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 showing it inside next to a wall

of guns. >> going through the store during the investigation to try to have an inntory of what may, in fact, have been stolen. >> reporter: a police officer responding to an ala blocked the parking lot entrance. the thieves riding ia second stolen vehicle crashed into the police cruiser. the officerired. ou can see the damage to the rear of the poli cruiser. the thieves' stolen veleustc few blocks away on randolph road. one of the suspects was found dead inside. it is not known if he died from a gunshot wound or from the crash. the othur fo suspects ran into aoo neighborhd. police found this bag and three guns ditched behind a house. >> if anybody in theor neigod sees anything or your backlight comes on, something with your d,she whatever, don't check it out. call us and we'll come clek heo out f you. >> reporter: a door well camera recorded video of four men on oa red fox getting into

another car just after 4:00 a.m. >> it's pretty scary. this is not something that happens here in this neighborho at all. >> it appears we are still having some issues with chris s gordon'udio there in his live shot. we're going to try to get back to chris. this is not the first incident at the united gun shop. we counted at least five cases in recent years, including two a empts and one successf break-in back in february and two years ago a couple of guys went into the shop after hours and smashed out several display cases. police say they stole more than two dozen firearms. the suspects in this case have never bee caught. that same week burglaries in both chantilly and fredericksburg, in those cases two were convicted andhi a person pled guilty frmgts. breaking news now. a jury acquits a former

niversity basketball player of rape. damonte dodd was accused of raping a woman back in 2017. tracee wilkins spoke dodd today. she joins us live in upper marlboro with his reaction to theerdict. tracee. >> reporter: well, this all happened just as dodd was moving atto his professional career. he says th these accusations pretty much brought that career to a halt. it took this jury just wo hours to decide that he was not guilty on all charges. >> next step is to get back to basketball. >> reporter: former university of maland basketball player damonte dodd says he's looking forward to his fure after a jury found him not guilty on all charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. >> we expected this verdict ath jury deliberated with all dig indigen c diligence ae and came back with the appropriate verdict. >> it's definitely been tough because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and youook up

my name and it's the accusations and they always ask what's going on with that. do >> reporter: was accused of meeting an 18-year-old freshman at a college park bar and raping her inside these apartments halloween night, 2017. inring testimony, his accuser admitted to be drunk before arriving at the bar,in drinkg more once she arrived and snorting cocaine before spotting dodd at the bar that night. the two danced and left together. the state argued the alleged victim was too impaired to consent to sex with dodd. doaintained the sex was consensual. >> i think to this day and beyon the victim will always believe that she truly is a victim of a sexual ffense. the facts, the reality is that she was not. >> dodd was a star in theum ball team and a kind of celebrity on and off campus. he says these accusations he faced have taught him a valuable lesson. >> it can happen to anyone. but if you're a young and you're

an athlete, just really focuson your craft. focus on your sport. all the partying and stuff, that will always be there. >> dodd says that he's hoping with this case taken cae of h can possibly look at a career with the nba.e reporting livn upper marlboro, i tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you so much. we go to some breaking news now from the whit house. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will be leaving her post at the end of the month. president trump making the announcement on twitter saying she's returning to arkansas where she says he hopes she runs for governor. sincetaking the press secretary role, sanders has had an often times combative relationship with the media and critics have pointed to misleading answers at the podium that occasionally contradicted the president. this year she's heldust 11 briefings. the last one of them being 94 days ago. meanwhile, a federal watchdog

group has taken a rare step saying kellyanne conway should be zmdismissed from her job. the u.s. office of special counsel says conway repeatedly violated the hatch act. that's a law barring branch employees from engaging in certain political activities, including campaigning. the osc says conway has done that on more than one occasiong durin paerpss whiappearances wh her official capacity as adviseh to president. the white house calls the io recommendata violation of free speech and due process. a doctored video recently made the rounds on social mediay may have seen it depicting nancy pelosi slurring her words. but that's just one example of a growing issue so-called deep fakes that are happening around the country. the house intelligence held a conference on these.

