5 things to know: Growing bathroom backlash from Georgia GOP

Five things to know Monday, May 16:

1. Georgia conservatives are riled up about the Obama administration's recent directive to public schools over bathroom rules. [Greg Bluestein has the latest on this controversy]

2. A major Presbyterian church closed its doors after 66 years. [Bo Emerson tells you why]

3. Pilot in PDK air show crash had aerobatic experience. [Ellen Eldridge brings you more on this tragedy]

4. Actor Wendell Pierce, who is in Atlanta shooting a film, was arrested after allegedly attacking a Bernie Sanders supporter. [Rodney Ho has the details]

5. If you've been missing those spring temperatures, then today will be your kind of day. [Get your Atlanta weather forecast here]

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