together we can address many pressing challenges, including two that greatly affect both of our countries, those of large-scale migration and international smuggling. maintaining strong borders is a vital component of any security policy. and a responsible approach to refugees is one that seeks the eventual return of refugees to their home countries so that they can help to rebuild their own nations. finally, i want to say how much i look forward to visiting sicily for the g7 as we seek to foster cooperation, not only in matters of security, but also science, commerce, health and technology. our two countries have shared interests and shared values and we can each make

contributions to the other. mr. prime minister, i, again, want to thank you for being with us and being our true friend. italy is a spectacular place, i know it well. i love the people of italy. we have 18 million italians living in the united states, people originally from italy, and it's a great honor to have many of them as my friends. thank you for being here. news4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. breaking right now at 4:00, you're looking live at an active police investigation at one of the most well known and exclusive avenues in the world. authorities shut down the champs elysee in paris after a deadly exchange of gunfire. >> paris officials tell nbc news they believe the attacker was killed as well. people are being warned to stay f

the champs elysee is one of the most popular attractions for anyone who visits paris. it's known for theaters, cafes and luxury shops. >> it's also the location of the arc de triomphe. stay with news4 for any developments on this breaking story. but we want to take you outside, storm team 4 is tracking some rain. >> it's been nice out there all day, but don't put your umbrella away yet. doug kammerer is watching some possible showers, doug? >> and keeping an eye on another storm that's going to completely drench us as well. >> that could be for part of the weekend. out there now, tracking a couple of showers and thunderstorms. saw some showers this morning, then a nice break. temperatures that have moved into the 80s across the region. definitely a nice afternoon. but now tracking those storms. storm team 4 radar showing you where the storms are, back to the west right now, in towards portions of the shenandoah

royal area, nothing around d.c. just yet. here's the closest storms that -- showers that we have just along 66, the front royal area, hagerstown and more back to the west. tracking this area of rain and thunderstorms moving our direction. we'll see how many of these move over the blue ridge, but we'll see some shower activity, and yes, thunderstorms too. all bets are off for the weekend, changing forecasts as far as the timing is concerned. that's in just a few minutes. first at 4:00, activists demonstrated at the capitol for the first annual joint session to legalize marijuana. >> the group passed out joints and the event quickly led to arrests. >> reporter: volunteers who support the legalization of marijuana came here to capitol hill to make a point. they wanted to give joints a

to bring awareness to their cause. they wanted to do it on this corner, right across from the u.s. capitol and across from the senate office buildings, because they believe that this is a d.c. sidewalk, not a federal sidewalk. they thought d.c. law allowed them to possess and give away marijuana. they quickly found out that u.s. capitol police disagreed. >> i don't understand why i'm getting arrested. i was within my rights. we were on d.c. lands. i'm a medical marijuana patient. >> reporter: a few dozen employees did take advantage of the free joint give-away before police stepped in, they didn't want to talk to reporters about the experience. >> can we ask you about the give-away? >> i'm already, thank you, though. >> can we talk to you about the give-away? >> no, thank you, sir. >> reporter: supporters plan to be back here on capitol hill monday and plan to light up in an act of civil disobedience, expecting once again to get

mark segraves, news4. first at 4:00, a memorial service tomorrow for the army crew chief who died monday in the black hawk helicopter crash. jeremy tomlin was killed when the chopper crashed onto a golf course in leonardtown. this afternoon, the community around the crash site is showing support for the battalion as two others on the chopper recover from injuries from the crash, they've put american flags on the poles leading to the crash site. metro fired a mechanic after the deadly smoke disaster. now it has to give that person their job back. a federal judge says he had no choice but to order metro to rehire the mechanic who submitted false maintenance logs. "the washington post" reports the judge could find no reason to change the decision of an arbitration board, and that board determined the mechanic should have been suspended for six months, not fired. one woman died and others g

