here's a look at the big picture. right now very heavy rain. severe thunderstorm warning in

effect until 430 with this we're also seeing a little bit of hail as well. farther south things are pretty quiet. i'm watchng this little isolated shower to the sth of leesburg. it's going to continue to pull to the northeast clipping far western montgomery county there and i think a little bit more activity going on to the south. heavy rain. we had a few lightning strikes there. in the washington, d.c. metro core we do have the threat for some showers and storms as we ug head thro the next couple of hours. right now, though, temperatures are in the mid 70s with lots of suns. that sunshine is actually going to give us some fuel to see some storms spark off in the next hour or two. i'll keep you updated. >> thank you. and we invite you to download our nbc washington app if you haven't done so already. you see somara's forecast the ere, anytime, right in palm of your hand. >> let turn now to some breaking news just coming in. moments ago a jury reached asi deci in a case geagainst a former university basketball

player player was accused of raping a student. >> reporter: we did speak with dodt. 's been a long two years for him with this accusation. he said hanging over his head. he believes it has impacted h professional career. he was playing overseas in mexico and then poland. now he is in between contracts. he is hoping that since this case has been resolved that he can probably move on with his professional career, buta jury did decide that he was not guilty on all charges. he was looking at four charges associated with an alleged rape that happened back in 2015 near the univeity of maryland campus. according to the prosecutors, dodd was accused of helping to r get a g drunk in a bar and then taking that young woman back to a nearby apartment building off campusap and rg her. what was revealed in court by the alleged victim was that she had taken a lot of shots before

getting to that bar and continued to drink once at the r, actually snorted some cocain before spotting dodd and according to the defense attorney she was okay with makingout with dodd but wanted stop before sex. and the defens attorney was saying that was not the case. that, in fact, this was consensual sex. hear now from dodd. >> it's been rough. i just tried to keep a positive outlook on things. keep god first always. at's always been what i've done. >> reporter: now i only took the jury about two hours to come back with their decision. at the end of the day, again, dodd found not guilty on all charges. we are still waiting to hear from the prince george's county state's attorney's office on this case. reporting lve from upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. > let's go to some more breaking news. actor cuba gooding jr. arrested

in new york city. >> thhe breaking in t last few minutes. the 51-year-old oscar winner is accused of groping a woman in midtown in a bar or the weekend. oding's attorney told the associated press the video from the bar will prove he is isn't. gooding met with investigators in new york today. the actor won an a academyward back in 1997 for his role in "jerry maguire". now to some breaking news from montgomery county where a worker has died at the solid waste transfer station in derwood. the work was trap under a large pile of brush including tree stumps and yard debris. rescuers were able to locate him when theyeard his two-way radio, but it was too late. authorities say the worker died there at the scene. a d.c. police officer is charged withsex abuse. he is accused of sexually ng assaultihe victim monday during a therapeutic treatment. he has een withe d.c. police

the past seven years. he works in 4d. his police powers have been voked and he's been assigned duties where he has no contact with the public. piece chief peter newsham says his actions are a disgrace to anyone who wears a badge. >> two oil tankers were attacked fff the coast and the u.s. is causing iran o doing i. the cargo is reported to be intact. the ships don't appear to be in threat of sinking. secretary of state mike pompeo says u.s. officials believe iran did this based on intelligence and the weapons used. iran's foreign minister says it's suspicious these attacked happened on the same day iran's supreme leader was meeting with the japanese prime minister. na> the two women who accused virginia's lieute governor justin fairfax of sexual assault are responding after the lieutenant governor himself called for a criminal investigation into the matter. thika gonzalez is at our live

