this morning, local nurses voice a serious warning. providence hospital is understaffed. what the nurses want to happen and how the hospital is respond. a big announcement from britain's royal family this morning. expecting baby number two. and we are keeping an eye on storm team 4 radar. the chance your neighborhood will get wet increases throughout the day. coming up, meteorologist chuck bell will have your hour by hour forecast. good morning, everyone, and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. the suspect in the murder of d.c. corrections official caroline cross made his first court appearance today.

dellwit sammon is being held without bond in an alexandria jail. his wrists were bandaged and he was wearing a hospital goun of some sort when he appeared over closed circuit tv during the court hearing. the victim's body was found inside her apartment yesterday morn. people living inside the building on kenmore avenue are stunned. >> it's really scary actually. it just, it's crazy that would happen in the building that we live in. >> something like that, especially in this building. >> cross had worked for the corrections department for almost three decades. director thomas fouft released a statement calling cross his rock. who was a critical person in the agency and a dear friend. right now, some nurses at providence hospital in the district say a staffing shortage could affect your health care. the hospital plans to expand its er beginning next month mcen mc

with nurses at the hospital. >> reporter: providence hospital is finishing up a major expansion of their emergency room. they say they're ready to open soon. the nurse's union are pushing back. they say there aren't enough registered nurses on staff. >> i counted on our nurses. >> reporter: they gathered near the emergency room. >> we cannot safely staff -- >> reporter: providence's hospital is expanding the wing. hospital officials say they're ready to open in the fall. but the nurse's union says not so fast. >> for the smaller er, there's not enough nurses. now they're going to more than double the number of beds in the er and they have not hired nurses to take care of the patients. >> reporter: hospital officials say the er will go from 30 beds to 42 beds. but the nurses say they're short staffed now and if more beds are added, patient care will suffer. they're calling on the hospital

to hire more registered nurses. >> we are overworked. we are stressed. patients are unhappy. we're doing the best we can. it's just simply not enough. >> reporter: providence says they're working on it. that they have 13 new nurses in orientation now and will continue to hire. in a written statement, providence hospital said we have a plan in place to ensure everythg is ready prior to the official opening. and that includes appropriate staffing. the statement goes on to say, we staff beds with nurses and will not open additional beds without appropriate staffing. right now, negotiations are ongoing between the hospital and the nurses union. and no one is calling for a strike. however, the union says that may not always be the case. nothing has been taken off the table. from providence hospital, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> tracking rain on a cool almost fall-like morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first

midday forecast. >> good morning,e everybody. a cloudy start. there's the view. full cloud cover. we've seen a sliver or two of sunshine from time to time. the sun will continue to fade behind ever thickening clouds. rain drops moving in as well. not expecting any heavy rain today, but you'll want to have your umbrella with you because these are nuisance rain drops. a couple swipes of the wiper blades are going to be about it. nothing heavy in the downtown or immediate suburbs just yet. there's steadier rains down to our south. rain chances are highest as you go farther and farther down to the south. lower rain chances up to the north. coming up at 11:30, we'll be talking about your seven-day forecast. temperatures will probably stay in the 70s today. a showery stretch. an autumn chill by the weekend. stay tuned for that.

right now, news 4 crew is on the way to learn more about a mother charged with killing her children in chef rverly. news 4 was the first to report spoon had been chargd. she's in jail right now. we're told the children were hurt at their grandparent's house on forest road and died in the hospital. watch news 4 at noon today to learn everything police have to say at a news conference this afternoon. the man convicted in the murder of chandra levy is in court. his lawyers are asking for a new trial. a jury convicted him of killing levy two years ago. since then, lawyers say his former cell mate lied on witness stand. that testimony was a key piece of evidence in the trial. and new today, virginia governor terry mcauliffe plans to expand health care to people who suffer

from mental illness. he also wants to provide dental care to pregnant women who already receive public health care. mcauliffe says he will not try a large-scale expansion of the state's medicaid program. and some big news today from britain's royal family, kate and william are expecting baby number two. we have new information on the battle that kate is waging against morning sickness. and a look at the latest odds. the names people are already betting on for that baby. we'll also take a look at the leading moneymakers walking the halls of congress. and the lawmakers from our area making that list. stay with us. we'll be right back.

within the last hour, former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush announced their new partnership. coming together to develop new leaders through a presidential scholars program. they were tea newseum talking about the initiative. talking about motivating ordinary people to get involved. >> i know in washington, everybody assumes we're talking about the next, you know, president or next senator. we're not. we're talking about leadership in all aspects of life.