sick when smoke filled a tunnel and fans didn't work properly. the next time you head to the white house, you will have to stand a bit further back to take pictures. the secret service permanently closed the sidewalk along the south lawn fence. recent jumpers -- or attempts to jump over forced the secret service to permanently close that area. now people will be held 25 feet further away to give agents more time to act. we spoke to some tourists concerned that eventually people are going to be kept too far away to even see the white house. >> you know, it's the house of the people. it's not the house of the president of the united states. it's the house of the citizens of the united states. and so it's kind of unfortunate that we don't even have access to our own house. >> the secret service said it will not be adding new fences or barriers, so you'll still have a pretty good view of the white house. other top stories we're following right now, president trump is holding a joint news conference at the

with italian prime minister paolo gentiloni. this is the first meeting between these two leaders. a tennessee teacher who was on the run with a teenage student, march 13th, police believe he kidnapped her after researching teen marriage. the girl didn't appear to be injured. just moments ago in prince william county, an 18-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murdering his 14-year-old relative. collins rodriguez pleaded guilty. rodriguez was angry that the victim told on him for smoking marijuana. larry hogan sr suffered a stroke over the weekend and his condition is reportedly getting worse. he represented maryland in congress in the '70s and

once prince george's county executive. bill o'reilly could get tens of millions on his way out at fox news. new details about his exit coming up next. and we're keeping close tabs on the breaking news in paris, two police officers shot at the

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ways with fox news channel. cnbc is reporting o'reilly will get no more than one year's salary. sources say that is somewhere around 20 to $25 million. o'reilly agreed to part ways with fox yesterday amid growing sexual harassment claims. o'reilly has denied any wrongdoing. dozens of advertisers recently jumped ship because of the harassment allegations. aaron hernandez's family is expected to donate the former nfl star's brain to concussion researchers. one of hernandez's attorneys made the announcement in boston. corrections officials say the former patriots tight end killed himself in prison yesterday. he was serving a life sentence for the murder of a long-time friend. attorney jose baez said they will give his brain to boston university where researchers have examined dozens of athletes' brains in recent years. spring break means

someplace warm to hit the beach. but 50 students with disabilities took part in a week-long alternative spring break event. they come from several d.c. charter schools, and they learned how to develop their resumes, master the interview, and sell themselves. today students took part in a reverse job fair, where employers are supplying to sell them. serena williams is pregnant. she was a good two months into her pregnancy when she won the australian open. also, fingerprints are replacing p.i.n.s and passwords. one locks your phones, your doors, and your safe. soon you may start

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stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. metro's general manager is waiting on a new plan to make rail service strong and safe for you, but it comes at a price. where is that money going to come from? what is the gm hoping to accomplish here, megan? >> the idea here is that he wants to make metro a world-class agency. he wants the riders who hop on metro every day, he wants them to feel safe and have an

to continue to provide $150 million in federal funding, but what will impact our region is the additional $500 million annually for a dedicated funding source for the agency. he says the additional funds will allow them to purchase new railcars and focus on preventative maintenance, so safety is less of a concern. but to make it happen, legislators from d.c., maryland, and virginia have to be on board. but he says he's optimistic. >> elected officials, federal elected officials, riders, again, have repeatedly said to me the system cannot fail. we've got to get this right. the future of this region is dependent upon it and we have to do what it takes to get there. that's why i'm positive about it. >> reporter: he said he has been working the phones, talking to legislators, talking to elected

board, to answer questions and pan out exactly what it is that he's requesting and where the money will go. chris? >> meagan, you can call it a lot of different things. it boils down to a tax. how are you gonna get folks in d.c., maryland, and virginia, to all get on board with generating this half a billion dollars? >> reporter: yeah, it's a good question. we spoke with d.c. councilman jack evans and he says d.c. is on board. he said it's up to the governors of maryland and virginia to convince the state legislators to vote to allow the seven jurisdictions where metro operates, to have the ability to raise taxes. >> great context, thanks so much for staying on top of that, meagan. you won't need gas money or even a car to get to the beach this summer. megabus, the discount coach company is adding a stop in virginia ac