desk with what are saying. >> we first brought you this story yesterday. attorneys forhe lieutenant governor sent letters to the d.a.'s office in both boston and north carolina asking t prosecuto investigate the claim saying if they were true, fairfax should be criminally prosecuted, but if not, the matter should be closed.he through t attorneys, both women are now respondingo that letter. attorneys fordr. tyson writes, quote, his suggestion th women are liars unless they press criminal chargesainst their assailants places an unfair demand on survivors and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of law, end quote the attorney for meredith watson writes he says he wants due process, but a hearing is due press. hell refuses to answer questions as both accusers have done, end quote. if you'l remember, it was back in february when it looked like justin fairfax might ascend to the governorship in the mdst of the ralporth ha black face

scandal. they came forward with claims of sexual abuse t dating back 2000 and 2004. both women have said they would be willing to testify publicly before the virginia legislature. fairfax has said this is not a legislative issue and maintains the encounters were consensual. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. the white house is fighting back after a federal watchdog agency called for kellyanne conway to be removed from office. saying conway violated the hatch act. it begans government employees from engaging in political activities. it found that the president's senior adviser advocated for and against political candidates during her tv appearances and on social media. conway toldto reporters day she has no reaction. a white house spokesperson called the agency's recommendation, quote, deeply flawed. of course this is a diffent season, but a fight

over a new ice rink. getting heated up because bowie city council froze, if you will, a project for a new facility. they wanit ft ft whe thor means for the local skating community. >> if this goes to a referendum or we even look to do any type of other option with privately-owned companies, our ilding here is not going to last much longer. >> reporter: abigail snyder has been coaching figure skating at the bowie ice arena for a decade. she says the equipment that makes the ice could die at any moment. the roof leaks and s thend system is out of date. a new arena would solve all those problems as well as allow hockey and skating programs to expand. >>ockey and figure skating going on on one side but other programs for the community on the other side, you can't put a price on at. >> so on city council don't see it that way and want the fate put in the hands of voters come november. >> there's not aug h appetite among bowie residents at large

to fund major pjects that are d disproportionately used by residents. >> reporter: tonight members of the skating commity will me with city council members here in bow toe try to get them to reconsider pushing this issue to a referendum. cory smith, news 4. sand the kids are the ones caught in the middle. about sumer alert now those inclined baby sleepers. consumer reporter susan hogan is here next to explain why the popular sleepers may be outlawed all together. plus the growing battle for your business. the perks target is now offering to keep you shopping with them. and weather alert. storm team 4 is tracking potentially strng sto this afrnoon. somatera

we're back with a live look at storm team 4 radar. showers all over and somara tracking the strong storms in just a bit. her hour by hour forecast in just two minutes. in the meantime, police in montgomery county are searching r four people after a smash and grab that turned deadly. police say a group of burglars drove a car through the front of awe gun shop as they tried to make their escape in a second vehicle. an officer fired their gue one prson died. the rest of the burglars bailut nd ran away. news 4's chris gordon has the

latest. this stolen suv that thieves use to crash the front of the unitm gun shop was pulled fro the store and towed away. police released this picture showing it inside next to a wall. guns. >> we are working on the assumption that is a high possibility they mayed be arm >> a police officer responding to anke alarm bl the parking lot entrance, the thieves riding in a second stolen vehicle crashed into the police cruiser. the officer fired. you can see the damage to the rear of the police cruiser. was hieves' stolen vehicle so damage today broke down j t a few blocks away on randolph road. one of the suspects was found dead inside. it is not known if he decide from eightu ghot woun d or from the crash. the other suspects ran interest a neighborhood. police found this bag andns thr guitch. >> to hear guns were found four houses down from me in their

back yard is very creepy. >> a doorbell camera on a front of a residence recorded video of ur men on red fox road gettingot into anher car just after 4:00 a.m. canine units searched for the suspects. police are trying to determine the number of weapons stolen from the gun shop. >> we need to determine based upon the number of weapons that we've recovered what ma still be outstanding. >> this surveillance video is from two years ago. in march ofn 2017 the ued gun shop was burglarized. this video from inside the store shows suspes stealing approximately 24 handguns and seven long guns. police have surveillance video from today's break-in at united gun shop, but have not released it to the news media. >> that was chris gorn reporting. on another note here under an eseeblished agreement betwn prosecutors offices, the

mobile app sometime before the holidays. a consumer alert about those inclined sleepers you may be using for your baby. millions have been recalled in recent months. now they may betl oued all together. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with the new details about this. >> pat, we're talking about products like the p fisherice rock and play sleeper. more than 4 million of them were recalled in april after consumer reports leked 32 dhs to their use. bills introduced in both the week ouse and senate this would ban all infant sleeping products with an incline of more than 10 degrees.

