Republicans are pushing back on. What do you think . Log on to wusa 9. Com vote or use are apt to let us know what you think. Coming up, talking about who might replace him. Hundreds of people upset over the firing of director comey protesting in front of the white house. Demonstrators say they are suspicious of the timing. I think it is very questionable that he was fired in the middle of this investigation. Same with the acting attorney general. Seems to be kind of convenient. Im here to ask congress to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the connections with russia and the trump administration. I am also here to protect the freedom of the press and to protect democracy for my kids many people here found out about this on other social media pages. We want to hear what you think about the president s firing the fbi director. Its our city and your voice. We sent bruce a shan to Frederick County where the vote in the president ial election was pretty close, but opinions are still divided. What was your reaction when you are the president had fired the fbi director . I thought it was outrageous. Trump isnt a politician. Hes a businessman. The guy was screwing up. Hes gone. Thats what happens in business. What was your reaction when you heard that the president had fired the fbi director . I was shocked. I didnt agree with a lot of things he done, but to fire and fbi director during an investigation of your administration and trumps to russia, i would seriously see it. I think done right after the inauguration. As a candidate, the president was praising comey for what he did with the clinton investigation. But you can also look at the democrats. A while ago they were all praising him. Now they are screaming like stuffed pigs. Its just a blatant pretext. I think this is more covering up the investigation. I think its sad for the country. Thank you for interviewing me and god bless america. So one day after the firing of the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, the Russian Foreign minister was welcomed to the white house. President trump posted him for a closed door meeting. These pictures came from a russiadi u. S. Press was kept out of the meeting. Again, that the russian state run media photographer who was allowed in the oval office, but not the u. S. Press. Just to make that clear. The photos also show trump shaking hands with russian ambassador. He is a key figure in the investigation into the president s former National Security advisor, michael flynn. Democrats recall the firing as nixonian. They refer to president nixon decision to dismiss the Watergate Special prosecutor in 1973. A clip from the Nixon Library says that president nixon never fired the director of the fbi. Police charged a teenager who made threats online. The 16 yearold was charged today with making threats to kill or do harm. Police are not naming him because of his age. The teenager is being held the juvenile detention center. The investigation into hate crimes that american universities intensifying. The schools of the United States attorney for the District Of Columbia is joining the probe. Bananas with offensive messages are found in nooses on campus last week. The discovery was the same day he became the first black woman to lead Student Government association. The fbi is also assisting American University police and the hate crime investigation. Its a huge night for bc sports. The wizard in boston for game five in their series against the celtics. And game seven. Write down in chinatown at the verizon center. People are going to be horse tomorrow when they had to work. Diane roberts in chinatown witnessing the game in person. Maybe we could have you back here anchoring the 11 00 news and you could let me hang out down there. I am here, game seven. Are you kidding me . It doesnt get any better than that. He doesnt always look like this, but he always looks like this on game day. Yes, i do. Why do you have to come down here all in red . I paint for the people. Thats what i tell my wife. If you are with you are with your son. How i met kevin is i was on the metro train. Two years ago they were in the playoffs. I saw this crazy dude all painted red. How long does it take you . How long does this process takes . It takes about an hour. About an hour to put on. Its a nice 10 minute shower to take off. When was the first time you did it and why . Go ahead and paint if you want. I started doing this almost 10 years ago. Actually, i actually have hair. I started shaving my head because a friend of mine, a cancer survivor, through chemo at the time. I work for the army. We all as a show of solidarity decided to shave our heads. I had to take it the next step. I like to say i did it for charity. I kept it for vanity. There you go. Because of that all of the sudden i had a pallet and a place to go. This is awesome. We are going to check back in with kevin and ryan a little bit later in the 6 00 hour. Game seven, baby. I can only imagine how uncomfortable that is for him. I assure you he could care less. Will see you later. The inner loop of the beltway is back open tonight after a truck overturned and spilled some diesel fuel. Prince george materials unit was called in to change things up to clean things up. Traffic was diverted onto a side street around the accident scene. A boy crossing the street hit by a car today. The child describe between eight and 10 years old and got hit in bel air drive just before 8 00 this morning. The police chief says the boy was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries