Meeting with a. U. President neil kerwin and he told them that Campus Police and the m. P. D. Are searching through surveillance videos in hopes of finding who did this. Students would like more action dealing with what they call a hostile environment for students of color. The administration condemned it as a hate crime. They are threatening a leader. Our fist black female president of the school. A personal friend of mine and his and the fact that we are Walking Around the campus feeling unsafe is unfair. Richard we believe the Campus American University has an image of a person of interest. When we get the image we will bring it to there may be 1,000 reward in this case. Coming up at 5 00, you will hear from the woman who took the pictures of the nooses and her take on this. Reporting live, Richard Reeve, abc7 news. Nancy thank you. New information today after the stabbings at the university of texas monday afternoon. Police say the man who killed one student and stabbed three others has mental issues and had previously been committed. Investigators say they do not think 21yearold white had any sort of targeted vendetta. Stop all right. Take a look at this fight. It broke out between two passengers on monday night. It was on the Airways Flight from japan to los angeles. You can see a passenger recorded all of it. He said the man in the red hawaiian shirt began punching the man in the black shirt. He walked away and came back and started hitting him again. Airline workers escorted the man i plane. He was arrested. We dont know what started the fight in the first place. We had a horrible failure three weeks ago. Its not who we are. It is not this company. Its not this industry. Alison the head of United Airlines on capitol hill. Congress grilling executives after the incident last month where the doctor was dragged off the flight. Today lawmakers are looking for ways to improve the Customer Experience and hold airlines accountable. We have with what they are asking the airlines to do. This wont be pleasant for the witnesses today. Reporter bumpy ride for the Airline Industry on capitol hill. The committee and congress dont want half measures or temporary fixes. Reporter taking them to task on turbulence conduct with the customers. We are here today to look and hear about where we could legislate to get Better Service for passengers. Reporter United Airlines c. E. O. The star witness, acknowledging the anger over the violent removal of dr. David dao. We failed. Oscar munoz promising the airline is piloting a new set of policies. Our actions will speak definitely longer than the words. We will do better. United not the only one in the hot seat. American, Alaska Airlines also present and facing tough questions from congress. For our part, alaska is actively reviewing sensitive customer policies such as overbooking and our intention to further improve the experience for the guests. Consumer and congress now waiting to see if todays probing provides promise of upgraded travel experience. If we dont see meaningful results that improve customer service, the next time the Committee Meets yo the outcome. Lawmakers not letting up. They spent 800 million on change fees, changes that cost the company nothing. Jonathan Frederick Memorial Hospital reopened after a Hazardous Materials scare. Brad bell has the latist for us latest for us. Brad at this hour, the situation at Frederick Memorial Hospital is winding down. But you can see on the side of the fire truck what it was. A Hazardous Materials incident. There was a house on military road in frederick. At the home, the package arrived. Two men at the address opened the package up. There was something inside that burned them. They came here to Frederick Memorial Hospital. They brought the package them. That triggered a huge has math response. A lot of frustration. Listen to this grand mother trying to get in to see a grandchild be born. My first grandson is being born. I hope i dont miss it. Brad the substance in the box was a common household chemical. Its granular so something anyone would recognize. The people at the home did not order it. It went says there. So now there is a Police Investigation underway to see if there was criminal intent. Was it just a mixup . An accident in they dont know. But the important thing is no one was seriously injured. Just minor issues for the initial two patients and the hospital is now back in business. In frederick, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan an 8yearold cold case is now a closed case. We are live in leesburg where investigators announced a concession today. That is a big part of the case, jeff. Jeff huge part of the case, jonathan. Huge relief for the family of 44yearold jamie lane who was killed in 2009. In leesburg. This tree was planted in honor of him at his church. His family members can rest easier knowing who was responsible for his death. For eight long years, she has mourned the loss of her husband and the loss of her father, the mayor of leesburg murdered in 2009. It has been a devastating eight years for us. Not knowing who it could have been. Living in fear. Jeff today, Loudoun County prosecutors announcing two weeks ago from inside a prison confessed to the fatal stabbing. It feels so good to have closure. Feels good not to be in feel. The 40yearold was living in a home directly across from the family in leesburg. He is serving life in prison for a spree of stabbings that killed five people in michigan and wounded nine others. He is accused of stabbing and wounding three hours in leesburg in 2010. Two weeks ago he agreed to talk in exchange for the immunity of the prosecution. Based on the statement he did provide detectives we are confident he is responsible for the murder of lane. The Commonwealth Attorney decided to tak deal for two reasons. Number one, he knows that he has life in prison without the chance of parole so he will never be free again. Number two, he wanted the family to have answers and closure. Still questioning remaining about the motive in the killing. We will have more on that at 6 00. Until then, live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Nancy thank you. Reversal from Police Officer who shot and killed unarmed black man in his back. It was a travel stop in april of 2016. Its caught on camera and the video going viral, you might remember. Today the officer Michael Slager pled guilty to violating the civil rights of walter scott. As part of the deal, the state prosecutors addressed to drop a pending murder charge against him. Jonathan can remove the word interim from the title of the police chief Peter Michelle marsh is here to explain. A big day for him. Michelle it is. They officially confirmed Peter Newsham as the police chief. 