it's hard to tell they're fake.e ple using programs to manipulate someone's face, to make it seem like someone else is saying something differently. now, experts say there are big concerns with the upcoming elections. >> right now i will be very worried about someone making a fake video about electoral systems being out or broken down on election day20 0. we should already be building a battle drill, a response plan about how we would handle that. >> now, experts also warn that you don't have to have a big undersnding of artificial intelligence to make these programs with technology advancing every day. commuters will be getting more spacein northern virginia thanks to a new project. 7 miles ofo bustling rute 7 will be widened in the tysonsarea. this isn't just about cars. transportation reporter adam tuss is lifelong route 7 tonight with what this means for cyclists and pedestrians as well. adam. >> reporter: that's right,

erika. the unfortunate reality is with a lot of these transportation project, it's not alwa equal. ask a cyclist how they feel about a road widening project without any bike lanes. thismeroject does have sing for everyone and that's good news. what happens when you hear a roais being widened but you're a cyclist? some you hope you get better protection along that road as part of the project. >> there is a trail, but it ends and there's manyeg snts of trail that go nowhere. >> bruce wright has been cycling inorthern virginia for decades. he came to this event today where vdot announced route 7 would be widened along 7 miles. but the extra lane on both sides of route 7 while nice isn't what bruce was concerd about. take a look at how he has to ride in the grass with no dedicated space while trucks and cars fly by.

>> tysons is a real challenge. not only aren't there many bike facilities, it's hilly. we've got a long way totio. they're st. >> reporter: bruce is a member of fairfaxan alli for better biking. through this project they will see some relief. 14 miles of new trails will alse be crea along with the road widening project here. >> i think you can probably count on one hand how my projects in your career have had 14 miles of multi-purpose trailing. >> that's what it's going to take because people are used to getting in their cars and driving and now the thinking i can get around and motorists are seeing more cyclists. i think things are gradually changing. >> reporter: so the dirt has been turned on this project. now comes the construction.is along th corridor between res ton and vetysons, fi years worth of construction to deal with. be aware ofthat.

back to you. >> they don't even blink anymore. that's a daily occurrence there. adam, thanks so much. more breaking news tonight. in a shocking move, prosecutors drop all criminal charges against eight people in the flint, michigan, water scandal. they say they wan to start the investigation from scratch. wflint you'll recall one of the worst managed or manmade environmental disters in u.s. history. lead contaminated the city's water system for ages. the original c stem from an outbreakof lesigionnaire's disease. still ahead on news 4 at ursday, an s busy arrest on the district with an impact that stretches beyond city's borders. how an incident between a day care worker and a teenage student coctd imp after-school childcare across the country. plus working for your health.

doreen gentzler explains a revolutionary therapy in a fight against cancer. somara is keeping a cloon eye torms out there. you have a newwarning. is that right? >> that's right. all the way from frederick county all the way down into fairfax, weave severe understorm warnings in place. right now newest warning, prince george's county now under severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45 p.m.

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we've got a consumer alert about the grounded 737 max jets. the timeline for return to service stillnclear and that uncertainty uruld impact y vacation plans. our consumer reporter susan what working for you wi you need to know. hi, susan. >> today southwest airlines announced it is rving the bowing 737 max from its schedule through september 2nd. ihad been anticipating an early august return. american airline announced a similar move earlier this week.h e 737 max as you know has been grounded since mid march after two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. boeing says a software fix has been completed and the federal aviation adnistration beg observing simulator flights last week with actual test flights starting soon. so meramerican, united, and southwest have canceled thousands due to the 737

grounding. if you're booking a trip for late summer or early fall you could be buying a seat on a max jet and there's really nogu antee they're going to be back in service just yet. southwest is currently selling tickets for flights beginning september 3rd, american airlines september 4th, and united airlines has removed the max jet from its schedule through august 3rd. uto avoid bng a ticket on a max jet flight that may get canceled, you really need to check the kind of aircraft you'll be on during your booking. if it doesn't appear on the flight schedule, just click on the flight number and the details shoul come up for you.e th fa asaa says it does not hav time lin, but they are confident it will be back in service by the end of the year. t >>ank you so much. jessica biel caused a stir after lobbying against a

