. >> as susan hogan and the team were working on it, gainer said he officially closed his siness and is filing bankruptcy. contact the d.c. attorney general's office. the information is on the nbc washington app. what you need to know before hiring a contractor. check to be sure they have a current license. ask for copies of insurance certificatese to m sure they're current. find out if there will be subcontracctrs on your pro if so, make sure they are properly licensed and insured and make payments throughout the project and hold out at least a third until you're 100% atisfied. ifll else fails, call susan. she will get your money back. >> s won that emmy. >> a couple.

bank human. >>> you screw u susan hogan will get you. >> a local contractor accused of preying on thederly. >> this contractor facing a numb of violations, includin working without a license and proper permits. consumer repter susan hogan is on it, working for you with everhing you need to know. >> reporter: for three months 71-year-old treks up and down two flights of stairs. >> all the way, come around nire. >> reporter: mor, noon, night. >> and climb these stairs and all the way of the length of the house go to the bathroom. >> reporter: she says the contractor she hired gher upstairs bathroom and never finished the job. >> i am beyond frustrated. >> reporter: she's one of a er nuf homeowners that filed complaints with the attorney general office of consumer protection, which launched an investigation into gainer and ens company. >> basement, kit and mr. gainer appeared to be a fraudulent company and an w individu is a professional scammer. >> reporter: the attorcey general ofs suing gainer, claiming he duped seniors and um other cos by overcharging them for projects and opening un

susan hogan,ews 4. >> y get it? peel. still ahea a glimpsento the future of travel. next at 4:30, a look at th underground tunnel that could change the way we aid affic. >> and what you need to know about the weather. well, first of all, you're going toove today. it's a very comfortable start to your friday. it will be a rrnreshing afn filled with 100% sunshine. the only bad news is it justla won't st. you're talking about the heat wave coming up next. >>> plus, new details in the death of a university of maryland athlete. up next well, hear from the >>> right now at 4:29, a live look outside as we kick off this friday. eekend just hours away, and it will finally be dry for a weekend to enjoy this time outdoors. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> chuck and sheena are her with that beautiful forecast before melissa fills in our commute and how it's looking. >> enjoy the weather while we hait. 63 in loudoun county. 61 in montgomery county. 69 by the bay in annapolis. planning out your friday. anything you want to do outside. the weather i

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susan hogan peels fat fromo fiction help you make the best decision. >>> live pictures from chopper 4. we now know that cardboard is what's burning at this recycling plant in rockville. still working on getting >>> what's really big and really small at the same time? it's the tiny house festival under way right now at the prince william county fair ground. music nt features live and food and more than 30 tiny houses, some you might recognize from popular tv shows. there are bus and box truck conversions and even really tin housebuildings. the event runs until 8:00 tonight. tomorrow and suny from 9:00 to 6:00. all thes proce go to charity. >> tiny house, nice. tiny mortgage, even nicer. >>> we a kking off our summer staycation series if you're looking for ws to find fun outings for your family, you don't have to travel too far. we're working for you to track down the best places to go. this one is going to have your kids thinking about science and technology. news 4's mole l green found an awesome event happening at the national air and space museum. >> reporter: so amazing, you've got

nsumer reporter susan hogan is working for you coming up next with w ft this mea your privacy. then at 5:00, one family says a pool they purchased to kee their young son safe actually their young son safe actually put the vpbz z16fz y2vpby y16fy ♪ i feel most times we're high and low ♪ ♪ high and low ♪ if i had my way enhance your moments. san pellegrino. tastefully italian. >>> i'm amelia draper. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. mainly drew. still some heavy rain south of luray and down around the fredericksburg area. push southtinuing to out of the area. the bad news, the rain has done litt to improve our humidity levels. we'll probably warm a few moree de to around 80 with scattered showers in the forecast until midnight. we're going t have theatest on humidity and storms tomorrow that could be strong to severe coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> thanks amelia. >>> three major wireless rriers are making a pledge to their customers. verizon just announced they're goingo stop selling your phone location data and at&t and sprint say they'll follow suit. consumer reporter susan ho

consumer reporter susan hogan is on it, working for you with everything you to know. >> reporter: ford treksd up andown two flights of stairs. >> all the way, come around g,re. >> reporter: mornnoon, night. >> and climb these stairs and all the way of the length of the house to go to the bathroom. >> reporter: she says the contractor she hir gutted her upstairs bathroom and never finished the job. >> i am beyond frustrated. >> reporter: she's one of a number of homeowners that filed complaintsith thettorney general office of consumer protection, which launched an investigation into gainer and his company. >> basement, kitchens, and mr. gainer appeared to be a fraudulent compa and an individual who is a professional scammer. >> reporter: the a oorney generaice is suing gainer, claiming he duped seniors and other consumers by overcharging them for projects and opening unauthorized credit lines in customer names. >> guess what, he doesn't complete the job, he does them in a shoddy way, and leaves those jobs worse off than they were before he got there. >> reporter: gainer is accused f no

susan hogan, news 4.ti zbrierngs sll hds, a glimpse into the futur of travel. look at the underground tunnel that could change the way we avoid trafficm zbli we're tracking a scary story from a beach boardwalk. aco rolleter derails throwing riders from their seats. new updates about what happened just ahead. >>> good morning. four things you need to know about the next couple ofdays. refreshing friday. nice and sunny for your saturday. father's day, hot. getting a little bit more humid. the stifling heat of mid southeast summer arrives on sunday. more on that weather coming up. r who made me feel like i belonged in america when i didn't speak english. the minimum wage jobs that helped me get tha ugh college and become ansportation engineer. an my daughters who make proud every day. i'm aruna miller, and i have a lot of reasons to give back. it's whto protectegislature, i helevery maryland family.ws i'm running for congressssnd i approved this mee because right now, protectis maryland families meopping donald trump. why shop marshalls? (engine revving) because s

