katie silver, bbc news.ave issued a statement and they say, "it is not helpful to talk about the effect of alcohol consumption on diabetes alone. consuming alcohol contributes to a vast number of other serious diseases, including some cancers, heart disease and liver disease, so people should keep this in mind when thinking about how much they drink." in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news. the bbc understands at least 60 buildings have failed new fire safety tests, carried out in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the chancellor, philip hammond, says any transitional deal in the immediate period after brexit must end before the next general election in 2022. and in a major blow to president trump, the us senate fails for a third time to repeal obama's health care reforms. in the business news... more figures out in the last 15 minutes on the american economy. its pace of growth has increased dramatically over the last six months. for the first three mont

katie silver, bbc news.can presidential nomineejohn mccain was among the senators that voted against. two teenagers are in custody in connection with one of the recent wildfires in the south of france. the pair are suspected to have deliberately set fire to scrubland on tuesday, the wildfires, which led to thousands of people, including british holidaymakers, being evacuated this week have largely been put out. firefighters have warned people to be vigilant as other blazes could still start. aid workers in greece have told bbc news they're dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees being held on the island of lesbos. many have suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of so—called islamic state in syria and iraq. the european commission said that those refugees should be moved to athens for specialist treatment. bags of rubbish are piling up in birmingham as bin collectors continue to strike in the city. a row with the council overjob losses and changes to working practices is now in its thi

silver award is the second highest honor in girl scouting. it's earned by doing a service project that helps the community. katie tells us more. - a silver award project takes a lot of work and dedication, at an age when many of us are spending our free time on other things. - when a girl at this age, between the 7th and 8th grade, decides to commit herself to a project to improve her community, to improve her world, the amount of hours that it takes to attain that, it's really a major commitment. (inspiring pop-rock music) - [katie] the first step is deciding what your silver award project will be. it should be something that fulfills a need in your community, and is important to you. - [pamela] they could be working in a senior citizen center, and doing something creative for the senior citizens. it could be creating a literacy program for kids in elementary school, helping kids with math. - [katie] girl scouts can work on their project individually, or two or three can work together. leadership is important. scouts going for silver need to put together a project team. this could consist of friends, family and

olympic and reigning champion katie ledecky had to settle for a joint—silver in the 200m freestyle.esday made her the first woman to win 12 world swimming titles, finished behind italy's federica pellegrini. south and south africa's chad le clos led from start to finish to take gold in the men's 200m butterfly final. home favourite laszlo cseh closed the gap in the final few metres, but had to settle for silver. now to cricket, where centuries from shikhar dawan and cheteshwar pujara have put india in a commanding position heading into day two of the first test against sri lanka in galle. after winning the toss and electing to bat, the visitors closed day one on 399/3, with dhawan making a career best 190 in what was his first test match since he was dropped after playing new zealand last september in kolkata. and pujara remains unbeaten on 144 in what is the first test of a three match series. india's women's cricketers have returned home to welcoming crowds, despite losing the final of sunday's world cup to england by nine runs. the message was pretty clear from those waiting fort

katie ledecky. not the kind we're used to. why she's coming home with a silveredal. >>> oh, my goodness gracious. how precious is this baby. if you haven't heard, our family has grown by one. you see melissa mollet's brand new baby girl. don't know what to make. we'll check back in with melissa. >> today for the ellen degeneres fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com ♪ >>> melissa mollet's son helping to welcome collet into the world. >> c

katie ledecky. she jumped into a pool at major international competition and for the first time she did not come out the winner. >> the bethesda native had to settle for silver in the 200 meters freestyle at world championships today. ledecky had finals. she said she didn't feel like herself during the race but promised to come back stronger. >> she is pretty good. we have been so spoiled by katie's prowess and her success and dominance we are disappointed that she came in second in the world. >> she is probably so disappo t disappointed thinking what did i do wrong. >> the only silver one she is bringing home. she will get it back. >> she will. >>> a race against the clock here. a man collapses with cardiac arrest. if you were there would you have been ready to help? the quick thinking and preparation that saved that man's life and could save someone you know. >>> jim vance in his own words as we remember the life of our dear friend. hear t >>> you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >>> now at 4:30 a man's split second decision saved a stranger's life. he hopes his actions will help others in a crisis. sp college park. >> reporter: we are here on the university of

katie ledecky, claimed gold in the 800 meter freestyle. she didn't earn any personal best times but still walked away a winner. ledecky captured five gold medals in total and one silver, and it's the most successful meet in her career in terms of medals. >> just taking a lot of motivation from this weekend and using it in a positive way and moving forward. >> she's the example of positivity, and always has a great attitude, and the in paoubudapest, hungry. >>> and then kevin bacon surprised police officers at a benefit in alexandria, and it was like he was ren mccormick all over again. ♪ >> bacon and his brother performing "footloose," of course, with alexandria police chief brown. this was yesterday afternoon. the brothers often perform in the area. >> alexandria has been really good to us through the years, and thank you to you guys for all you do. so um, thanks for having us. >> on a meaningful note, al alexandria's mayor still there thanking the officers for their quick thinking in the shooting last month. >>> we start in the district. shooting. this was in petworth. one man died and another in the hospital and it happened along kansas avenue in northwest, and da

silver has long maintained his innocence and will appeal his conviction. all correspondent casey wilson is in rio de janeiro i spoke to her earlier. katie this conviction is one of the most high profile in the sweeping corruption probe what's been the reaction that. well the reaction is the case that's divided brazilians you've got millions of brazilians who fail that you know. this is this is a political witch hunt that leads over as the saviors of brazil when he was in power in this shouldn't have ever happene. and that you've got other brazilians who feel that he's now just a symbol and of what's gone wrong in prison fight later tonight is going to be. kind of people coming to windows and buying that i'm that possum hunt is. as a policy and a two to vote for the conviction and of it is also really is divided hey it is very much. add a device buttons very if you'd like and because of this. what's going to be the effects on the election because he knew it was actually one of the front from the schools into. so in the polls he's the front runner and he's hinted at the fact that he might want to run. and the presidency again and this act

katie ledecky capped off her world championship meet today claim ingold in the 800 meter freestyle even though she didn't have any personal best times, ledecky captured five gold medals and one silvert the event, making it her most successful major meet of her career, in terms of medals that is. even though ledecky was hoping for all gold, she took note of her silver lining. washington valor also fell in arena league to cleveland gladiators, 62-28. they will play their season finale next friday against the brigade. the winner of that game urges a spot in the fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early terminatio