proposed bill in california. outhe bill tighten medical exemptions for vaccines. on her instagram today, biel ti-vaccination. she has a 4-year-old son wi husband justin timberlake. she supports children getting vaccinated but she she wants families to have the right to make educated decisions for their children. new york is set to pass legislation that would essentially force parents to vaccinate their children. lawmakers are considering a big that would end religious and other nonmedical exemptions for immunizations. new york has had the country's most intense outbreak of measles asknyou may with many of the cases in orthodox jewish communities. california, west virginia, mississippi and arizona also don't allow exemptions on religious grounds. t no a promising treatment in the fight against cancer. it's a high tech device that delivers radiat aon in new way to shrink tumors.

sometimes in really hard to reach places. news 4's doreen gentzler shows us how works. >> cancer treatment can be awful. we know that. this could make it a little bit better. proton therapy can target cancer anywhere in the body attacking the tumor layer by layer at the same time minimizing harmful exposure to surrounding healthy tissue and ogans. doctors say it's an effective treatment for organs and for adults and has fewer side effects than traditional radiation. >> my prescription wasn't working. >> jessi rtin's been suffering from migraine headaches for as long as she can remember, but late last year her headaches became much more intense and the pain wouldn't g> away. that one lasted, like, three weeks which is really usual for my migraines. >> doctors ordered some scans and found a tumor the size of a baseball lodged in her brain. the diagnosis --

>> i had no idea it was there. it was pushing into my brain. >> because of the tumor's location, that ccer cells deep in jessica's brain couldn't be removed with surgery, so now she's turning to proton therapy to treat the disease. >> using protons we can decrease the radiation delivered by halfr and thershe'll have half the side effects. > dr. collins is the clinical director at med star georgetown universe hospital proton therapy ceer. he says traditional radiation goes through the tumor and can harm healthy tissue, but pro n therapy is much more precise. a pro tennesston is a positiveld subatomic particle. at high energy, it can destroy cancer cells. magnets thensteer and fo the invisible proton beam to deliver ngdiation targeting the tumor without damagihe surrounding healthy cells. >> the biggest side effect for me is just tiredness.

it'sn challengi but it's not insurmountal. >> jessica is getting 30 proton treatments five days a week. each one lasts about 20 minutes and the only sign of what sh s been through, a small scar and a red itchy scalp that she sayss fend of like a bad sunburn. above all, jessica says she's feeling grateful. a>> it's making difference for me. it's working. but as far as brain cancers go, i've got it pretty good, because it's got years prognosis versus months. >> once jessica finishes with the proton therapy, then she's going to start chemotherapy. s she says's looking forward to traveling this summer and working, helping college students finding internships arounthe district. proton therapy is expensive and it can cost more than on traditi radiation, but jessica says her treatments have been covered by health insurance. it's also covered by medicare. it could be as the doctor said a game changer for a lot of

people. >> that precision is just incredible. >> isn't it? and the side effects from cancer treatment can be worse than the treatment itself sometimes and can have long-lasting r repercussions. >> it seems like she's got a really positive outlook and i can't imagine that doesn't hurt the equation either. >> i think you'reright, erika. >> thank you so very much. we've got a weather alert tonight folks. maybe so strong storms out there. somara is back in a flash with your forecast. the fight over the bowie ice aana continues to he up and tonight the skating community will make its case to the city council as to wh if youyr

the gay clouds are looming andtewe are quipossibly tracking some severe weather. >> it sounds like it's going to be a long night for a lot of people. >> most definitely. i mean, we talking about the entire map lighting up at this point as a line of strong and severe thunderstorms is sweeping through the area really about to impact the d.c. mtro area. i'm going to show you the line of storms. very heavy rain, damaging winds, lightning associated with this. taking off the rain. where you see yellow, those are the areasnder a severe thunderstorm warning which include montgomery county until 6:00 p.m., prince george's, 5:45

