I think that will be the case through most of the night. 10 00, same activity mostly west of 95. But tomorrow morning, it gets everywhere, 4, 5, 6 00 hour, and there are periods and spots of very heavy rainfall. That morning commute is going to be a really tough one. Even around 8 00, still seeing the rain in parts of the area. By 10 00, its trying to get out of here, but we still have a chance for more showers or tomorro thunderstorms during the afternoon. But just know your morning commute will be quite rough wet roadways and ponding. 75 tomorrow ahead of the system. But then the system itself brings in much cooler air. Look at that. 63 with showers on saturday. Breezy conditions there. 62 on sunday. Most areas on monday may not even make it to 60. Although im trying to go 60 right now. Yikes. Thank you, doug. New development in Northern Virginia is sparking an interesting debate. And it pits the issues of parking against public transportation. University of Maryland Police are investigating the discovery of a noose here at this Fraternity House. Ahead, how students are reacting on campus. Youre watching news4 at 5 00. Right now at 5 30, whats going on, on our college campuses, that now at the university of maryland, police are launching a hate Crime Investigation there. That discovery involved a noose found in a Fraternity House, days after the hate crime at american university. This evening, were getting reaction from students at the university of maryland. And news4s chris gordon is live for us on the campus in college park. What are they telling you . This is the Fraternity House where the noose was found. It has members that are white and members of minorities. The University President wallace lowe condemns this act as being despicable. Saying the community has to stand against craven acts of bigotry. Word is spreading at the university of maryland, the headline in the diamondback Student Newspaper reads noose found in phi tau kitchen. Police investigating hate bias incident.