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And along the bay. The heavier part of the storms came through the western suburbs first and moved through. Thats where we find jay korff in stormwatch7. We still have rain but no wild stuff, jay. Jay that is correct. We are on 495 southbound. When we first hit this front as it came through, the winds were picking up a lot of heavy rain. The visibility was way down. As you have been reporting by the time we were able to turn around and head back the system had moved past in front of us. Im not sure if this is rush hour traffic or if this is as an effect of the heavy pounding rains we had. As you can see in front of us the traffic is really, really bad. If you take a look at the roof camera you can see behind us, plenty of traffic behind us with the wind not that bad right n that rain really pounded us coming through the d. C. Region. Reporting live from inside stormwatch7, jay korff, abc7 news. Doug thanks. We are back again with a closeup of the heavy storms between now and 5 30. They will go through the Eastern Suburbs to the bay. It might take longer in the southern fringe as the storms move east and southeast, too. In this area, st. Charles is getting it right now. Then more to leonardup to across northern st. Marys county. Chesapeake Ranch Estates on the southern tip of calvert here is coming up at 5 46. And we are almost through it but not quite. That is the latest from the weather center. Alison thank you very much for that. We have breaking news out of cleveland right now where chaos has broken out at the Republican National convention. Antitrump protesters erupted in yelling and chanting as you can see here. Our the newsroom. What is going on . Jonathan it didnt get ugly but it got interesting. They rejected a vote on the rules. This brought response from the antitrump protesters. They were chanting roll call vote and usa on the floor. Is it calmer now but the video from earlier, they were yelling and it was getting loud in there. If the roll call change passed it would have been a minor incremental step toward unbinding pledged delegates now committed to voting for donald trump but would likely lead to a vote for another cant date. That is their hope. That is why they wanted the roll call vote. If it happened. It didnt. It could have led to changes from the rules package passed earlier today. Obviously we will stay on top of this. It will bring you updates as soon as they are available. At 7 00, on every night this week to leading up to thursday on the convention floor. Im jonathan elias, abc7 news. Leon this could be an unpredictable week. We continue our Team Coverage with abcs marci gonzalez. Marci before the music and the speeches this convention will come to order. Marci the Republican National Convention Opening with a moment of silence. Remembering the three Police Officers killed in yesterdays marci outside the Convention Hall in cleveland [chanting] protesters peacefully marching. I hope that whoever the nominee will be this time will in fact win over the delegates. Marci inside, antitrump delegates still promising to try to disrupt trumps nomination. They have no chance of succeeding but it will be a distraction. They can continue to take away from the unity that the ticket here wants to project. Marci absent from the convention prominent member of the party, including john kasich. But they dismiss this saying they are part of the past and the convention is about the future. Marci gonzalez, abc news, cleveland. Alison thank you. As we mentioned security is very tight for this big event. Even more so after the recent tragedies in the country and all over the world. Abc7s chief correspondent scott thuman continues with that part of the story. Scott make america safe again. Not great again, but safe again. That is the theme of the Republican National convention and its as timely as it could be from the recent ambushes on the Police Officers, terror attacks overseas. Few topics drive the election as much as this. Between the miles of barricades thousands of men and women in blue there is no dismissing the mountain of worry. What is your level of security about the convention . Its high. They were not peacefully protesting. Scott the antipolice sentiment seems to be growing and the police union leader. The president shouldnt walking a fine line. He should denounce black lives matter and the false narrative out there. It validates the false narrative out there and causes the incint president obama we dont need scareless accusations thrown around to score political points. Scott that fear factor could drive voters to Donald Trumps camp. I am the law and order candidate. Scott from the latest attack in east france, the airport in turkey and closer to home in orlando the growing concerns is something that republicans think increase their odds this fall. People have to decide who they trust with the national security. Peter brooks, the former deputy of defense. This is aways on peoples minds. It may not be the top issue such as often the economy but terrorism comes below that. We are living in dangerous times. Scott how is it affecting the election so far . Hillary clinton was up 5045 when asked who they trusted the most for terror . But now its flipped. Donald trump up in cleveland, scott thuman, abc7 news. Alison abc7 will offer indepth coverage throughout