station to the ocean front starting in late may. megabus already has stops in the hamptons and richmond and are planning to add norfolk sometime soon. >> we can sleep on that long drive, instead of having dad or mom behind the wheel like that. >> exactly right. >> that's the only way to go to the beach. but no beach weather here today. >> well, it's 80. we made it to 80. but we have some storms that are making their way in right now. they could affect us the next couple days. this weekend, though, a lot of people have been going to the beach last couple of weekends. this weekend probably wont be the best to do it. looking pretty good right now. just a beautiful afternoon. blue skies, temperatures in the 80s right now. currently 81. winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour, partly sunny skies. the rest of the region, 83 in culpeper, 84, fredericksburg, 68 along the bay in annapolis. just

a beautiful afternoon. one of the warmer ones we've seen. radar is showing a lot of showers and storms back to the west. nothing around the d.c. metro area and most of these as they move east are kinda dying aufof here. zooming into this area around winchester, portions of 66, right along 66, entering fauquier county, showers around route 50, a bigger one to the north, i didn't do this quite right. just to the north of winchester, seeing this storm that's moving up. yeah, got that one, there it is. just to the northwest of winchester, along 37, close to 81. brief lightning with them, brief heavy downpour, but the bulk of the rain still back to the west. a line has developed here and we'll watch it move east. we're stable on the east side of the blue ridge, so i'm not expecting a lot, but we'll see these move through and tomorrow, another chance of storms back to the west, but

organized system, so the next two days, not a lot of rain. notice around 7/8:00, showers and storms moving through the region. so, yeah, good idea if you're thinking about getting dinner outside, take the umbrella just in case. but by tomorrow morning, no problems. some cloud cover tomorrow morning, maybe a quick shower here and there. not expecting a lot of rain tomorrow at all. a day very similar to today. we could see a shower early and then another one late. some cloud cover mixed with sunshine during the day on your friday. not a bad friday at all. 83 degrees, we'll call it a fantastic friday for the most part. warm, a bit humid, few showers and an isolated storm or two, but the real rain comes on saturday into sunday. the change here that i'm talking about, means more rain on saturday afternoon, less on sunday afternoon. so that's something that we'll be talking about. amelia draper will have more on this at 4:45. look at monday and tuesday, just cool and more showers likely on mond

90! >> almost a 30-degree drop there. how many times do you type in your p.i.n. at check-out? those days may be numbered. >> susan hogan is here with details on the new technology that could change the way you pay at the register. >> that's right. this new technology keeps your money at your fingertips. mastercard as unveiled a new payment card featuring a biometric fingerprint scanner, it wor-- mastercard has run two successful trials in south africa so far and is now expanding the test run. the company hopes to fully roll out the technology in europe and asia later on this year. no word when it will make its way to the united states. fingerprint recognition is widely considered a safer and more efficient way of authenticating payments and

analysts have previously hacked scanners such as the one used by samsung's galaxy s-5. >> thank you, susan. mental health awareness gets another boost this week. thanks to some moving comments by the royal brothers. >> i think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. and a lot of folks in china are calling her goddess ivanka.

britain's prince william and prince harry are continuing their candid conversation about their mother's death. >> the two brothers are working now to raise awareness about mental health issues as nbc's tammy leitner reports, it's a marked change for the royal family. >> reporter: candid words from prince william on his mother's death nearly two decades ago. prince william not the only royal opening up. this week, prince harry revealing that he shut down emotionally for years following the death of his mother, princess diana. and only in the last few years, sought help. the royal brothers, using this opportunity to spread the word about their year-old charity, which fights mental health