into charles county and out towards fairfax also seeing some severe weather. let's go ahead and diginto these storms a little bit more. here's a storm in frederick county, maryland, right now. we're seeing a lot of lightning and very heavy rain just to the east of frederick. that's going to continue to push towards mt. arian and north of it. we head south into fairfax and prince william. you can see we have some very heavy rain. gusting winds up to 60 miles an hour. this severe thunderstorm is going to move towards bailey's crossroads at 5:29.in the coming moments here. when is it going to arrive in the district? about 20 minutes. we're going to see this line of heavy rain, also damaging winds make its way into the district in the next 20 minutes. heading farther south, we're also tracking another line of showers and storms. they just prompted this one down towards charles county and it's just along i-95. our friends sought of d.c. in

woodbridge, quantico traveling home on 95 south are getting hammered at this point. that's going to continue to push into southern maryland in the next half hour. here's the good news. the good news is we're actually going to see some relief on the back end of this.8: 7:00, we should see things drying up and clearing out. by about 4:00 a.m. we're quiet, clear, and a litt on the breezy side, but it's setting us up for a very nice friday. looking at thefext couple o days, the first thing i want you to notice is this threat for rain friday and saturday. probably going to be the driest days ord the boa for quite some time. we do have the potential for rain at the end of the weekend and the benning of the week. now, by the numbers, we're going to be cool tomorrow, but look at this jump. we could be talking our next heat wave sunday, omonday, int tuesday with three days in the 90s. you'll also note there's ach ce for showers and storms every day next week. folks, we are g reallyearing up for this summer solstice.

the future of a local ice rink in question today after plans to rebuild it are putn ice. ahead at 5:00, how residents are fighting back. plus parents raise safety questions after the arrest of an employee in an after-school program. d.c.g up, how this case in is having an impact outside the city. and susan hogan with new to details ght about an effort to ban those inclined sleepers linked to you know when you're at ross and you find.hmmm. ...at a price that has you, like... okay. that's yes for less. say yes to the latest spring trends at 20 to 60 percent off department sy.re prices every da at ross. yes for less. ♪ ♪

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the burglars made their get away. four of them bailed out of the vehicle and officers found the fifth person dead inside. a former umd basketball player says he's looking to the future after his rape aquital. damonte dodd was used raping a woman in017. a jury found him not guilty this afternoon. in montgomery county a worker has died at the solid waste transfer station in derwood. that worker was trapped under a large pile of brush including tree stumps and yard debris. rescuers were able to locate the victim when they heardon a tway radio, but it was too late. storm team 4 tracking severe thunderstorms. several severe thunderstorm warnings are posted. the bad weather is just west of the district. somara is tracking it all from the storm center. she'll have a live upte for us in just a moment. first nearly two dozen

schools in .c. and maryland have suspended a private company in charge of operating after-school programs. >> this move comes after one of the companies' employees of charged with sexually abusingol 13-yeastudent inside one of the schools. >> now at 5:30, mark segraves reports on how this oneal incidt re a major problem that could impact schools across the country. >> reporter: the alleged sexual abuse occurred here inside the capital hill mont sor re school not far from union station. according to court documents, a 21-year-old emplee of bri springboard education had as many as ten encou13ers with a ear-old girl inside the school stairwell. the after-school employee was charged with second degree sexual abuse and was fired. but the investigation into the incident which was first reported by wame road that springboard was unable to inovide the required criminal background check rmation for many of its employees.

according to its website, rd springboaducation operates before and aftercagr proams in 21 d.c. hools and three schools in prince george's county. the discovery that springboard could not document ba checks as required prompted about 20 schools i d.c. and three in maryland to suspend the company. >> we need to know that every time our kids step foot in a school they are safe and we don't know that now. >> reporter: school officials rote to parents expressing concern and promising a cometely review of the oversight process. an executive of springboard told news 4 we are in the process of conducting our own internal investigation. school officials found out about the inappropriate contact in may but didn't inform parents until june. >> what happened in those 30 days? were our children safe? >> reporter: a spokesperson fo d.c. public schools says they'll decide over this summer whether or not to renew their contract with springboard nex year.