the american academy of the incline ys sleepers violate its safe sleep guidelines to avoid suffocation deaths. they recommend babies slp on their desk on flat surfaces. an arling continton family file lawsuit against fisher price for the 2017 death of their 5 month old baby. ezra iverton d while sleeping in a rock and play next to his dad. a company called kids 2 has also relled about 700,000 of its incline sleepers. lse consumer product safety commission tel news 4 that it's currently working on a new more comprehensive safety standard for these products. they say they now know of in ro sleepers. the cdc also told us more investigations are under way and more recalls are likely. bottom line, if you have one of these in your home and it is on the recall list, we are asking you to stop using it

immediately. back to you. >>important information. thank you, susan. trt let's get to some impoan i somara is here. your radar has been popping for the last couple hours. >> it's really starting to brew now. we had that sun come out. we got the energy we need in place and far west is where we're startseg to see tho storm goes severe. let's get straight to it. we are seeing some severe thunderstorms farther north and west of the district. as far as the d.c. metro area is concerned, i'm thinking we could see an isolated storm or two pop in the next coming hours, but i'll dissect that in just a moment. for now i want to take you north and west up into washington county and hagerstown area. you see that line of showers a storms. they're going to continue to push through hagerstown probably clipping the northern part of hrederick county. this severe tderstorm brings with it 60 mile per hour wind gust, lightning andlinding rain in the deep red there. it's getting ready to pick up. that's until 4:30 p.m. we head south in to leesburg, this one becoming more healthy.

isolated shower probably going to turn into a storm pretty soon here and that's going to continue t move into montgomery county to the northeast. i'll keep an eye on that one. not severe just heavy rain. then we head farther south. northern fauquier down towards culpeper where we're seeing lots of lighrsing. showeand storms on the periphery are going to stick with us for at least the next two to three hours. 5:00 p.m., notice as that cold front pushes this line of showers and storms through the d.c. metro area, not very healthy line of storms here, so i anticipate that any storms that do pop, they could go rong to severe,but not everyone will see this. this is not a widespread event. we do have a new severe thunderstorm warning. frederick until 5:00. probably that northern part of frederick i was just talking about. that same storm that is impacting washingtonocounty.

now, by tomorrow or late tonight, we're dry and we're clear on the back end of this front. we move into your friday. 11:00 a.m., it's going to be a beautiful day out there t little on breezy side. but absolutely gorgeous. then i fast forwarded into saturday morning just to show you that it's also gng to be a quiet start to the weekend. will it be a quiet finish? stick around for the 10-day. for now take a look at the impacts today between now and dinner time. we're going to be sing heavy rains with any storms that go severe, very strong gusting winds and that potential for hail is there as rrll. cut temperatures right now as that sun peeked out really starting to see those numbers pop. 79 in manassas. 77 in washington. near 80 degrees in gaithersburg. your weekend forecast does show a threat for showers and storms on sunday. so let's get ready for that, folks. it will be late sunday, but also take a look at those numbers. 92 degrees by sunday. we are going to see that heat make a comeback. storm team 4 10-day outlook, we do have a threat for showers and

storms on sunday special monday. look at this. we have a chance for showers ans rms every day next week. >> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is resigning. after 3 1/2 years our, quote, wonderfra wonderful sah huckabee sanders will be leaving the white house and goingrome to the gt state of arkansas. that reads hisr tweet fom the president just moments ago. arkansas is where she was born and raised. her father a former governor of arkansas. this press secrary followed in the foot steps of sea spicer hen he leftt that pos as press secretary. her reign has not been wiout controversy. she hasn't held a press ime.erence in quite some she's been the target of many