the convention all week. Watch all the events live on wjla. Com. Each night at 7 00 on our sister station. Newschannel8 will have an hourlong special with analysis from all sides. Scott thuman will lead our team from cleveland. Leon lets get to the latest on the developing story out of baton rouge, louisiana, where people are looking into the background of gavin long. He is the man who shot and killed three Police Officers in baton rouge. They are focusing on what he posted online before carrying out the killings. So far investigators dont have any idea of a motive to help them find out what caused the former marine to snap. Authorities can say for certain that gavin long was targeting members of Law Enforcement purposefully. We have the latest now from baton rouge. There is no doubt whatsoever that the officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated. Reporter investigators are shooting spree that took the lives of three officers was a planned ambush. What they are trying to understand is why this man gavin eugene long, a former sargent in the marines who served in iraq and was hon ably discharge honorably discharged went on an ambush on his 29th birthday. Long came from his home in kansas city a few days ago. They believe he recently filed paperwork to change his name and pledged himself to a black Extremist Movement posting this video after officers were killed in dallas. Most of the times when you want peace you have to go to war. Reporter police say he had a rifle and semiautomatic pistol. He was dressed all in black. He went around to the back of the car. The officer literally on our drivers side of t shooting over us. Reporter three officers died on the scene. Brad garafola, Matthew Gerald and jacqui jeras. Jacqui and montrell jackson. Jacksons uncle remembering him today. The governor praising all t officers who respond and saying that the shooter was an outsider who came to do harm to their community. Reporting from baton rouge, abc news. Leon back now to our region for the third time. A judge exonerated a Baltimore Police officer accused in freddie grays death. This is the highest officer in the case, brian rice. He faced many charges including man lager but now the head of the union is demanding the charges be dropped against the remaining officers. Alison it was during a Law Enforcement confer rouge Police Officers and Louisiana State police first heard about the shooting. The d. C. Bureau chief sam ford is in northwest washington with reaction from the conference now underway. Sam . Sam we rat we are at the hotel where noble, the National Organization of black Law Enforcement executives are, and they were hit hard by what happened in baton rouge. Law enforcement officials from around the country are at the conference including baton rouge where three officers were killed yesterday. Reginald brown knew the officer garafola. Loving, caring and take the shirt off his back to give to you. Sam rocked by recent violent incidents they came idea on training. It was cops talking to cops insisting they have to do better. Improve trust as the chief of birmingham, alabama. We talk about building trust. It cant just be the organization. Sam take it seriously. A lot of cops say this is stuff. Make sure that the reasonable threat is threat. What if my perceptions are not reporter not reasonable . Sam but in the background is dallas, baton rouge. We want to see peace, harmony and better relationship between the community and the Law Enforcement. Whether the shraf office, the the Sheriff Office, the city or the state police. Sam they are observing the 40th anniversary this year, which must be on the organization began. Reporting from northwest washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Alison okay, sam. Thank you very much. Still to come on abc7 news at 5 00 making your commute home easier. The announcement today by Governor Hogan that many have been waiting for. Leon emotional words from a family of a local teenager who stepped on a homemade explosive in central park. Sending a team to montreal for commercial airport training. When you dont have a commercial airport. Im chris papst. Coming up, a countys decision now being questioned. Alison we are continuing to track the Severe Weather that moved in the area. Doug hill with much more on that after the leon i66 in virginia, newschopper7 over the scene of a tractor Trailer Crash under the result 15 overpass in haymarket. The big rig struck a guardrail, crashed and caught fire. The trailer was loaded with tomatoes that spilled out all over the road. The driver wasnt hurt but was charged with reckless driving. New information tonight on the virginia teen who lost portion of his leg in an explosi new york central park. The father of connor golden says that his family is overwhelmed by the help they have gotten since his son was injured. The 18yearold has undergone three operations. Terrorism is not suspected but police are looking for the person who left behind a bag of homemade fireworks in the park. Golden jumped on the bag while visiting the park on july 3. Alison Maryland Governor larry hogan is promising help for those constantly stuck in one of the nations worst bottlenecks. Today he pledged 230 million to reduce traffic along the heavy congested i270 corridor. 