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. tonight will be the f first ti d.c. residents to weigh in on a possible early release for a notorious drug kingpin. the attorney general's office is holding a public forum from 6:00 to 8:00 at the old counsel chambers in judiciary square to discuss ray full edmond. e oversaw one of the country's largest drug enterprises from here in washington, d.c. at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic. he's also been linked to more than two dozen murders,ut b prosecutors now recommend he be released early citing his help in bringing down other criminals and narcotics operations. a judge today refused to order a new trial in the bizarrf death o a man who was helping uild tunnels under a rockville home. daniel beckwitt was convicted of second degr murder and manslaughter.

jurors had insufficient evidence to convict him. the victim died in a fire in september of 2017.wa he helping build an derground nuclear bunker. beckwitt faces up to 30 years in prison at his sentencingon monday. members of the unersity of maryland football team are marking one year since the death of one of their teammates, jordan mcnair died after suffering a heat stroke during a team woout. today coaches and players took part in health and wellness clinics at local schools in mcnair's memory. a review determined trainers did not follow proper procedures. thhoschool fired t trainers as well as the head coach. it seemed like a done deal. a 21 million new ice rinkin bowie. that was until last monday when the ci council froze the project and asked the public to decide its faws. 4's cory smith explains why it could be put to a vote.

>> i went to summer camp here before actually joining the team. i met so many close friends here. >>hout the bowie ice rink, she wouldn't have come out ofrs. aiden gunn wouldn't have learned to play what's become his favorite sport. dn't have yder wo been able to give back to her community for the last deck wade. >> the feeling we get when you walk in the door, you know you're walking home. it's why they're fighting so hard to reconsider the decision to put the fate of the $21 million project in voters hans. >> our professors could go any day now. the bathrooms need repairs. there's a bunch of things. the office, the roof leaks. if this goes to a referendum or we look to do any other type of option, our building here is not going to last much longere >> howot here was a long story, but in short, bowie city hall, it's a numbers game. >> this project for the most part never got more than 47 votm. >> counc supported the plan

which called for two sheets of ice under one roof. but the fact that af majority o the people who used the rink don't li bowie gave him and other council members pause to reconsider. >> there's not a huge appetite among bowie residents at large tond major projectst thare used by nonresidents spending lots of city tax dollars and anger everyone in the process but not hav to show can't stand anymore. >> for those who support the plan, hing no rink at all is something they won't stand for. >> adults who are making these decisions need to think about the community and the kids anhi stop ting about the money. >> tonight members of the skating community will meet with city council members here in to ionderush e this wi tobo a referendum. we're in bowie. cory smith, news 4. a fun night out without the morning hangover. tommy mcfly joins us with a look at how bars are cashing in on a trend that inlves them selling ss alcohol. plus the new ban on smoking

inside bars and restauran in one county. and right now the showers and storms have arrived in the district. we have got one headed into southeast as we speak. new severe thunderstorm warning for prlce george's and char county until 6:00 p.m. i will have an indepth look -at

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now we've heard from n a report from the airport's authority that the contractor building the rail yard for the second phase, and remember we've reported on the construction issues there and the concrete th issues re, that rail yard could slip another 60 days or so with s completion date. that pushes things ba a little farther. but everybody trying to get on to the same page and trying to get the second pays of the project open sometime in0. 202 the latest revision and the latest schedule that we're hearing is probably late 2020. in tyson, adam tuss, news 4. coming up, we've got a consumer alert about those incline sleepers nked to at least 50 baby deaths. consumer reporter susan hogan explains a new effort now to make them safer. it's atreal k. this is like my sixth beverage today, but for good reason. i'm tmmy mcfly. we for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwide low-price leader: floor and decor.