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te now is 4:30 and we are under a weather alert. parts of our area under a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:00. >> that's right. somara is tracking the system from the storm center. let's get to her from the latest. what's the word? >> we just had another severe

thunderstorm warning come in. let's take you north of frederick. this is until 5:00 p.m. you seeri the tracker arving in smithsburg. areas like mountaindale. frederiob county you'll prly see heavy rain. just to the north of leesburg, some heavy showers there, but the next severe thunderstorm warninghat just came in, this is for northern culpeper into fauquier. is that prince william? and sorry, it's a little harder to see. prince william county we do have a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15. with this, gusty winds.nd heavy ra details coming up in the next 15 minutes. > if you are just joining us at 4:30, let's get you caught up with the four things to know. we've got breaking news. a jry has acquitted a former university of maryland basketball player.

dem dodd says the sex was consensual. tracee wilkins talked with dodd after the verdict and you'll see that interview coming up at 5:00. montgomery county one person is dead and police are looking for several others after a break-in ato gun shop. icers encountered a group of a burgla fired their weapon. at some point they say four people bailed out of a vehicle and ran. they found fth person dead inside the car. a workerth died a solid waste transfer station. the worker was trapped under a large pile of brush. rescuers were able to locate the victim when they heard a two-way radio, but at that point it was too late. plus we're following the breaking news from the house. president trump tweeting that his press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is out. she's going to be stepping down at the end ohe month. sanders has served as press secretary since the summer of

2017. mr. trump says that she'll be returning to her home state of arkansas. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks, erika. chances are you come across deep fake videos on your social media feed. these doctors that use artificial intelligenco manipulate people and places. >> seeing a lot of it these days. they're often so real they go viral before they cabe debunked. and by that time the damage is done. nbc's liz mcglauflin reports on how they're sounding off on capitol hill. >> the internet is the new weapon of choice. >> experts spoke to the house intelligence committee today about the threat of so-called deep fakes. >> you can turn a world leader in a ventriloquist dummy. >> manipulated videos. >> see, i would never say these things. >> that look real thanks to artificial intelligence. >> someone el would. someone like jordan peele. ec

>> the same thnology used in this doctored video of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg that recently wentviral, fueling growing concerns about deep fake swaying voters in the 2020e ion. >> there's no easy solution. it's likely to get much worse before it gets much better. >> as the tech gets more sophisticated, detecting fakes becomes more difficult. and those with the skill to it say they're outgunned. >> there's more manipulators than there are >>tectors. even after it's deemed a fake, the negative impression n. can remai they must straddle the line between censoring spee and preventing misinformation. >> i don't think we'll see any gislation about this. we should expect more from the company. >>nfor now the focus is o education and awareness. >> we're all going to have to be far more skeptical kooconsumere we see online.

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nonalcoholic cocktails started in new york and they're coming su thi was avaible in d.c. a>>t imae same de time. >> ank you. that.preciate thank you. how is it being received here? . >> are you seeing millennials or business people? who is the most likely to buy one of these cocktails? >> it's people from allalks of life. it can be at different times of the day for the lunch crowd. it can also be people after work, all walks of life. >> it's a very health conscious thing. sort of like a three margaritac lun. you're still part of the action. >> we didn't completely focus on wellness. we were focusing onll having fun. so valencia sunrise,again, focus on the grove. it also has some orange apricot, a little fresh lemon juice and a back note of cinnamon. >> nice.