with runners participating in this week's london marathon, talking about his thart, heads together. >> kate, also encouraging runners, wearing gear with the charity's logo. >> the one thing we wanted to do was break the stigma and get everyone talking and this concept of sort of more heads together is better than being alone. >> hello, prince william. >> hello, lady gaga. >> reporter: lady gaga talking to prince william this weekend about that loneliness. >> it was the best thing that could come out of my mental illness, was to share it with other people. >> reporter: and the woman who was the catalyst for this new openness, never far from anyone's mind. >> i think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. >> reporter: princess diana never shied away from breaking taboos and it seems her sons are following in her foot steps, speaki speaking about their own struggles to help others. it's a

that includes global leaders, musicians, athletes, and movie stars. "time" magazine is out with its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. transgender student gavin grimm from virginia made the list this year after his fight to use the boys' bathroom at a gloucester county school. at the age of 17, he's the youngest person on the influential list. grimm posted a tweet this afternoon saying, quote, i hope this "time" feature sends a clear message. transpeople are people and we aren't going anywhere. the list also includes president trump, his daughter, ivanka and hubby jared kushner, elizabeth warren, olympic gold medalist simone biles and football player colin kaepernick. serena williams has made a career on doing the unprecedented. now we know she was pregnant when she won the australian open. the reaction on social media today. >> there's a lot of it. and a local

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reuland. we're getting some new information on that breaking news we've been following in paris. an ambush attack has left one police officer dead, two more injured. the famous champs elysee has

up next to the police officer's car and opened fire on them. the driver then tried to run away on foot. another officer shot and killed him. the s.w.a.t. team is on the scene. people are being urged to stay away from that area. the president has weighed in on the attack. during a news conference at the white house with the italian prime minister, he offered his condolences. he also said this attack appears to be terrorism. however officials in paris have not identified a motive and right now it's not clear if there any other shooters. the country's president and the french prime minister are on the way now. president trump is focused on foreign policy as he enters the home stretch of his first 100 days in office. today he's hosting the italian prime minister at the white house while keeping an eye on paris, and juggling shifting relations with iran, north korea, russia, and china. blayne alexander has all of it covered from capitol hill

blayne? >> pat, good afternoon to you. as you just heard during that news conference, the president, 91 days in, has certainly got a lot on his plate. today he talked about foreign policy and much more. today more foreign focus for president trump, hosting the italian prime minister at the white house. the president, starting the day on a different foreign front, ordering an investigation into foreign-made steel and its possible effect on national security, notably, not pointing the finger at china. >> this has nothing to do with china, this has to do with worldwide. >> reporter: the president is relying on china to help north korea. today the white house facing more questions over a naval strike group reportedly heading to north korea when it was nowhere close. >> it's like saying a ship off the coast of san diego is headed to new york. >> reporter: this as the president looks to take a tougher stance on iran. rethinking and possibly throw

out the obama-era iran nuclear deal that even proponents admit isn't perfect. >> we'd rather have them be bad without nukes, than with nukes. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson, once declared a friend of russia, has recused himself on deciding on a request from his former company to drill in russia, an ask that had been made during the obama administration, but now before the trump white house. and travel to the philippines, the nation's controversial leader is the same one who cursed president obama. >> thank you, blayne. ivanka trump is fast becoming a cult figure in china, popular enough to warrant her own online fan club. with thousands of members and they call the first daughter goddess ivanka. a chinese blogger said one reason for her growing appeal, her effort to teach her children the chinese language and

everything from jewelry to underwear, mattresses and formula milk powder and ivanka's lawyers are filing trademark applications to stop others from cashing in on her brand. and right now on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms, but this activity is having a difficult time making it over the blue ridge. a lone cell in fauquier county, just north of 66, starting to fizzle out. but we're watching further back to the west, this line of showers and thunderstorms right here. if this holds together, it will impact the metro around 8:00 this evening. 81 degrees right now, little bit humid, big difference from yesterday. scattered showers, mainly in northern virginia. 6:00, best chance again for rain in the metro area will be 8:00 p.m. at that point, mid 70s and mainly dry by 10:00. 71

