A local man is in the hospital after trying it out. Another racist incident on the campus of a local university. How the school is responding tonight. The news at 10 00 starts now we start with the windy Rainy Weather impacting our region im tony perkins im shawn yancy, it looked like it was going to storm but we avoided Severe Weather, lets get to sue palka and see if we can expect anything overnight i think the Severe Threat is over but we may still have a couple of showers and an isolated nonsevere thunderstorm. What happened we had a lot of energy to the north and south but right around the dc area, there was bits an atmospheric lid that capped these showers and storms from getting strong. We didnt have to deal with that, and tonight whats left is pretty light stuff. We have one more moderate downpour. Kind of a healthy shower, storm, had a little lightening with it pushed into charles county, and they all have been moving so fast these storms were moving from southwest to northeas
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
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
Families in the school and people who work here. And for the students ultimately. This is a terrible situation that exists we have to field these kind of threats. Stephen the f. B. I. Is trying to track down who is responsible, where they are coming from. We talked to a number of people including parents who we will hear from next hour about what may motivate the threats. They tell us they think in their opinion it is the climate into the country today. That is the latest. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Alison a third of the way through his first 100 days President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new order on refugees and immigration this wednesday. It will be one day after the first address to a joint session of congress. This morning its all about the budget and the plan to increase defense spending. This will be paid for by finding deficiencies across the government. We will do more with less. Alison he met with the c. E. O. s of several Health Insurance companies to
Hi adam. Reporter hey, doreen. The snow crews are getting ready for this snowfall. The game plan is being drawn up and the roads are being treated. Testing the trucks ahead of whats coming. All the equipment gearing up to spread out across the district maryland and virginia. Well here we go. The first snowfall of 2015 and wouldnt you know it the gang is all here. All the trucks at the ready for whatever is coming. Drivers like Francisco Sanchez gearing up as well. Francisco, what do you think about the snow tomorrow 1 to 2 inches. That scare you at all . Yeah because im going to be off from work. Reporter no telling what your work plans will be but if we get snow during the morning rush that certainly makes it harder for road crews to clear the roads. Take a look at the snow budget local crews have ready this year. In d. C. The department of public works with 6. 2 million on hand. In maryland the state Highway Administration with 51 million statewide. And in Northern Virginia vdot with