130 million is for interchange at atkins mill road to reduce traffic on the street. The other 100 million is for ideas on how to solve the i270 congestion. We dont want to put the cart before the horse. We are putting up 100 million to try to attract the best ideas from transportation innovators and companies all the best ideas. Its not what i want to see. Its what the best ideas are. We will figure it out when we get the proposal. Alison the proposals are due in january. I270 carries upward of 260,000 vehicles a day. That number is expected to increase by 30,000 over the next 20 years. Leon traffic is bad on a normal day out there on 270. Imagine what its like now after the rain. Alison i had family coming in during the storm. They were directed richmond. I think they will take off again. It was a mess. Doug this is moving out quickly. The storms are fast movers. This is a while ago. This is a shelf cloud that is preceding the line of heavy storms for virginia, district, maryland. The storms continue to push off the when the storms were in virginia they were more intense. 66mileperhour wind gust. 52mileperhour gust in leesburg. Childrens hospital, 48mileperhour gust. Most gusts are mid40s. A number of reports and we will share a couple of them on trees down and the local damage and effect from the storm. We have one existing area in yellow over prince georges county, anne arundel, for another ten minutes or so under a warning. I think once the storms reach the bay, the entire western shore of the bay will be dropped from the severe thunderstorm watch. Its a fast mover. The intensity is diminishing. Heaviest part, its through. Once it goes through the potential for the heavy weather is it. It is east. Individual storms here and there south and west makes their way southeast as well. These are the storm reports this afternoon. Dozen, dozen and a half of them. Report of one, up in the adams morgan area. Barrys place. Report of trees down in the 700 block there. That is one of numerous report of trees down. Many on the vehicles, some on houses. No report of serious damage. There is the severe thunderstorm watch. We will see the southern end clear out shortly. Good to go. Couple storms tonight could run through the middle pennsylvania and the Northern Neck of virginia. Then the skies will clear out. Just a chance of a storm tomorrow. The conditions will improv through the day. Good news for the citi open tomorrow. Good play in tomorrow. Chance of isolated thunderstorm in tamp or evening. In the innocence seven days we will get a break in the next seven days we will get a break. Its still hot. Upper but look what happens for saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. 95. 99 on saturday. 96 on sunday. 95 on monday. The humidity levels will creep up as well. Alison of course they will. All right. Well prepared i guess. Thank you. Leon thanks, doug. Alison on screen violence. Of course its a constant concern for parents. Leon what are moms and dads to do when they have access to screens wherever they go . We tell you what medical experts are now saying about that. Scott im scott taylor live in Montgomery County. At 4 00 we told you we are trying to get our hands on video of a missing dad. We have the video. You wil hey hows it going, hotcakes . Hotcakes. This place has hotcakes. So why arent they selling like hotcakes . With comcast Business Internet and wifi pro, they could be. Just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and youll reach your customers where their eyes are already on their devices. Order up. Its more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. You dont see that every day. Introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow your business. Comcast business. Built for business. Squuuuack, lets feed him lets feto the sharks sharks yay and take all of his gold and take all of his gold ya and hide it from the crew ya. . Squuuuack, theyre all morons anyway i never said that. They all smell bad too. No you all smell wonderful i smell bad if youre a parrot, you repeat things. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Squuuuack, its what you do. Leon in the District Police are searching for the person or people who shot people traveling northbound. The man is in Critical Condition and the woman is expected to survive. The shots may have come from another vehicle but so far the police have no suspects or motive in this case. Alison right now a local family is pleading for help because their father is missing. Its been close to three weeks since anyone has seen idris sesay. Scott taylor spo with the family. What are they saying about this . He disappeared. I want to give you a good look at him. Here he is. He has a little 5yearold daughter who really wants you to help bring daddy home. Olga and her 5yearold daughter is trying their best to stick to their daily routine in Silver Spring which clouds packing a lunch which includes packing a lunch for school and coloring. The little girls father, 39yearold idris sesay vanished 19 days ago in Montgomery County. I dont have him being the type to just take off and not keep in touch with his daughter. He loves his daughters more than anything in the world. Reporter they share two beautiful daughters in a 20year relationship. They split a year ago and idris now lives in lanham. Olga and the girls last saw him june 29 at their home when like clockwork, daddy picked up his two daughters for a visit. This text to a