tomorrow, more showers and maybe a few thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll have the latest timing and impact coming up at about 4:50. >> thanks, amelia. well, this proves the rules of the road are there for a reason. a police officer in abilene, texas, made a routine traffic stop on this highway last month. as he was talking to the driver, another vehicle slammed into her cruiser, barely missed her. the incident caught on the cruiser's dash cam. the car spun around. despite all that, no one was hurt. remember, most state laws require that you slow down and move over when you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road. >> wow. developing story now in new york city, where smokers could soon pay more for a pack of cigarettes. mayor de blasio wants to raise the price of a pack from $10.50 to $13. de blasio said the measure would cut tobacco use by 160,000 smokers over the next three years. the city also wan

number of licenses issued to retailers that sell tobacco. hearings will begin later this month. still ahead, the new warning about diet soda. the serious health problems it

a history of cannibis museum, opening this afternoon in northwest washington. it's the first museum of its kind on the east coast. the museum takes visitors on a

includes marijuana use in ancient egypt, and among our nation's founding fathers. the museum is open from 9:00 to 6:00 weekdays and 11:00 to 4:00 on saturday. news research shows which food-born illnesses are most likely to make you sick. >> the cdc says salmonella and other illnesses related to bad poultry were the common leader last year. the good news, salmonella infections went down about 18% because of new safety standards, but the cdc says every year, one in six americans is going to get sick from some sort of food poisoning. >> the fda is redefining the term healthy and wants you to weigh in on this. the food and drug administration is looking to update the definition of healthy, particularly when it comes to labels. so it wants you to make sure it reflects your input.

and advice from you. the dead lionline to connect wie agency is april 26. it's the perfect place to let your hair down, even with the kids in tow. we're talking about the winery at bull run in virginia, it's being featured in this month's edition of the washingtonian magazine. parents say they love it for more than just the wine. because the winery has several acres strictly designated for kids. >> my husband and i were happy because we were able to relax and enjoy ourselves while the kids played. ang >> angie will have more and give us a behind-the-scenes look at the facility on news4 at 5:00. a local driver hit with a massive bill for tolls that he says he had plenty of money i

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nbc4 responds to an e-zpass billing issue that wasn't so easy to fix. >> i think we can all feel that frustration. a man did all he could to solve the problem on his own, just before he gave up, he called susan hogan. >> that's right. you live in this area, you know that having

transponder can help in a jam. but a local man needed us when transit sent him to collection for a toll he said he had more than enough money in his account to cover. we call get stuck in it, morning, noon, and night, unbearable traffic. but if you have one of theeds, you can breeze through for a price. >> normally going north to baltimore, we'll jump on in the morning. >> reporter: but this marine veteran doesn't use his e-zpass as much, since his commute from wood bridge to quantico is pretty easy. >> i don't use it as often as i used to. >> reporter: that's why he was surprised when he got an alert from a credit reporting agency, that he's got a problem. >> it said law enforcement llp. >> reporter: law enforcement llp is actually a collection agency. >> that caught me by surprise. a collection agency? >> reporter: they were collecting $102.80 in fines on

november 2015, on behalf of transurban, which owns the express lanes on 495. >> have you been contacted before? >> never. >> reporter: he provided proof that his e-zpass account had more than enough to cover that toll at the time of the violation. so tim asked transurban what proof they had. >> they said they had a picture of my license plate to prove that it was my vehicle. >> and did they? >> they never provided any documentation, any proof that it was my vehicle. >> reporter: now that his case went to collections, transurban would no longer talk to him. >> they wouldn't cooperate. they said i had to deal with the collection agency. >> reporter: he was about to give up until he got some advice. >> my wife yolanda, she's like, contact nbc4. she kept preaching that to me. >> reporter: we contacted the company and got an immediate response. according to a spokesperson tim did not have his e-zpass m

