Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 winds wnw 515 mph racist symbolism at a local college. Bananas, hung from nooses and referencing a predominantly black sorority found strung around the American University campus. John gonzalez is live in northwest with what School Officials and students are saying this morning. A tense scene outside the Jefferson Davis monument in new orleans. The confederate statue Still Standing after a heated confrotation between supporters and opponents led to three arrests. The scene intensified well into the night as police broke up a crowd of over 100 pro and antimonument demonstrators. New orleans mayor mitch landriue said last week the remaining three confederate monuments in the city would be taken down in the next 30 to 45 days. Also breaking overnight. May day demonstrators against President Trump turning violent. Sam sweeney is at the live desk sam. Larry at last check at least 25 people were arrested for violant protests in downtown portland. The day was supposed to be Family Friendly and in sync with dozens of other marches across the country. But hours laterit police say anarchists attacked officers throwing rocks, glass bottles and led balls at offficers there was a large fire set and windows were smashed out of downtown businesses. Police said impact munitions and chemical munitions were deployed on the crowds due to the numerous projectiles being thrown at police. Happening today. United airlines ceo is set to testify at a house hearing on how to improve Customer Service for travelers. Other Airline Executives are also scheduled to testify. But united Ceo Oscar Munoz will be in the hot seat. United has faced massive criticism since that notorious april ninth indicent. A customer who had a ticket was physically dragged off an overbooked flight. Last week the passenger, dr. David dao, reached an undisclosed settlement with united. The Washington Wizards looking to the wiz trail in the series onezero. Game two is at eight oclock tonight. The series moves to dc for game three on thursday and weve got your playoff ticket weve got five pairs to giveaway starting today. Watch at 5 45 to find out exactly what time to call in to win from basketball to playoff hockey. The Washington Capitals desperately needing a win. And they get it the overtime battle with the penguins coming up. But First Sunshine for your tuesday. The change youll feel with it right after the break. A little easier today. In what many called a mustwin game, washington came through to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road last night. The capitals were in position to win this one in the 3rd period, but with about a minute left, they give up the tying goal. This heads to overtime. Capitals on the power play. Kevin shattenkirk gets the puck and hits a huge shot. That is the game winner. Capitals win 32. Game 4 is tomorrow the capitals will have to win that too in order to take back home ice advantage. So far in this series, the home team has lost every game. At 5 xx time for a check on the forecast. Toss to vj less humid, warm, windy today cool wednesday thursday 60s rain late thursday into friday cool 1st weekend of may today mostly sunny and less humid. Warm and windy. Highs 7578 winds w 1020 g 30 mph tonight mainly clear and cool. Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 winds wnw 515 mph a Writers Strike averted. E ago in los angeles. Coming up. Plus the oscars of the east coast did not disappoint. The best and worst fashion moments from the met gala next. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. Writers and studios. Sam sweeney is tracking the negotiations at the live desk. Larry ju learned there will be no Writers Strike. Meaning your late night shows, daytime soaps and sitcoms will continue uninterupted. The Writers Guild of america reached a tentative agreement with hollywood studios. Eariler this morning the midnight deadline came and went without any word on whether a deal was made. At issue was the health plan and writers being able to work on multiple shows per season. Still no details yet on todays agreement. There are nearly 13thousand film and tv writers in the guild. The last strike was back in 2007. We were still watching er then. Developing now. Classes resume today at the university of texas at austin, one day after a deadly stabbing rampage. Police say Kendrex White stabbed four fellow students with a hunting knife. Apparently at random. One student died. The others suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. Police arrested white. Theyre trying to find out what attack. Meanwhile, the Campus Police chief is defending a delay in the warning system. He says the suspect was arrested within two minutes of the first call to police. And the situation was immediately under control. And elsewhere in texas. Police say the gunman who shot a paramedic in dallas has been found dead along with a second body. This all may have started with a disagreement among neighbors. Investigators believe that man shot his neighbor and a paramedic who rushed to the scene to help. Right now the paramedic is in critical condition. Happening today. Former bachelor star chris soules is due in court, after that deadly accident that left his neighbor dead. On monday souless lawyers filed papers to try and get the felony charge dismissed. They claim soules did not flee the crash scene last week in iowa, and that he actually gave aid to the victim, kenneth mosher. Police say soules crashed into moshers tractor, sending it into a ditch. A georgetownbased Technology Company is getting a big financial boost. The company, everfi, creates software for students of all ages. Its designed to teach them how to deal w sexual assault, and addiction. 