friend about work on july 4th was the last one sent from something happened to him. Scott the Montgomery County police are investigating him and will add idris name to National Missing list. He never missed time with his daughters. He was well liked at his remodeling job and then vanished. If you are out there, whatever it is, we can fix it. Just come home to your kids. Please. Just really hard on them. Forget whatever else is going on, you need to come home. Scott we put idris picture and also that video you just saw all over twitter so please tonight take a look. If you have seen him, there is a couple of daughters that really want their dad home. Please can the police. Scott scott taylor, abc7 news. Alison a dangerous intersection in Montgomery County is a scene of another death for bicyclists and people are demanding action. That is coming up after the break. Leon why marylands governor larry hogan is not at the Republican National convention. 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In december, 189yearold frank towers of rockville was how many people does it take to change it and make it safer . Jeff alice is a close friend and she has been urging them to lower the speed limit and add a traffic light at turkey branch. She thinks the Pedestrian Crossing signal is not enough. He was only 19 years old and the gentleman that died yesterday is 31. Thats so much life lost. Its frightening. Jeff when margaret vocal crosses she does more on rely on the lights. Its a yellow light. Who stops at a yellow light . Jeff we timed it. It took a minute and 20 seconds between we pressed the button and the yellow lights started flashing. Clearly this vehicle here wasnt paying any attention to the light at all. This is a state run road but the Montgomery County leaders want more light and innovation for safety. It isnt r there are Technology Available to make a profound difference. Jeff in Montgomery County, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison now we check todays other top stories. We are learning more about the man who shot and killed three Police Officers in baton rouge. Police say the shooter gavin long identified with a growing sovereign citizen movement. That group thought it was immune to most federal and state laws. Police though, still searching for a motive. Leon the highest ranking baltimore officer charged in the death of freddie gray has been found not guilty. Lieutenant brian rice was acquitted after a bench trial. Rice is the fourth of the six officers charged to go on trial. Three earlier trials resulted in two acquittals and one mistrial. Baltimores mayor says rice will face administrative review by the Police Department. Alison republicans opened the Cleveland Convention to nominate donald trump for president. Trump says delegates can expect the unexpected. He has announced he a visit to the Convention Hall tonight and he will introduce his wife melania on the first night of speeches. Trumps acceptance speech scheduled for thursday. Leon lets get to breaking news just coming in the newsroom downstairs. Get to Michelle Marsh in the newsroom. What is going on . Michelle this breaking news comes to us out of germany. Police say more than 21 people are now hurt after an attack on a train. Witnesses say the attacker used an axe before being shot by police. The attack happened in the southern part of the country. About an hour and a half drive southeast from frankfurt. We will monitor the situation. As soon as we get the first pictures in the newsram we will share it with you as well. Alison thank you. Back to the republican convention. One of the story lines of the convention is who will not be there. That includes republican, Maryland Governor larry hogan. Abc7s chris papst joins us now with more on that. Chris . Chris well, while many of his fellow republicans are gathering in cleveland, governor larry hogan spent his day today in Montgomery County talking about transportation funding. The governor told me he has been to five Republican National convention. But he will not be at this one. The firstterm republican is not alone in skipping the convention. Other notable politicians not going are florida senator marco rubio, Ohio Governor john kasich and 2012 g. O. P. Nominee mitt romney. Now trump has run an antiestablishment campaign. So some noshows were expected. The billionaire businessman is expected to accept the republican nomination on thursday. And even though he received 54 of the vote during marylands april 26 primary, the governor made it clear he will not even vote for donald trump so he is not sure who he will vote for. I spoke to the governor today about not going to the convention. Here is what he said. There is a convention . There is a convention. Like i said i would be. I have no interest in the convention. Thats why im not there. Chris according to recent polling Governor Hogan has a high approval rating. One of the highest in the country around 71 . He does face reelection in two years. Meanwhile, maryland is a blue state. The controversial trump is not likely to win. Chris papst, abc7 news. Alison okay. Thank you. One person you will hear from tonight at the convention is actor scott baio. He is nervous and excited after being personally asked by donald trump to speak. The happy days star is a staunch conservative and has been one of trumps most outspoken celebrity supporters. Coming up, a 7 on your side investigation tonight. We will tell you why a local sheriff is under fire after two of his k9 teams recently went all the way to canada for airport bomb training. Leon later, one homeow angry message to pokemon go players goes viral. Coming your way new at 6 00, another verdict in freddie grays death. The highest ranking Police Officer face adjudge today. Doug we will talk about the weekend but first a quick update of the storms moving through the area. Storms producing moderate rain in metro but the heaviest stuff moving out. It will clear in the next hour. That opens the window tomorrow to much more pleasant day i think. Not as hot. We have a chance of shower in the afternoon. It looks like few and far between. 