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the storms now here in the district andaking theirway east. we're in weather alert mode. somara theodore will join un with update on the forecast in just a couple of minutes. it's going to be a busy night. it's already darkening over washington. >> yes, it is. aonsume alert tonight about those incline sleepers that you may be using for your baby. >> millions have been recalled in recent monthsnd now they

may be outlawed all together. our consumer reporter susan hogan working with the new de iil. >> thiss a heartbreaking update ng this ong story. we have just learned that at least 50 babieshave now died in these iline sleep products like the fisher price rock and play sleeper. more than 4 million of them were recalled in abiril. ls, introduced in both the u.s. house and senate this week would ban all infant sleeping products with an incline of more than 10 degrees. the american academy of pediatric says the incline s sleeper violate its safe sleep o guidelines avoid accidental suffocation deaths. they recoend babies sleep on their backs on flat surfaces in empty cribs or bassinets. a family filed a lawsuit against isher price for the 2017 death of their 5 month old baby. ezra overton died while seeping in a rock and play right next to

his dad. > a kouccompany called kids 2 h also recalled about 700,000 of the incline sleers citing infant deaths as well. they tell news 4 that it's currentlyn working onew more comprehensico rehensive safety starn f ndards ensive safety s for these products. they also told us that more investigations are under way now and more recalls are likely in the future. bottom line, if you have oneth e in your home and it's on the recall list, they're really asking you to stop using them immediately. i was just talking to my producer about this. as parents, you have a colicky, aby, people do this all the time. they're saying absolute not. >> you are doing your part. let's hope the word is getting out there. 50 is too many. >> i know. it's unbelievable. a celebration of black women

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into the national discourse. we send things over to storm team 4 meteorologist somara because we are in weather alert mode this afternoon. >> we are sure how bad are we looking right now? >> we've got the map lighting up still. now the line of storms is tarting to shift eas of i-95. heads up if you're in anne ce george's, parts of howard. let's take a look at the map right now. this is the line of storms here. loudon, you're in the clear. frederick, things are looking good. even far fax and arlington no longer under the severe thunderstorm warnings. where you do see yellow is where we have the warnings in place. that's until 6:00 p.m. for our area, including charles county and up into northern howard county. take us farther nort you can see frederick. everything starting to dry out for you. some lighter showers in western frederick county. then head aittle farther north into montgomery county where we are just seeing them get pounded to the north of

gaithersburg. very heavy rain over 270 right now. then we head into washington, d.c. we just saw the wickedest storm roll through here at the station. that's now pushed into southeast. moving into prince george's. ndover hills and then farervin clinton an minute now around y 6:01 as well as woodyard at 6:06. this is going tocontinue to make its way into southern maryland. we're almost there. hang tight, folks. within the next hour and a half or so we sh start to see the region really drying out. this has cooled things down significantly. we were in the upper 70s not too long ago. near 80 degrees in gaithersburg. look at what the storms did. that rain really bringing us down to the 60s. we're at 64 degrees in thedi rict. 66 in manassas. i think we'll actually rebound a bit because the sun hasn't quite set yet. now that those storms m areing out, we should get a few sun beams before it's all said and done. your forecast for tomorrow, awe're going to see lot of

improvements. this is a cold front that's pushing the storms through. on the back end we usually get really good weather. upper 70s for friday. it's going to be sunny and gorgeous. just a little on the breezy . side i'm going to put on the 10-day forecast and we're going to spend time with it. a lot of things to break down.as e move into the weekend, saturday is your best bet to do a lot of outdoor activities. maybe brunch, dinner.i things w be feeling comfortable. are we o tlrkhere, jason? 90 degreesn sunday. this could be the beginning of the next heat wave. upper 80s, low 90s. a chance for storms. look at th a threat for showers and storms all the way through next week. thiss really starting to feel like summer. the storm chances are going to be of course primarily in the on aftern 90s sunday through tuesday. a chance for showers and storms every day next week. that's a look at your forecast. erika. ry so mar rarmara, thank you sov much. fewer americans are drinking alcohol at bars.