16million students have taken the companys courses. The business will reach even more students because of a new 190million dollar investment. The rise fund and tpg growth invested 150million dollars of the money. Utwo singer bono is a special partner with tpg growth. Main Street Advisors and Advance Publications are also investing in everfi. New this morning. Another starstudded met gala with outfits that did not disappoint. Up first. One of the dresses everyone is talking about to try and figure out. Katy perry, wearing an all red ensemble that included a dress. Veil. And headpiece all designed by John Galliano rihanna. Also choosing to go artsy with this threedimensional floral dress. She went wh one of the designers being honored. And last it wasnt just the ladies rocking the red carpet. Diddy, sporting this vestrobe combo. But it was this that really had everyone talking diddy taking a little break and lounging on the met steps time now for weather less humid, warm, windy today cool wednesday thursday 60s rain late thursday into friday cool 1st weekend of may today mostly sunny and less humid. Warm and windy. Highs 7578 winds w 1020 g 30 mph tonight mainly clear and cool. Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 indid may imagine april showersy bringing her fashionable, flowers at such a sunny price . Never but thats the beauty of a store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, but you know youre gonna love it. Woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Smiles on the faces of hackers. Abcs Kendis Gibson and diane macedo have that and more in todays tech bytes. Sam sweeney is at the live desk. Autria, just coming into our newsroom. China now demanding the us and south korea halt the anti missle system known as thaad. China saying its prepared to take necessary measures to protect its interests. Thahad protects south korea from north koreas ballistic missles. Its a billion active in just the last 24 hours. Good morning washington. Toss to veronica less humid, warm, windy today cool wednesday thursday 60s rain late thursday into friday cool 1st weekend of may today mostly sunny and less humid. Warm and windy. Highs 7578 winds w 1020 g 30 mph tonight mainly clear and cool. Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 winds wnw 515 mph the state department has issued a travel alert for all americans visiting europe this summer. The message says americans should be vigilant and prepared for the possibility of terrorist attacks with little or no warning. The alert lasts through august. This morning, President Trumps Foreign Policy strategy continues to be scrutinized as he handles the north korean threat. The president expressing praise for the countrys young leader as he invites another controversial leader to the white house. This as once again protests ignited coast to coast against President Trump. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest from washington. Chicago, former president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will unveil a concept for their library and museum during a community meeting. A threedimensional model of the obama president ial center will be shown during the event. The president ial center will be built in jackson park on the citys south side. Its expected to be open in 2021 and may cost at least 500 million dollars. New this morning. Latenight Host Jimmy Kimmel taking a break from the laughs to get personal about the health of his new born son. Kimmel says the first surgery went well and baby william will have a second open heart procedure within the next three to six months. Dry today but rain later this week. The day we could see a soggy commute coming up. But first heres whats ahead tonight on abc seven. Stronger is rebuilding a newborns heart. And restoring a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Cool wednesday thursday 60s rain late thursday into friday cool 1st weekend of may today mostly sunny and less humid. Warm and windy. Highs 7578 winds w 1020 g 30 mph tonight mainly clear and cool. Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 winds wnw 515 mph coming up United Airlines in the hot airlines in the seat. Suzanne . Suzanne live tease kidd eileen and abc seven has your playoff ticket hook up. And abc seven has your playoff ticket hook up. Were giving away wizards tickets. Your call in clue to win is right after the break. Right now at 5 45 were in the good prize pavillion with a spei the celtics is tonight in boston. Then, its back to dc for game three on thursday and you could be going weve got five pairs of tickets to hand out. The first one is coming up at 6 xx, so keep watching. Again thats 6 20 well open up the phone lines then and caller number seven wins happening today. Customer service in happening today. Customer service in the skies taking center stage on capitol hill. The hearing sparked by that United Airlines incident. Suzanne kennedy is live with what lawmakers are looking to find out. Shock and outrage after bananas are found hanging from nooses at American University. Written on the bananas are the words harambe and aka believed to be references to alpha kappa alphaa sorority on campus. School Officials Say they were found on three different areas of campus early monday morning. Last fall, bananas were also used in racially fueled incidents on campus. Tonight, a forum will be held to address the incident. The university has released a statement saying they will do all they can to find those responsible. Right now. The search for a convict who escaped from prison in jessup, maryland is now in its fourth day. Police say david watson was last seen in the area of dorsey run and patuxent range roads. Police have now increased the reward for information leading to his capture. To 10thousand dollars. Investigators do not believe watson is armed. But they say hes dangerous. He was serving a 106year sentence for attempted murder. A crime alert police say 3 teens with baseball bats, smashed windows out of dozens of cars 36 car owners, started their week by filing claims with their insurance. The total damage . More than 10 grand officers chased down the teens and arrested them around 3 am yesterday morning. Happening today. Advocates of metros proposed purple line will hold a News Conference in front of the Silver Spring library. Prince georges county executive Rushern Baker and Montgomery County executive ike leggett will speak. Theyre demanding a legal decision and federal funding for the stalled project. Several activist groups will join them. The News Conference begins at 8 30 a. M. Also this morning the National Museum of African American history and culture will open its frist special exhibition. Its called more than a picture selections from the photography collection. The exhibit features a range of portraits from the 19th century to present day. Its located on the concourse level next to the Oprah Winfrey theater. Waking up breathing a little easier today. In what many called a mustwin game, washington came through to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road last night. The capitals were in position to win this one in the 3rd period, but with about a minute left, they give up the tying goal. This heads to overtime. Capitals on the power play. Kevin shattenkirk gets the puck and hits a huge shot. That is the game winner. Capitals win 32. Game 4 is tomorrow the capitals will have to win that too in order to take back home ice advantage. So far in this series, the home team has lost every game. And dont forget were giving away our first pair of wizards playoffs tickets next hour. That giveaway time 6 20. But dont worry if you dont win now well have four more pairs to hand out tomorrow and thursday its 5 and time for a check on weather. Windy today cool wednesday thursday 60s rain late thursday into friday cool 1st weekend of may today mostly sunny and less humid. Warm and windy. Highs 7578 winds w 1020 g 30 mph tonight mainly clear and cool. Lows 5057 winds w 5 mph wednesday sunny, cooler, and breezy. Highs 6570 winds wnw 515 mph its thrill week on washington. Yesterday meteorologist Eileen Whelan took us on a bit of highflying fun. Thats a World War Two biplane getting our thrills from the coasters. Eileen whelan and kidd oshea our live at kings dominion. A big week of giveaways dominion and those wizards tickets coming up at six but right now you could be goig call 7035287334 and you could be going to his concert next week at jiffy lube. Again that number is 7035287334. 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Larry messages of hate hanging from nooses on the d. C. College kansas. Autria veronica johnson, tracking the forecast with a lot to like. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] autria no matter what you like, even snow lovers. Larry yes, she said the s word. We will go over that in a moment. Veronica . Veronica the storms that we had overnight, those are gone clouds are still trying to move out of here. Clouds there over the capital right now, moving out of here with wind that will be picking up today out of the west, drying out even more, humid and out the door. Current temperature in d. C. , you can see it crossed the area right now, live radar scanning the area, no range of orton, its all just long gone