and is expected to be okay. Great news there. District Police Looking for the suspect who attempted to steal an atm. This all happened this morning at a bp gas station on alabama avenue set southeast. The clerk watched as three men in a truck wrapped a chain around the atm and try to pry it loose. They managed to pull the face off the machine but it remained right there anchored in place. Police say this is the second time this month robbers have targeted that atm. Authorities arent sure weather any money s workers are closely monitoring air quality at the nations most contaminated nuclear site. The move comes after a 20 by 20 foot area of soil collapsed over a tunnel at the Nuclear Waste site. The tunnel in Washington State sees railcars filled with decades Nuclear Waste. There were no injuries reported. The Energy Department is looking at options to create a barrier between the contaminated equipment at the outside air but they have to work carefully and not make that whole any bigger. We are just getting rolling on wusa 9 news at 5 00. Another incident on an airline. We will tell you about a fistfight on southwest. And are the items in trump hotel made in america . The number 1 question you have after last nights story. We tell you about the rainy streak headed our way and the bright spots bright spots that lie ahead. And after the break, giving the President Trump they also know you need to getg your annual checkup. Now with one touch using the mycigna app you can find a doctor in your plans network to save money. Need to be thorough. Education secretary that the divorce got an angry reception today during a graduation speech. Thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. I am honored to become a wildcat. If this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. Please move your tassels from right to left. It got real there at the graduation ceremony. That was the president of the historically black college trying to quiet the hecklers. Tensions had been high on campus all week. A petition signed by thousands demanded the University Drop those plans to have divorce speak at commencement. Reporter daisies trump hotel is draped in old glory and wrapped in contradictions. That fourstory American Flag towers over chandeliers made in austria. We want to know if the items found inside the trump hotel were made in america. Last month trump ordered the federal government to buy american when possible. We found many things were made overseas. The practice is common throughout the industry. A lot of you have questions for our Investigative Reporter this one from sandra jones, as a u. S. Citizen, you should be purchasing usa made only. Are you . Well, thats a good question. We decided to take a look. Our computers are dell. That the texasbased company, but flip it over and the computers themselves are made in china. The tvs we have are made in china, the phones in china, even this bobble head. Guys, it is made in china. Our wusa 9 jacket, they are l. L. Bean, made in thailand. Now, on the upside, this chair is made in the usa and so is the kleenex. Okay, we get it. Its hard to buy products that are made in america, which is why we thought it would be so interesting to look at what the president s hotel is buying after he issued that executive order for the govent american. Coming up tonight at 11 00, more of your questions, including a couple that had us around the newsroom talking and what conditions did we leave that room in after we turned it upside down . Wusa 9. He brings up some interesting points, and so have you, our viewers. Another day, another disturbance. It was only a matter of time before something happened on a Southwest Airlines flight. They had been unscathed thus far. Cell phone video capturing the images of two passengers trading punches shortly after the plane landed sunday in los angeles. A Flight Attendant will try to get into break it up but then ends up getting caught up in the melee. Ive never had a problem with them and they did a wonderful job and they are not all bad. Passengers in the brawl did end up getting arrested. No word on what caused the fight. Now, wusa 91st alert whether forecast. This weekend wont be a washout, but for the third weekend in a row, we will see some rain. Here is what some of you told me this afternoon. Not very happy about it. Does the rain bother you . I like the rain. I cant take it anymore. And its always in dc always on the weekend. Do you care . That its going to rain . Not necessarily. There is a pattern of rain every weekend. It is spring, so im not surprised. Ive been in the midatlantic a couple years. It just does this. It gets hot in april and may is miserable. But june is nice. Would you go out . I might go out for a little bit. Keeps the pollen away, keeps the people away sometimes. A trip to Busch Gardens this weekend. You are thinking about this. Will you be sad to miss it . This. I dont know if theyll be seeing anything that was gardens this weekend. Probably not. Let me cheer you up. They were all sleeping a minute ago. This is just adorable. We can help but look at it. Talk to us. Im going to talk to you about hurricane awareness and safety week. The hurricane that give us the strongest wind gust ever. Lets talk about hazel. It went through the southern caribbean and kind of went in between cuba. The key factor is the track went just west of us. 98 mileperhour wind gusts. Thats the highest one we have ever recorded from hazel or from any thunderstorm. 