morning, new safety tests revealed some bike helmets protect heads better thanrs ot consumer reporter susan hogan shows us the helmets that are ahead of the pack. >> not all were providing equally good protection against concussion type esjuries. the were designed to replicate real world bike crashes, spelly focussing on the angles where a bicyclist's head is likely to strike pavement. this new rating program by the insurance institute for highway safety and virginia tech tested 30 adult sized helmets. four helmets received five stars. >> it's a technology inside a helmet that reduces rotation of the head during impact. this reduces brain injury risk by minimizing the strains on the pain. >> helmet style also played a performance in the road helmets that are elongated and they rm tended to per better than urban helmet that is have a more rounded shap cost was not factor in how well a helmet performed. we have got a lk to the full testing results for you on nbc washingtonian. just search bike helmets. back to you. we'll clear it out on thursday. the heat and humidity of summertime will arrn friday

susan hogan fines out which ones protect you the best. >>> it's bn a nice afternoon. i80 degrees. a few stray showers as we continue through the evening. it's going to be a great evening to get out and. abo tomorrow not so much. tomorrow not so much. we're going to tim out reai thanks for the ride-along, captain! i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to sati you seemed a lot ch on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy? >>> new safety test revealed some bike helmets protect heads berth r bett better than others.n sugan is here with the helmets ahead of the pack. >> while the helmets areov ing pretty good protection against severe head injuries like skull fractures,ot all are providing equally good protection against type injuries. the testings were designed to replicate real world

susan hogan here with some of the top picks. >> my husband, we were both in the market for a mower and he was looking at electric mowers and i was thinking they're not that powerful. this is a real interesti >> guys like power. >> they do. >> and he does the mowing in your family or you? >> i don't do it. are you kidding? no. no. here it goes. electric mowers may come with a gher price tag as you may imagine, so consumer reports says they will pay for themselves when it comes to saving on gas and maintenance. a simple push of autton and you're ready to go. easy start is just one of the reons to consider an electric mocsr. >> electrire relatively maintenance.ee free they don't have a gasoline engine so they're muchasier to start. >> consumer reports tested to see how well they bag and discard the grass clippings. >> between gas and electric mower you're goi to realize electric are much easier to push. they're lighter and easier to maneuver. >> they en foldp for easy storage. which one performed well? this black and decker did a good job side discharging and i mulching mode leaving tiny

consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with this important safety alert. >> well, the recentf crash tesng of 2018 and 2019 midsizeuvs reveals a bunch of problems in some of the vehicles you may beg, driv including structural collapse and even air bags failing to deploy. the insurance institute for highway safety recently completed passenger side small overlap frontrash tests on eight midsize suvs. the institute started doing these types of crash tests because they notice that some auto makers were improving prection on the driver's side but not the passenger's side. the vehicles that earned overall ratings of good for the 2019 kia sorento as well as the 2018 models of the gmc acadia and volkswagen atlas. vehicles that earned a acceptable rating include the toyota highlander, nissan pathfinder and honda lot. the ford explorer and jeep grand cherokee received a poor rating overall. the institute says the structure in both cases didn't hold up well. the jeep had several issues, the side curirinag didn't deploy and the door came open indicating a risk of ejection. ford says it is

susan turn bill. we wil hear from him coming up as soon as he takes the mike. >> he will now face larry hogan on nember's ballots. first black governor. this i just one of the key races we're keeping an eye on. jim mos re. >> lot of big races across the state. we mentioned the race for governor. a big win for benjealous, 40 percent to richaun bakeers 30 percent and other candidates onb theallot making up the rest of e amount there. we should say rushern baker did make the call to ben jealous, h conceded about 15 minutes ago or so moving on, what we want to do is from rushern baker or are we ar going to keep going? let's hear from rushern baker from a few minutes ago. >> beforer walking ove here, i talked to mr. jealou talked to ben. icon grate late him on a hard fought campai i told him we're going tong do surehe is victorious inve ke noer. because the main thing is we need to get a democrat back in annapolis so that we can actually have healthcare for everybody. so we can actually raise themu m wage. so that we can turn an education system that's gone down under hogan's admistration and turn it back up.

susan turn bill. we wil hear from him coming up as soon as he takes the mike. >> he will now face larry hogan on nember'sallots. first black governor. this i just one of the key races we're keeping an eye on. jim mos re. >> lot of big races across the state. we mentioned the race for governor. a big win for benjealous, 40 percent to richaun bakeers 30 percent and other candidates onb theallot making up the rest of e amount there. we should say rushern baker did make the call to ben jealous, h

susan, thank you. >>> these voters in prince ge's county are taking advantage of early voting today. 80 polling places are now open as voters decide which democrat will take on republican inmbent governor larry hogan in november. candidates are also bing chosen for eight house seats and a senate seat. the maryland primary takes place june 26th. we have a list ofit polling and sample ballots in the nbc washington app. >>> as theng early voets underway, the six leading democrats for governor square off in the final forum before the primary. that was hosted bynd nbc 4 telemundo 44, moderated by our om sherwood. among the topics discussed, the me too movement. the candidates were asked if they ever settled a sexual o harassment ca signed any kind of nondisclosure. everyone said no, but take a listen to this response -- >> as a me too movement survivor, i appreciate the questfn. the answe me is absolutely not. in fact, earlier in the year, i put out the policy that box g office avernor how i will create an office of sexual harassment and violence at the governor's level to address this aissue. i haed all candidates to take a pledge of exactly what you asked, and no one had sponded until this moment. i