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a weather alert right now fromtorm team 4. a severe thunderstorm warning up right now for parts of our area. what to expe the rest of the night in just about two minutes. we have some new information now about the shooting of former red sox star david ortiz. >> authorities in the dominican republic are saying the group behind the attack was offered $8,000 bounty and they're calling this aic sophied hit. >> morgan is in the dominican republic with more on the investigation and how big papi is doing today. >> authorities are calling the ploto shoot baseball star david ortiz a sophisticated and coordinated hit.e six suspectow behind bars, but police say they're searching for others, including one nicknamed the surgeon.

the attorney general says investigators have been working nonstop to track down those responsible, including this man who police say confessed to shooter. investigators refusing to reveal the possible motive, but say someone put an $8,000 price tag on the head of the likely future hall of police releasing this new surveillance video capturing sunday's brazen attack. you can see the moment gunman opens fire on ortiz at a popular santa do min go nightclub. this shows the meeting before. the coordination leading police to believe thehooting was anything but random. the motorcycle driver captured and beaten by the crowd before police arrived and took him into custody. he's now charged as an accomplice to attempted murder. meaoshile in bn, big papi on the mend taking his first steps

at a boston hostal. nbc news. ortiz's wife describes his condition as guarded. she says he remains i surgical intense safe care where he continues to heal and make progress. >> that g,'s up and walkin that is progress. we'll keep you updated on that story. in the meantime we've got to get updated on the storms coming through our area. >> t ty're already starting move through our western counties and they're packing a punch. the biggest threat with this is going to be the wind.ht rigow here's a look at the impacts we're expecting through this afternoon and evening. like i said, wind really an issue. 60 mile per hour wind gusts with these storms. medium -- i'm sorry, heavy raing very h there. that chance. then hail is also a threat as well. we'll keep a close eye on that. for now here is a look at the first storm just to the north of us. this is in frederick county, maryland. that's getting ready to hit thurmont and lewis town.

do expect some heavy rain and lightning. we head farther south. we've got another severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15 p.m. this is for southern fauquier as well as far western prince william and northern stafford. we have seen some very heavy rain and lightning with that one as well. pe looks like there's another one that just p i'm going to step off screen here in just a moment approximately this is a severe thunderstormin montgomery county. that storm is going to continue to push through brunswick and that is expiring at 5:30 p.m. i've got the tracker on so you can see the spegtexpected time storms to wiggle their way atl lit farther north. let me just go back. arlington. here we go. here it is. all right, foks. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for arlington, fairfax, falls churc manassas.

here's a look at that storm. right now very heavy rain and lightning. gusting winds really going to bi a potentialue with this storm. 60 mile per hour gusts as it continues to pull to the north airfax t impacting county within the next 20 minutes or so. as we push through time, how is this all going to wrap u around 6:00 to 7:00 we will see this line of storms reach the district as is pretty much already in fairfax now. s we shouldrt to see this move in closer towashington, d.c. towards 5:30, 5:45. as it does, it will still pack its punch, but by 7:00, 8:00, we'll be on the tailen of this. we are going to see improving conditions. ly friday, ear tomorrow morning, 1:00 m.,a. clear.no as we move into your, saturday well, actually, friday afternoon, we're staying quiet, but here's a sneak peek at saturday. we're also going dry conditions to kick off your saturday. that's the good news there. i will say we do have some showers and storms thatre ing to make their way back

into the forecast at the end of your weekd. that will be accompanied by some major heat. we could be talking our next heat wave beginning on sunday. looking at the next couple of days beyondd,he weeken you can see we do have a threat for showers and storms pretty much every day next week. so be pr sared. mae you download our nbc washington app and you'll be getting those alerts to your phone. >> all that moisture, it's going to be pretty steamy. >> the humidity too. throw that thin there rchlts tt about a scare in the air? imagine being on chicago's sky ledged deck when it appeared to crack. >> you can walk o here on this glass here. thiis what happened earlier this week. the family members of a wedding party were standing on top of those little balconies there. this is 1,350 feet upe in th air. >> not to worry, though. no one was ever in danger. th cracks were in a protective coating that has already been repaired. in fact, the coating is replaced

