High school. Some people are wondering if theyre coming back here. Tonight, we have the answer. The two teenage boys will not be returning to Rockville High School. No matter the outcome of their cases. We need to provide them an education, but it will not be in a school building, it will not be during the regular school day. It will not be a Typical School experience. Reporter 18yearold henry sanchezmilian and 17yearold jose montano are no longer charged with rape or sex assault for the incident in mid march. Prosecutor John Mccarthy is dropping those charges after what we called a thorough investigation. We have concluded that the facts in this case do not support the original charges filed in this matter. Reporter defense lawyers say the 14yearold girl sent Text Messages to montano, agreeing to have sex in school the next day. Video, very graphic videos, very vile pictures andow charge our client with something that she created and sent. Reporter defense lawyers say its unfair that prosecutors are now using the video to file new charges of possession of pornography against the teenage boys, as well as distribution of pornography against montano. Obviously because they cant make the rape, they now turn around and charge our client who is a juvenile, with pornography. Reporter parents are trying to understand todays developments. Even if they dropped the rape charges, there should be some charges against somebody for what happened in the school. Because thats just disgusting. If we dont get some justice you dont get no peace students at American University staging a sitin to protest the messages of hate week and the target of that hate, taylor dumpson, had to have police protection. A post written on thursday, by a white supremacist encouraged others to harass here. Meagan fitzgerald is live at au with the latest developments. Meagan . Yeah, wendy, i spoke to a lot of protesters, they tell me they feel like the university is not listening to their concerns and not adequately addressing racial issues. Today we saw them march on campus, shutting down the tunnel at one point, and they say they will continue these acts of resistance, as they call it, until the University Starts listening. Hoping this time the administration will listen to us. Reporter concerns continue to grow for many students of color on the campus of American University. They say the administration isnt effectively addressing racially charged incidents on campus. So today if we dont get no justice then you dont get no peace reporter more protests. Students hanging from a noose has impacted them. Were basically asking the administration to give students of color extensions on their finals, as well as any exams or tests theyve taken after the first banana incident occurred, if they could be revisited first. Reporter and just last night, the University Said a white supremacist made comments online. The university sent out an email, saying, the author encouraged followers to troll the president of American University student government, taylor dumpson. The university immediately dispatched Law Enforcement to her home to provide her and her family with additional security. Things that are happening on our campus are not in isolation. So in response, University Officials went on Facebook Live to offer safety tips and answered questions. We recommend that people restrict the access to their social media accounts. So that theyre private, only their friends and family members. We recommend that no one use youre posting something. We suggest you turn that off. I applaud the administration, because one of the biggest things weve been asking for throughout this week, more transparency, more emails, and we havent gotten that in previous situations. But the student protesters say theres still more work that needs to be done. Reporter now the students who were protesting say before they even took to the campus to demonstrate, they already had a meeting set up with scott bass on monday, but they say their concern is what they saw this past week, they canceled a meeting with students. So they fear he might cancel on them, which is why they demonstrated, to try and encourage him to meet with them on monday. Back to you. Thank you, meagan. Turning to the weather now, this is what a lot of us had to contend with this morning. Were you caught up in it . Y rush hour. And there may be more scattered showers if youre heading out this evening, along with cooler air moving in for your weekend. And we have a developing story from Fairfax County and there it is. A tree falling onto a house on hamlet road in the springfield area. This is live from chopper4. We dont know if anyone was in the house or was injured, but you can see that is going to be some heavy damage. This is another example of why we say turn around, dont drown, folks. They had to bring in a tow truck after a driver got stuck in a flooded out roadway this morning along lawyers road, in Fairfax County. And in the district, clingel road in northwest is open after a tree came down into the westbound lanes, shutting down traffic for several hours this morning. Lets get to doug kammerer, the hardest working man in the business, right, doug . Thats right. Im just glad the weekend coming. But unfrgortunately, not going be that nice. Still shower activity now, not too bad for most of us, but still tracking showers after one to two inches early today. Loudoun county down towards luray and culpeper county. This shower coming up route 15, towards leesburg, quick downpours. There are a few more showers just down to the south. These are trying to move into the rest of the region. So were not done with the rain just yet. This