12 yes, one no. And newsham has been serving as the active chief since cathy lanier left for the nfl. He joined the force in 1989 and quickly rose through the ranks. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says in a statement, our officers work hard to earn and keep the trusts of residents. Under chief newsham, a leader respected by the community and the police force i know we can continue to build on that trust. Newsham starts in his official role with a drop in violent crime. Homicides are the same as last year. Back to you. Thank you. We are on storm watch as the cold front that embracessed the area yesterday caused more problems to the north flooding, making a mess of the evening co this is in state college, pennsylvania. No injuries were reported despite all the damage there. But the front did give way to todays beauty of a day. Im with chief meteorologist doug hill and a check on the forecast. I saw people having lunch on the patio. Gorgeous. Doug i went outside in the breeze and the sunshine. The storminess last night produced the damage. We saw all afternoon the best chance was new york. We are good so enjoy the warmth. I got a change in the forecast i will tell everybody about. One more reminiscent of last march than may. We have sunny, breezy weather. Fair weather clouds. Area wide is 77 now. At Reagan National airport. Its 33mileperhour gusts in hagerstown. 25mileperhour gust down the river at Reagan National. Nats in town tonight for a home opener against arizona. Perfect weather at first pitch. 72 degrees. The temperatures will fall. Most areas by early in the morning will be in the 50s. A few areas far north and west of town 47 under clear skies and lighter winds. The winds are back tomorrow. Well have sunshine and it will be a bit cooler tomorrow holding in the 60s. We will check out the weekend and the next ten days in seven minutes. Alison thank you. New at 4 00, scenes from a massive fire yesterday on gay drive in upper marlboro. The flames were shooting through the roof as the firefighters worked to put it out. The fire caused 125,000 worth of damage. Investigators determined the fire to be accidental. But they did not say how it started. Jonathan still ahead for us at abc7 news at 4 00 not one, but two of the houses in hottest neighborhood. But we tell you what the catch family crisis bringing jimmy kimmel to tears. His newborns son health scare. Alison pushing the purple line out of bim low while we wait for a limbo while we wait for a judge. Cody i didnt do that. You tell me jonathan but first, consequences for the parents who thought making these frank videos of the frank videos of the kids were funny. Nancy the interstate that collapsed in atlanta are working to reopen the span on interstate 85. The key overpass in the city. They planned to have it back open by june 15. But now say they are making better progress than expected. You think the world gives a damn you are crying now . You have to worry about yourself. Alison we have new information about the maryland parents that are behind these videos where they are pulling pranks on their kids. Lindsey mastis is at the live desk to explain what is new here. Lindsey abc7 is learning that the father has lost custody of two of his kids to their biological mother. She posted on youtube she had emergency custody of the kids, cody and emma. She says they are doing well. They are getting back to their last week, mike and heather were on Good Morning America and said they were ashamed by their behavior and were going for shock value. We love our kids. They are the most important thing in the world to us. We made bad choices by portraying ourselves this way. We are not bad people. Lindsey the two had been underfire for the videos posted to youtube channel. All of those have been taken down. Up now is an apology from the couple. Lindsey mastis, back to you. Jonathan supporters of a purple line is hoping that the rail line will come through and we look at the push for the project today. Q it was impassioned and energetic rally here in Silver Spring. A lot of the people here were frustrated. There was a crowd the lawmakers who were here to push for action. They want federal funds. They want 90 o million to build the 90 o million to build purple line, light rail the connect bethesda and new carrollton. A judge, a federal judge halted the federal funds on the grounds that the project had not taken into account. Falling ridership levels on metro. That was five months ago. Yesterday, the congressional budget set aside money for the purple line extension project. The officials here today want the federal judge to release the money now. I cant begin to tell you how frustrated we are by the inaction. He was given two choices. He can either make a decision to allow the project to go forward. Or he can keep other issues on the table. Q the purple line extension project will cost upward of 3 billion to complete. One stop would be here new Silver Spring library. There is no way to stop the project. They have spent 400 million on