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bananas tied in nooses of black string were found this morning. the three locations, a shuttle bus stop at les anderson hall, in front of the mare graden center and near the east quad building. it s the first full day on the job for the university s government association president, who is a member of the alpha kappa alpha sorority referenced in this incident. we have the statement by the newly sworn university president, it reads in part, i impror all of us to unite in solidarity with those impacted by the situation. we must show those in the community that bigotry, hate, and racism cannot and will not be tolerated. now, american university released a statement confirming again where these were found. they deplored this, they said that there s an investigation under way. they are reviewing video that they believe may have captured part of this and they said they will address this further with the student body in the next 24 hours. live in northwest, washington, jacki ....
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. we ll help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. erin thanks. more details on both coming. first let s 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. fox5 s 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 t ....
sue is it behind us? pretty much, we re down to p. looked worse than it ended up being with most of the energy too far south or north and over dc just ended up being a couple of dying out showers and thunderstorms. here s what s left. you can see to the south, a couple moving through bowling green and through st. georgia island, if i take a little trip to the west. we have a little bit of moisture near the cay upon a bridge. they had been moving so quickly, some storms were tracking between 50 and 85 miles an hour, if you drove your car that fast, you d get a ticket. we were worried about straight line wind damage. but for the most part with the exception of a spotty shower overnight as a frontal boundary comes on through, just about done, our futurecast does hold on to that idea here and there between about 2:00 and 4:00 in the morning, i start your commute it will be bright and a beautiful tuesday. we ll start out in the low 60, upper 50 s tomorrow morning, then we ....
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 bias-related 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. there s 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 ....
up of course and she has gone home for the day and again this is 24 hour gas station. police now are asking for the public help. if are you nearby or know something they re urging you to call 202-895-3000 and you can say anonymous. there is money reward offered in this case. that s the latest from sut sutland, maryland will breeping further updates to you in the next hit. 4:31 now developing in the district police are investigating accusations of assault by a staff anybody on a student at minor elementary school in northeast. fox5 received a tip from someone who claims to be a teacher at the cool and they say it occurred between second grader and administrator. d.c. public cools is investigating. and now to fox5 follow up. prince george county school employees are frustrated by the new policy county adopted last year to address major child abuse indications and we first reported on hundred of school employees placed on le misconduct and abus and even though some ....