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out the impact of all that and throughout the rest of the evening coming up at 5:00. take a look at this video. a dust storm blanketing india's capital city yesterday. st assive cloud of brown d and debris crippling air travel to and from india. dozens of flights had to be diverted or delayed due to poor visibility. the city is also dealing with a cat wave. >>an you imagine being in a plane flying trough that? >> i cannot. t meanwhile here onhe ground, the st. louis blues back home this afternoon arriving early in the morning with their stanley cup trophy in hand. the team beat the boston bruins in boston 4-1 last night in game seven of the series. the ues actually went from worst to first in all of hockey in just six months. the first time the team has ever won the stanley cup in their entire history. no word yet on when their championship parade is going to take wplace, butll be there and let you know. >> that's something to

celebrate. well, you can't help but be inspired by this story. a local 10-year-old girl becomes a national handwting champion. here's the remarkable part. she did it all without hands. arrah received her award today. earlier this yeews 4's aimee cho got a chance to spend time with her. >> when sarah puts pen to paper, you can bet every loop of every letter will be just right. this third grader recently sent a wng sample to a national handwriting contest and took home the top prize. >> when i got the reward, i was really happy and proud that i got it. >> as she shows us her o sheetsf practice, when it comes to ov coming obstacles, all of us would do well to take a page from her book. she was born with no hans, but that hasn't stopped h fm

bomg a bpenmanship pro and she has no plans to use >>rosthetics. i can do anything people does have hands can do. >> it doesn't just man handwriting. it means hitting the playground, climbing to the top of a rock wall and lrning how to ride a bike. >> i don't think we ever see sarah without a smile, so nothing holds her back. >> and this little learner already looking ahead to the future. >> i want to be a lawyer and then a president and then back to being a lawyer and then become a judge. >> proof for anyone that when life throws you for a loop, you still get right back on track. >> by seeing my story, you can see that it's best not to give up and keep doing your hardest until you get to it. in frederick, aimee cho, news 4. >> is that amazing or what? >> who is going to stop her? >> no one. sarah beat more than 100 people in her category to take that prize home. >> the prize is worth $500 and

hopefully her parents will let her do whatever she wants to do. er there's no stopping her. don't tell h what she can and can't do. that money is hers. >> when she said i can do anything that peoplecan just have hands can do, how about that attitude? >> and then some. >> thanks, you e'ys. >> w see sarah receive her award tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. yo're going to want to stay here at 7:00 for that. she's got the eyes of the country on her. right now it is time for news 4t 5:00. >> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> now at 5:0, storm team 4 tracking the chance of some strong storms for the evening commute. >> starting to kick up out there behind us.a we re in weather alert mode toksght, fol let's head straight to somara theodore in the storm center with a look at what you expect. the closest moving in about manassas. >> that's the closest storms and ey're headed straight for

fairfax. i am tracking severe weather to the north with rotation.s that doeave me concerned. we're going to keep an eye on that one. let's get to the radar. this is the line of storms just ead of the cold front bringing with it that punch of severe thunderstorms warnings. the first warning we have north of frederick unty, that one's until 5:00 p.m. very heavy rain there. if we head a little bit farther south, this severe thunderstorm warning until 5 ti:30 as well. we are seeing hail and winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. farther south, just outside of the district,own in manassas, very heavy rain. but because of those winds reaching about 60 miles per hous that h prompted the national weather service to take us into severe thunderstorm mode until 5 ti 5:30. this is going to make cansay into fairfax at 5:17. oakton at 5:23. right there it's going to start to make its way to northwestern

portions of the zridistrict. another severe form farther southal 5:15 p.m. i'm going to check in on that in just a moment. back to you. >> somara, thas so much. what began as a smash and grab at a gun store ended with one person dea today four others on the run. this all started overnight in montgomery county when police say a group of burglars drove a ca into the front of that gun store as they tried to make their get awngy, t escalated. news 4's chris gordon joins us liveutside the unitedun shop on randolph road inkv rocille. chris, what are you learning? >> reporter: this stolen suv the thieves used to crash through the front of the united gun shop in rockville was pulled from the store and towed away. policei released this pure