91. Good news for the citi open. Then we will calm down, warm and dry. Through friday, saturday, sunday, it will be incredibly hot and humid. Look at the numbers. 95 on friday. 99 on saturday. 96 on sunday. 94 on monday. Plus the humidity levels will into the upcoming weekend. All weekend long, the heat index or the feels like temperatures are right around 100 degrees or higher. Stay with us. Abc7 news at 5 00 ret leon the f. B. I. Is actively trying to determine if a three officers in baton rouge was working alone. They are looking to see if any of gavin longs associates supported his plan. East baton rouge sheriff Sid Gautreaux credited them for moving in before he could take out over officers. We have a sense of how things are feeling. How are people feeling right now . What is the atmosphere like now . The atmosphere around the town is in shock. People literally shaking when they put down the items behind me at the memorial. Things developing like the makeshift memorial. This is in the heart of what happened. They had protests related to alton sterling who was killed in an office of information and regulatory shooting. The word shock is an understatement of what people feel now. Leon they have gone from one extreme to this shooting that happened yesterday. What are people saying about the Police Department and the city and the communities across the board here. People believe its an outside force. It has nothing to do with alton sterling. We had sterlings mother say this is uncalled for. People believe this is an outside force with the own agenda to come in and try to destroy the area. That is what is making people so mad here. Someone came from outside to the community. Stirred up the controversy and destroyed lives of many families. Three lives, dads, grandfathers are leon people understand how many people have them in their hearts and minds at this hour. Thank you. Alison well, Hillary Clinton meanwhile spoke about the events of the past two weeks at the naacp conference in cincinnati. She spoke about the events. She condemned the death in dallas and baton rouge and said criminal justice reforms will make everyone including police safer. We have to change. Many Police Officers across the country agree with that. But it can only happen as we build trust and accountability. And that gets harder every time someone is killed. Alison the trump to address the civil rights conference but he declined, at the convention this week. Coming up, we have the latest on the stormy weather. Chief meteorologist doug hill will have the latest. Erin im Erin Hawksworth live from a rainy citi open. Play has been suspended. We will have a full preview of the weeks tournament up next in s leon a homeowner in canada has just had it with people coming on his property to play pokemon go. So he posted a message saying, this whole pokemon hunt is by far the stupidest thing i have ever seen. He listed other things he lived through. M. C. Hammer pants, crystal pepsi and macarena. Alison that is funny. Get a life and stay out of my yard. Lets find out how things are moving with the storms. They are moving qu well east of the metro. National harbor along the potomac. Brightening in the skies. An hour yeah ago you hour and a half ago you could barely see the capital wheel. But its moving away. The warnings are finished. We have calvert and st. Marys are under the severe thunderstorm watch. Eastern shore of new jersey will stay until 8 00. This is the area of red on the righthand screen an hour and a half ago, they were out west of the metro area. This will move east. Its toward college park and heavy rain there. But that is also moving rapidly. You can see the back edge of the rain over the central section of fairfax county. One storm by that will move through spotsylvania. That will be that as far as the storms go. The forecast, overnight is partly cloudy and muggy. I should point out additional shower and storm late tonight farther southeast to the middle pennsylvania inurned neck is not out of the question. So you may see distant lighting tonight. The big story is the heat will take a break and come back to full force. About 90 tomorrow with a chance of an afternoon shower or storm. Less humidity and heat on wednesday and thursday. Friday, saturday, sunday, the heat will build and the humidity builds. Its steam heat for the citi open. We approach 100 on saturday. Mid90s on sunday. We will check the storms and report back at 6 00. Leon you got it. 7 on your side health alert. Utah man who became the first person in the continental u. S. Virus passed it to the care giver but its unclear how it spread between