weekend, a big area of disturbed weather. Giving us clouds, showers, and you mentioned much cooler air upon some of you could wake up to temperatures in the 30s. See you back here in ten minutes. Yikes. Fairfax county Police Describe it as one of the biggest organized Crime Operations theyve ever busted. More tha charged in connection with a tobacco smuggling scheme that raked in about 30 million. That scheme involved Money Laundering and bank fraud. Julie carey is at the baileys cross road area of Fairfax County to tell us how this operation worked. Wendy, that is a Staggering Amount of money, isnt it . This is one of the areas where the suspects were operating. This is where they were getting their money to fund criminal enterprise. And this is what they were buying. Lots and lots of lowcost cigarettes, down in the richmond area, then they were taking it up to the northeast, where they were selling the cigarettes at twice the price. Fairfax county police say name most any major bank in the area and they were probably targeted by the cigarette smuggling ring. Their moneymaking scheme started with several types of bank fraud. A Fairfax County detective got wind of it in january of 2015, when a a half million dollars. Its gotta be one of the largest organized criminal groups weve had. Reporter heres how it worked. The suspects would set up multiple bank accounts, use their debit cards to get rental cars, but then clear out the account for the company finalized the charge. Drivers would head to the richmond area, go from one Convenience Store to another buying cigarettes. Over the last year, more than 600,000 cartons, then theyd head north. The price of cigarettes in richmond is extremely low. The price of cigarettes in the northeast is extremely high. So what they will do, they can go into richmond and purchase large quantities of cigarettes and then transport them up to new york and theyre going to double their profit. Reporter as the investigation grew, the fbi, state department, and Homeland Security joined Fairfax County and police. This week, 43 richmond area suspects were invited and at least a dozen people have been arrested in Northern Virginia, including this alexandria man. All of them, from the same nation of mauritania. In the richmond area, the suspects were getting increasingly involved in violent crime, as some rival factions began to splinter off. To include shootings, robberies, Home Invasion robberies, that sort of thing. Carjackings. These groups would target each other with the large amounts of money and basically use violence against each other. Reporter police say not all those indicted are behind bars yet, but theyre confident they will capture them. So if they made 30 million off the cigarettes, where has the money gone . A look at that when i join you at 6 00. Julie, thank you. We now know the punishment a 2015 investigation by the iteam caught an admitted cigarette smuggler in the act, and that Northern Virginia man will spend a full year behind bars. Scott macfarlane joins us to explain. This was a crime partly captured on video by the news4 steven chen of fredericksburg admitted buying bulk churches of tobacco at big box Warehouse Stores throughout Northern Virginia and then reselling them illegally for profit. Those cigarettes were trafficked to pennsylvania and new jersey to be illegally sold again, according to federal prosecutors. In those purchases at the big box stores, tens of thousands of dollars of cigarettes at a time. Prosecutors cited the news4 iteam investigation in federal court to put him in prison, and thats where he is, in morgantown, west virginia, until mid 2018. Wendy . Thank you, scott. The parents of an infant found dead last christmas in the district are facing felony murder charges. Police arrested them earlier today after officers found 7weekold tiffany in the medical examiner ruled the case a homicide last month, saying the baby died from mal nutrition. Were just Getting Started here on news4 at 5 00, a debate over transgender rights in Fairfax County finds itself right in the center. Still to come, why one group said fairfax is an example of what not to do when it comes to this issue. And a couple kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for refusing to give up the seat they paid for, for their 2yearold. We take a look at that. Plus, prom season on the way, see the steps some are taking to make sure the cost of a dress doesnt stand in the way of an exnsive event. Pe theres the view. Theres more to life than the climb. Youve gotta stop and look around a little. Come, shed lifes layers in asheville. Let the child inside you out to play. Remember who you are. Life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. Asheville. Discovery, inside and out. Narrator to do time is what is right. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. They can remove me off the plane. Thats fine. You and your wife will be in jail and your kids will be by now, youve probably seen this video. This couple getting into a dispute with the flight crew as they tried to get home from a trip to hawaii. The couple had been traveling with two toddlers and they were told they had to give up one of the seats they had paid for, for their children. This has raised questions and some confusion about traveling with little kids. News4s leon harris joins us now to tell us about the story. Another week, another reason to be outraged at the airlines, this the latest high profile videos. Brian and Brittany Schear sent their teenage son home on an earlier flight, and wanted to use his seat to travel in a car seat. However, they were told, the toddler had to ride in their lap. They