it. The question now is when will they get the federal funds they need to continue the project. We will keep you posted. In Silver Spring, im q mccray, abc7 news. Nancy lets talk about the beautiful day. I was telling doug earlier. So many people on the patio enjoying the gorgeous day. Jonathan i hope a lot of folks got to get outside. It was a chamber of commerce day. Doug coming from boston, nancy, once you get through the next week its pretty much like this from now until november. Nancy wonderful. Doug every single day. Alison dont lie to her, doug. [laughter] enjoy it. It will get nasty. But we need rain. Chilly weather next week. Nancy oh. All right. Doug im good now. A live look at the rockville campus fair weather. The cumulus clouds will dissipate around sunset. We will have chris call clear skies to Crystal Clear skies tonight. It will turn cooler dropping in the 40s to low 50s. What has not changed yesterday is the huge number on the pollen count. High end weeds are not doing their thing. They will come into play late june. That will start to be an issue. Big pollen counts. The winds make it worse. The diamondbacks are in town. 7 05 at the park. 73 and sunshine. It will be cooler by the time the game is over. If it goes 16 innings it will be 52 degrees. Its cool tonight. It wont go that night. It will be 8 1 2 innings and a curly w. Future cast, northwesterly winds, gusty now. They diminish tonight. There is plenty of sunshine. We jump ahead through the sunny day tomorrow and the future cast to thursday when it starts to change. Storm center will develop with the surface warm front and the cold front. That will come into play. Inch or two of rain thursday and friday. The same storm system getting through thursday. The rain will move in. Thunderstorms in the mix friday. The storm system will sit and spin for a few days. Five or six days. It will whip up cloudiness and cool weather through next week. Friday evening is at least an inch. Its beneficial. Much needed rainfall as part of the region are under moderate drought. Temperatures go down through thursday and back up with a warm front on friday. Then you see cool numbers. 61. 60 over the weekend. 63 on tuesday, wednesday. Try to moderate the temperatures but with persistent cloud cover. The storm stuck up over new england and it will stay below nancy i love today. Beautiful. Thank you, doug. Doug okay. Call 911 jonathan coming up for us at 4 00, what the parents of the kids rescued from a flood have to say about the strangers who stepped in to help. Scott im scott taylor in the 7 on your side help center. Im surrounded by real estate agents. A special phone bank to help you purchase a home. That is coming up at 4 30. Announcer honored with six awards for journalism, including the prestigious award for overall excellence. We are abc7 news. We are proud to be on your side. Jonathan 7 on your side today as we head to the time of year when people start looking to buy a new home perhaps. Scott taylor is in the abc7 help center where you get a chance to ask the realtor. A free resource. Use it. Hey, scott. Scott all you have to do is call. Let me give you the number. The phone bank is opening up at 4 30. 7032369220. 7032369220. You can see im surrounded by experts who want to talk to you. If you have a concern about purchasing a home or if you are selling a home, they have the people to talk earlier, we talked to kay holten with Keller Williams realty. She talked about if you are going to buy or a purchase a home, what should you do . Especially if you are going to sell a home. Should you add an upgrade, the kitchen or do something to the basement . Is it worth the money. Take a look at what she has to offer. There are three things that immediately add value to your home. One is renovating, updating or expanding your kitchen. We all know the kitchen is the heart of the home. Its where Everyone Wants to be. Where Everyone Wants to entertain. So we tend to tell people to limit it to new counter tops, maybe resurfacing or refacing cabinets. Maybe new hardware. New appliances is a fabulous way to update a kitchen. New lighting and paint. The second thing is by adding, expanding or remodeling bathrooms. Nowadays Everyone Wants the large bathroom with the double vanity. The third thing is physically adding Square Footage to your home. Its really based on your home, the location of the home and the current market. So there are definitely situations in which doing a complete remodel will immediately add value to your home. There are other situations in which you might spend 25,000 but you are only going to get 10,000 more in listing price. Scott by the way, kay is right there already answering your questions. A little way from her. 7032369220. We will be here to answer your questions about purchasing or selling a home all afternoon long. Back to you. They are yours for the taking. But there is a catch. We will tell you about it in a moment. I have a story to tell about something that happened to our family last week. Im sorry. Nancy plus, what had jimmy kimmel opening up and night. Alison then coming up new at 5 00, a daunting challenge. Accepted. What motivated a woman to run seven marathons on continents in seven days. That story whe nancy two row houses are up for grabs at Dupont Circle but there is a catch. Stephen the two houses stood on n street for a century but they are slated for demolition to make room for development unless someone saves them. The houses across the street is a historic district. They are not going anywhere. This side of the street doesnt have the designation so the developer can do what he wants. The neighbors are horrified at the prospect of tearing down the old homes reached a compromise. The developer agreed to spare the houses if someone takes them away. They have to raise it, put it on blocks and move it. A very expensive and time consuming process. But it can