correctly in the vehicle during his trip. that explanation didn't make any position to him. because it's been in this position since you day you got it? >> since the day i got it. >> reporter: they also said his license plate wasn't linked to his account when he traveled. he said it was the same now as it was when he opened his account. in the end, tim paid the toll and transurban waved the $100 fine. >> nbc4 definitely took care of it and it was a blessing. i thank you guys for all the help that you provided me and my family. >> and transurban tells us customer seaskds is one of its top priorities on the express lanes and they were very glad to help resolve the matter for tim. nbc4 responds is working for you. if you need help, just contact us at nbc washington.com/responds. >> nice to see it all worked out. >> for sure. >> thank you, susan. >> sure. from prisoner

one of the newest teachers at georgetown university has quite a story to tell. >> it's one ever the stories we're working on for news4 at 5:00. wendy has more on it. >> love this story. he went from breaking the law, to teaching it. just how did he get there? chris gordon chronicles the journey of the georgetown professor who once spent ten years behind bars for robbing banks. then we requego to the vine. 70 in this area and next time you go, you don't have to leave the kids at home. angie goff visits a winery that even has its own kids area. she'll have more on that and a look behind the scenes at the facility. it will be at 5:00. not just somewhere, it will be 5:00 here. so pour yourself a glass and join us on news4 at 5:00. >> i'll be there, without the glass. >> i know.

out there and what you're seeing on the radar right now. >> yeah, some scattered showers and thunderstorms, but they're having a difficult time making it over the mountains. we have beautiful blue skies here. >> amazing. a change from this morning, night and day. >> absolutely. to think we were so cool yesterday, highs today in the 80s. we'll be in the 80s again tomorrow and then we go back down for the weekend. but the forecast is improving for the weekend. more on that in a moment, but first your weather headlines. scattered late day showers a around, setting us up for a cooler weekend. only in the 60s saturday and sunday. now the most likely time period for rain is going to be later in the day on saturday into your saturday night. sunday, no longer looking like a wash-out. that's an update from yesterday. the currently, in the low 80s, 81 in washington, 82 in frederick, as well as leesburg. feeling humid out there, it will

team 4 radar. activity mainly in virginia and parts of the panhandle of west west virginia. a lone shower north of leesburg and thunderstorm activities in the south. doug will have another check on news4 at 5:00, but tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., notice we have a mix of clouds and sun, maybe an isolated shower, a few sprinkles in montgomery, fauquier counties. as we move into the midday hours, it's looking mainly dry, but more clouds than sunshine. but it's still going to be warm. then for the afternoon, some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms out there. not a wash-out by any means and the great news, what it's looking like for your friday evening, dry at that point. so the weather having a low impact on your day tomorrow. your friday planner, 7:00 a.m., slight chance of a shower around, 66 degrees. by

83 for a high tomorrow. very similar to today. scattered afternoon showers. by 7:00 p.m., mainly dry and 77 degrees at that point. so looking nice for your friday night. and here's what you can expect this weekend. you want to get the yard work done, do it saturday morning or sunday afternoon. earth day on saturday, mainly dry for those events, especially around lunch time. dinner out on saturday night, grab the umbrella, and hold off on washing the car until tuesday. showers in the forecast on monday as well. the next ten days, 83 tomorrow, 60s on the weekend. cool weekend, plenty of clouds around as well. but most of sunday now looking dry. rain more likely now saturday afternoon and evening. again, any rain is over sunday morning. we're dry for the midday and afternoon hours, maybe a few showers around on a cloudy monday. mid 50s monday and tuesday. still kinda cool and then take a look at friday, our first crack at 90 degrees so far this year.