them. The Health Officials said they did not have sexual contact. The and type of mosquito that spreads it is not found in the High Altitude area where they live. The Utah Department of health is investigating the case. Alison could your childs smartphone be the root of their aggression . Maybe not directly but the nations top Pediatrician Group is calling on legislation now to limit childrens exposure to violent games and imagery on all screens. There are links between the content and aggression. Leon we expect to see aggression on the tennis court but instead of the citi open we got the citi soaking. Alison it has been a mess. How is the weather affecting it . Erin quite a bit. When we first got here the main draw action was now the area is soaked. Once the rain stopped they will drive the court and the play will resume. Before the rain i was impressed with how close you can get and watch the players. I caught up with tracy austin, a threetime grand slam champ. We got a preview from her on what the fans can expect out here at the citi open this week. There are 32 players in the draw. Ten are american. Very strong draw. On the mens side, john isner is the number and womens side, we have a former u. S. Open champion and Sloan Stevens who is the defending champion. Buchard and wozniacki. A strong field. Erin sloane is the defending champion. How much confidence did it give her . She won three titles since. It was important for her to get the first title under her belt in washington, d. C. She has so much talent. Moves so well. Everyone was expecting her to win a title. With the expectations its pressure on her. Now that she has gotten the title under her belt, she has more freedom. Erin so much history here. What do you love about the city open . It started in 1969 by donald dell, a resident of the city, local. A great place for the family. A lot to do here and a lot of stars as well. Erin if you want the see my entire interview, go to wjla. Com sports. At 6 00, you can hear from the citi open defending champion Sloan Stevens herself. And ill make a fool of myself to see how fast i can serve the ball. Alison something to look forward to. Leon thank you for the warning on that. All right. Alison well see you soon. Thank you. They are going to show this on the jumbotrons so you can check it out. An airport that never told a ticket. Why a local county is sending officers a local sheriff is coming under fire after two of his knt teams went to kang da for bomb training to canada for bomb training. It sounds smart. What the problem . They dont have a commercial airport. Chris papst went to Southern Maryland to get answers. He just got back from a big trip. In midmay, he and another k9 and twod miles to montreal, canada. The st. Marys Sheriff Office hailed on the website prestigious airport explosive detection training where they learned to scan airport terminals. Passenger airline and baggage. The dogs trained on the most sophisticated airline in a world and learned how to keep passengers safe. Even though the st. Marys regional County Airport has never sold a ticket. This stylish terminal was built 16 years ago for 3. 1 million state taxpayers bucks. The thought is it would support commercial flights but never has. Do you see why people may question it . Its worth every penny. The sheriff approved the trip. It took two k9 teams o the capacities are so much improved now. Larry is a former fourterm county commissioner. You are filming an empty terminal. If a terrorist is going to come in here to blow something up, hurt people, they wouldnt get much bang for the buck. Im sitting in a seat that has never been sat in by a paid passenger. Ken is a 40year county resident and a lark. Vacation. He told 7 on your side his team went to canada not for airport training but to pursue a certain type of training certificate. Its transfer to other places like Office Building and county schools. My responsibility is to hire give them the best sustained training and hold them accountable. That is why this is worth every penny. Chris papst, abc7 news. Alison that is it for us at 5 00. Here is what is coming up next at abc7 news at 6 00 the Republican National convention is underway right now. But it got off to a rocky start. We are live in cleveland for what became a protest in hours of the convention start. Another verdict today in carlina freddie grays death. The highest ranking Police Officer faced a judge. What was said in court. We are watching rain and storms potential throughout the evening. The forecast is next. Announcer now abc7 news at 6 00. On your side. We begin in baltimore and the death of freddie gray. Maureen brian rice was the highest ranked Baltimore Police officer to face charges and today he was cleared for each one of them. Leon gray died after suffering a spinal injury in the back of a transport van. Brad bell is live with what it means for the other officers facing trial. Brad . Brad that is a big question. We are hearing calls for state attorney to drop charges against the remaining officers, even as some are crying out for justice for freddie gray. For the Third Straight case, judge williams finds Police Officer charged in the death of freddie gray not guilty on all counts. Ruling that the state failed to prove that lieutenant rice committed a crime in arrest and transport of gray april 2015. The verdict is no surprise