d.c. is trying to adapt by offering more booze free option a >> what'sbar without booze? it's still a bar, folks. we sent our sober cure yious to mcfly to a couple water holes. what are the folks telling you? >> we're having a great time. it's spirit free. people still want to have a good time. they want be social. they want to go out but don't want to deal with hangovers, impairment or possibly worse, doing something foolish thatd enup on social media. enter spirit-free beverages. they mak liquor and thethey remo the alcohol through a very specific process. >> isn't that just called a smoothie? >> why do you like nonalcoholic beer? do you like it better? >> yeah. >> i've been pregnant twice in he last three years, so about 20 months because you're really pregnant ten monthsanot nine,

thully nonalcoholic cocktails. >> it mimics it i the style and psychological aspectou get these amazing flavors without the alcohol. >> we stopped at mini bar. arguably one of the areas most dynamic and high end cocktail lour lounges on our sober ball crawl. i think nonalcoholic cocktails are evolving very fast. there is definitely a space for a gin and tonic and a space for something unique in the industry. as you can see here, we have a cocktl called eastern promises and we have a little bit of our own. this is rose water that will complement your cocktail. >> the conversation spilled over teon to twit where we asked if you find yourself drinking less alcohol as national trends note. ann said definitely less. i only drink socially and even then not everyutnight o simone says people around her being drunk, they get

increasingly annoying if she hadn't had a few herself. ann says she hardly drinks at all. not a millennial but a mom and just too tired. a lot of people like the idea of making the conscious choi and we like offering somethingv ery distinct for them. >> excuse me, sorry, i made some sober cu weber curious friends along the way. e having a good time. people are asking about the cost. it actually costs about the same because they use high prium ingredients to make the cocktails that much better. if you bought it at a liquor store, it would be like -- i can just hear you guys. i appreciate that. >> you're going to feel so much better tomorrow, tommy, and all those fresh faced people with you too. >> i'd like a $12 shirley temple. >> shirley temples didn't have smoke coming out of them. come on. >> i mean, for $12,'m going to

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drinking without straws, without polluting the earth. a group of fairfax county high schoolers is doingts part to protect our environment. >> that's right. they found it a reusable straw

company called sipsy. it's recognized as one of the top 15 student companies in the country. aimee cho has their story. t >> weok out an extra 345. >> to run a booming business, every detail makes a difference. >> be really careful with it. >> as these fairfax county high schoole will tell you, it's the same with plastic strawal even sml ones can impact the tnvironment. that's why thesudents wanted to help. >> e the hth of the earth is declining, i think it' partly our fault. i think we have to do something to give back to that commhity. >> t something, sipsy w. reusable stra it's made of stainless steel and comes in two sizes. a small one and a bigger one for slurping up smoothies. >> i think everyone cares about how they leave the environment to their children and their children's children. >> each str sells online for $10. comes with a brush to keep it clean. the students say it's taken

hundreds of hours to build their busine business. >> we stay up late. we work on the weekend. we put in a lot of work. >> it feels asome. i'm not even going to lie. it's so cool. when i tell people about it, i feel like they don't take me r riously. afexplain and i tell them our number, they look pretty impressed. >> those numbers, profits in the thousands. they hope to one day see sipsy in schools and restaurants around the region. >> we alluse plastic straws at least like three times a day, but after we started this company, i don't think i've ever used a plastic straw. >> making a g impact one small straw at a time. >> it feels great. it feelsery rewarding. >> aimee cho, news 4. withnouncer: news 4 begins a storm team 4 weather alert. >> first up tonight we've got severe storms washing over parts of the region duringgh the hei of our evening commute. >> somara theodore is tracking the conditions to ll us who's ing impacted and how long this is going to last. are we looking at a through the

night situation? >> not at all. just through theost important parts. the rush hour. as we hit 7:00 p.m., we're actually going to be on the tail end of this. fost of us i not all of us will be dry. right now i want to show you where the heaviest r n is falling and that's in montgomery county. some of the darker reds there north of gaithersburg. you're going to get clipped there. clarksburg also seeing heavy rain. we head farther south. we've also got this thunderstorm rolling through the district. getting ready to impact ppwie. and u marlboro as well. then we head south and clinton down into charles county, those are the aeas that remain under severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. with these storms right here into crles county, southern prince george's, that's where we're going to be seeing the heavy rai a lightning the wind gusts reaching 60 miles per hour. as we head through the evening, like i said, dinner plans are safe. tempatures will be in the 60s. i'll have more