>> ready or not. thanks, amelia. social media lit up across the world with news via snapchat that serena williams is expecting a baby. >> robert harrison has been checking out the reaction. >> quite a bit of reaction. whether she meant this to be her formal announcement, we don't know for sure, but the word spread like wildfire and suddenly the news was burning up the internet. we have a photo that shows what she sent out on snapchat, appears to be a baby bump, and that with the words 20 weeks was enough for people to grab onto and start tweeting. here's a tweet from andy roddick that says there's going to be a baby g.o.a.t., which means greatest of all time. and of course the biggest response came from the fact that serena in january broke records with her win at the australian open. i asked an obgyn if it's dangerous to play in your f

trimester that way, that hard. >> elite athletes who are accustomed to high level of exercise and competition are probably able, in the early part of their pregnancy to sustain that activity. >> some people on social media reacted to an australian newspaper headline that suggested serena's career might be over because she's having a baby. >> i think that she will feel good fast, because she is in such good shape. i think maintaining that level of physical activity for all people makes that bounceback and recovery much faster for most people. >> so if you were serena williams' doctor, would you encourage her, if she wants to go back to playing at the same level as before to get out there and do it? >> yes, i would. >> she says she would if she were her doctor. here's a shot of serena and her

fiancee, alexis ohaneian. we hear there may be a formal announcement next week, so we'll wait to see what happens. >> maybe due in the fall? >> that's what i would think. she's planning to take a year off and people are coming up with all kinds of answers to what she's going to do, but we'll find out in time. >> i think she'll get right back to the court. >> she may play all the way through her pregnancy and the doctor we talked to said that would be okay. >> really depends on the woman's body. >> exactly what she said. >> good stuff. >> good for her. thank you. the new research which puts diet soda under the microsocope. >> why researchers say it's not a healthy alternative to regular soda and the

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in news4 your health, another reason you might want to put that diet soda or fruit juice down. it could be affecting the way you think. >> reporter: there's morowou

n. the latest data from framing ham heart study in massachusetts suggests that people who frequently drink sodas and fruit juices are more likely to have poorer memory, as well as smaller overall brain volume. >> we advise that people don't drink sugary beverages because we know they're associated with a whole range of health outcomes >> reporter: matthew authored the study and says the outcomes can be just as bad consuming diet drinks with artificial sweeteners. >> we found those people consuming diet soda on a daily basis were three times as likely to develop stroke and dementia as compared to those who didn't. >> the findings appear separately in multiple

>> there's this idea that our food which we take for granted might have health risks is really a fundamental concept. >> reporter: people should at least be cautious about regularly consuming either diet sodas or sugary beverages. chris clackam, nbc news. news4 at 5:00 starts now. >> right now at 5:00, storm team 4 tracking some showers tonight and keeping an eye on another storm that could bring a lot of rain. but first, we're following breaking news out of paris. at least two people are dead after a shooting at one of the top tourist attractions there, the champs elysee. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. authorities say a driver targeted people who were guarding the area near a subway station at the center of the shopping district. we're getting new cell phone video from that scene. you can see the heavy police presence there this evening. the attack

before the first round of balloting in france's hotly contested and closely watched presidential election. security is high, leading up to just that vote. during a news conference at the white house with italian prime minister, president trump talked about that attack. >> our condolences from our country to the people of france, a very terrible thing that's going on in the world today. but it looks like another terrorist attack and what can you say? just never ends. we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. >> paris officials have not -- not -- confirmed this was a terror attack. but an anti-terrorism group in that country has taken over the investigation. two of the people dead are police officers, the third person dead is the shooter. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, wendy.

very close eye on what is going on outside right now. doug kammerer is live in the storm center. looks like you're tracking some showers there. >> yeah, tracking some thunderstorms too. even some strong to severe thunderstorms in toward the shenandoah valley. again, d.c. metro, we're seeing cloud cover now, temperatures still in the 80s. take a look, storm team 4 radar tracking these storms that are becoming stronger become towards the 91 corridor, east of the blue ridge, culpeper county as well. a severe thunderstorm warning for southern shenandoah county. very hard to make out the box, but it's right here, around new market. it's right there. heads up around lor ray. the rest of the area tracking more storms back to the west. you can see these storms coming our way. and a new push of energy for northern virginia. we'll talk about what it means to your friday and the weekend. could be a wash-out weekend. that's coming up about