told them they would be arrested and their kids put in foster care if they didnt comply. What blew me away was when they said, if you dont give the seat up, youre going to go to jail, your wife is going to go to jail and theyll take your kids away from you. All right, now, heres where things get confusing. Children under the age of 2, yes, they can ride in a parents lap, but the faa recommends they go in a car seat for safety reasons. Now, in the video, you just saw, schear said they bought the seat for his son, but they changed it. The issue here, is that in nearly all cases, you cannot transfer tickets from one persons name to deltas website states that name changes are never permitted be the reason for that is security. And as for the comment about being taken off and going to jail and putting the kids in foster care, a law expert said yes you can be fined for insulting flight crew. In a statement, delta says it has apologized and did refund the schear family for their travel expenses and even threw in extra on top. But the schears dont think it was enough. Thanks so much, leon. D. C. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier for doctors in the city to refer patients for medical marijuana. This bill from mayor Muriel Bowser streamlines the process and would allow that physician to provide patients with access to pot for medical reasons. Are you ready broccoli city Music Festival in the district tomorrow . No. You know you are. Its got a number of artists ready to perform. Organizers held a News Conference today. The idea, building thriving urb urban communications. Angie goff hosted the meeting. If youd like to learn more about the broccoli city festival, i love the name alone, you can get the full lineup, tickets, a link, everything, is on our nbc washington app. Just search broccoli city, which means you have to know how to spell broccoli, which im not real good with that one. A festival with a lot of fiber and more. Drumroll, please. We are nearing the end of our sugarfree week at nbc4, and weve seen the good, the bad, even the ugly. Yes, i mean you with that piz wednesday. But as we wrap up, wed like to answer some of your questions. Doreen took them to an expert and is here with some of the answers about sugar and where its hidden. Didnt we all have a lot of questions as we tried to look into this . Tried to do this thing. Taylor wallace helped us answer some of the questions that you shared with us online. One question that we saw a lot, is it okay to eat brown rice . We know white rice and breakthrough can turn easily to sugar, but what about brown rice . Well, absolutely, says taylor wallace. 100 whole grain race ice is be. It slows the breakdown of carbs into sugar and whole grain help keep you full and help you from eating more foods. I think we all like to have a glass of wine at the end of the day, but you werent drink any wine. We werent supposed to. We cheated a little bit last night. What is the issue of sugar in wine and what happens when it hits your body . So the answer is that wine can convert easily to sugars in the body. So according to our nutrition expert, it is best to abstain. But if you must have a glass of wine, it is friday night, she recommends for women a four ounce glass of dry wine per day. And for men, two four ounce glasses of wine. Four ounces is pretty much like a thim bell full, right . Exactly. Have you ever taken a glass of wine and then poured it into a measuring cup, and holy moley, thats a lot. So if you want to have some wine, lets say one glass per day, lets say you hold out for the weekend. Exactly. Thats a tough one. It is. Fi sugar with, in bread . Well, if youre baking your own bread which i do, weekly. Well, i guess the question relates to what sugar substitutes are best to use. Some Food Companies use stevia or others, theyre safe and can provide texture and Bulk Properties like sugar. Most importantly taylor said and weve learned this week, read the labels, especially on the Convenience Foods that you eat. Read the labels before you make decisions, always helpful. Were reading a lot more. Its surprising to see how much sugar is in things you dont think has sugar. Salad dressing, yogurt, milk. Are you going to stick with it . Im going to apply the things that ive learned this week and try to keep my sugar intake quite that low, ill try, but a glass of wine, a piece of birthday cake, a homemade cookie, im still going to do that i think. How about you . I think i am. I can button this jacket now. Couldnt do that last week. A virginia woman wins a lawsuit linked to baby powder and Ovarian Cancer. The detail of her recordsetting award and a look at whats next. And cooler temps, and theres something else. Live picture in chopper4. Look at this. This is a tough task. They are trying to put a window into the capital one building. But theyre having trouble here in tysons with the wind kinda shifting all over. Theyve been at this for a while. These are pictures from chopper4. The wind has been whipping today. Thats a big window. Huge. That gives you a great proportion. My whole house could be put inside that window. Move to the left. Your other left the wind was so bad at the river, i put it on my facebook page, the wind was howling out of the east southeast, the rain was going sideways, it got under my shingles and i had 40 leaks in my sun. It really was. Same time i was taking my kids to the bus stop. So sitting there with the umbrella. It was coming down. My daughter was like, can i go out and play in it . No she had everything on, the rain coat, the umbrella, the rain boots. She was ready to go. Out there now, pretty nice afternoon, but dont let that