3degree guarantee. Thought we were okay. Maybe not. 72 today for the high. Average high is about 74. Lets see. A live loots 76 now. Dewpoint 40. Look at the humidity. Only 27 percent. That will tell you when the rain starts falling late tonight and early tomorrow morning. Temps are not rising much tomorrow. It is cool for a few days. Clouds move in tonight, milder. Showers are not possible. Bus stop temps, 48 to 56. Shower possible, especially the latter part of that bus time around 8 00 or 9 00. Yellow weather alert thursday, friday, and saturday. Heaviest rain overnight for friday into saturday morning. Right now the driest of the three days will probably be friday. It wont be pretty but it will be the driest of the three days. We will talk about a cool wet scratch here. 62 thursday, 62 friday, 62 saturday. Back up to 75 and 78 on monday. In fact, talking about mom, its mild and mainly dry. 75, partly cloudy, breezy, and mild. Something to look forward to. Meantime, 6 00 in the morning we are cloudy. Showers well to the west of us, but they move in fast. By 8 30 or 9 00, they are in the western suburbs. We move this again forward and it really roles through late morningearly afternoon. You see the yellow and orange. Thats pretty heavy activity. Get ready. 59 annapolis, 58 downtown, 58 frederick. Temps are not moving much at all. By 6 00, still 58. Showers across most of the metro area. At times the heaviest activity south of fredericksburg. The model has been kind of all over the place the next few days. We get a break friday morning. Still cloudy and more activity roles in as we get into friday night and then on saturday. Day planner looks like this. 67 to start, 60 by 11 00, and 58 by 1 00. 7 00 in the morning you might see a little sun east of i95. Here comes the rain. We made this simple. 62, 62, 62. Rain an showers. By sunday, for mom, better. Look at this. 70s, back in the 80s next tuesday and wednesday. Taking a look at other headlines today, the wife of longtime espn broadcaster Chris Brennan has died. The 67yearold was killed in a car crash yesterday in woodbury, connecticut. Her car rear ended another vehicle and both of them went down an embankment. 87yearold driver in the other car was also killed. Police were investigating the possibility he suffered some kind of medical emergency just before the crash. A journalist says he was just doing his job when he was arrested for yelling questions at health and Human Services secretary tom price. Price and white House Counsel kelly and conway were in the state to discuss its op crisis. The 54yearold Daniel Hayman is charged with willful disruption of government processes. He was freed after posting 5000 bail. The misdemeanor carries a possible fine of a hundred dollars and up to six months in jail. Chelsea manning, the former army private who leads thousands of classified military documents is getting out of prison. Before transitioning to a woman, she was known as Bradley Manning and was known as an Army Intelligence analyst. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President obama commuted her sentence before leaving office. Manning is expected to gain her freedom next week. Her Attorney Says she will live in maryland. The result of our megaphone poll question. In the wake of james comeys firing, do you think the prosecutor should handle the investigation into russian meddling in the u. S. Election . Looks like 84 percent 80 percent of you say yes and 20 percent say no. Okay. When we were young, kids you remember this . Narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. I said todays a workday. Shes probably one more excited to come to work than anyone. Our big story tonight at 11 00 features a trained specialist on all fours. Meet raven. Shes got a big job at a local funeral home bringing solace to those grieving. You learn more abort learn more about comfort dogs at funeral homes. Quick question for you. You know how much a stamp costs . 49 cents is the answer. Tonight the Postal Service want to jack up the prices by 1 whole cent or possibly more. The usps says fewer people are using firstclass mail. Plus, they were forced to cut stamp prices last year. I think its probably one of the hardest things to get kids to do greens. That concerned mother is talking about how difficult it is to get children to wear helmets. And a new study finds that about 50 children go to the emergency room every day from injuries on bikes, skateboards, and scooters. Many parents say their kids think the helmets arent cool or they complain they are uncomfortable. Experts say this can lead to a serious head injury. Concussions can have a very longlasting effect on kids ability to learn and interact. We want to ensure their brain is protected because its still growing and developing. 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A group of guys posing as students raising money from Theodore Roosevelt high school. They say, dont believe it, its a lie. More on the scam you need to look out for the next time you hit up metro. Reporter it happened more than once. I was approached about two weeks ago. Teenagers begging for money on the metro. Someone who looks like they could be a late teen, anywhere from 16, 19 years old. They were going person to person. The flyer claiming to be a fundraiser for sports uniforms at rooseveltig i saw that the piece of paper said at the top, roosevelt rough riders. I gave them my car gave them my card. Councilmember robert white came across these guys on the train and had his office look into it. It didnt take long before they discovered it was al