>> we believe there are some skills and i also think leaders are made. >> this isn't the first time the two presidents have worked together. back in 2010, they visited and raised money for haiti in the aftermath of that devastating earthquake. and congratulations are still flowing in from around the world. the duke and duchess of cambridge are having a second baby. prince william and kate middleton made the announcement via twitter this morning just like they did the first time around. kate is suffering from severe morning sickness right now. the couple's first child, prince george, was born july 22nd, 2013. he is third in the line, behind his grandfather, prince charles, and his father, prince william. the child will be fourth in the line for the throne. betting on the second royal baby has been going on since george was born. patty powers offering 10-1 odds

this baby will be named elizabeth, henry or victoria. there's 12 to 1 odds that the baby will be named charles if it's a boy. and 20-1 if it's a girl that the baby will be named diana. right now, the long shot bet is 100 to 1 that the baby will be named camilla. a meeting is take place right now that could lead to changes in the time some students head to school. plus, lawmakers head back to work this week on capitol hill. the deadline they're facing to keep the federal government open. chuck, what about the weather? >> it's a cloudy day outside today. not any rain falling in northwest washington just yet. if you're planning to go outside, you may want to have the umbrella. i'll show you how the rain chances are increasing.

when your kids start school could change soon. proposing new start times right now. news 4's richard jordan is live at that meeting. there's been talk about getting high school kids to start a little bit later. >> the meeting just getting started. the discussion will begin.

a lot of students paying close attention because for them it means an extra hour of sleep. the last to arrive walking in late. this was falls church high school at 8:00 a.m., 40 minutes after the first bell. >> i know i would have had a hard time getting to school at 7:15 when i was a kid. >> next year at the same time, you could see a different picture. a crowd of teens better rested and walking into school without being tardy it. the superintendant proposing these changes. high school would begin at 8:10. middle school 15 minutes earlier from 7:45 to 7:30. and elementary schools would change the same. the older kids are obviously on board. >> come to school feeling a little better, not as tired. >> the changes come at a cost. new buses are needed to get students in on time. earlier this year, doctors at children's national medical center told the school board the current schedule is costing kids

valuable sleep time. many parents have already learned that lesson. >> based on my kid's experience, it probably is a good idea. especially when they have hard classes in the morning and they're not quite awake. >> homework plus after school activities, all factors that the school board will consider before making a final decision. we could hear back as soon as october 23rd. the planned school board meeting. if this does pass, it would not affect the current school year that just started last week. it will be for next year. reporting live in fairfax, richard jordan, news 4. >> thank you, richard. now, an update on the va scandal. >> we do have that update. secretary of veterans affairs ronald mcdonald reporting the findings in the investigation into that matter. he opened with an apology to veterans.

>> over the past few months, we've pryioritized veterans. we're recruiting additional staff. deploying mobile medical units. and sharing best practices to help facilities rise to improvement. >> they've reached out to 294 veterans to get them off the wait list. also falsified appointment records. barbara. >> all right, thanks, angie. congress returns to work facing a major deadline. they only have a few weeks to deal with immigration, the budget and how to go after isis militants in syria. nbc's tracie potts has more on what issues will take priority. >> money to run the federal government runs out september

30th. that's priority number one when congress gets back today. they'll likely consider a temporary extension. the other big issue, migration. all those children flooding across the border without parents. president obama says he's delaying any executive action until after november's election. >> i want to make sure it's sustainable. >> basically saying he doesn't want to be held accountable by the electorate. >> the president says he doesn't need permission from congress to go after isis militants in syria but he does want their support. he'll lay out his strategy in a speech wednesday. air strike, but no ground troops. >> boots on the ground have to be iraqi. >> democrats and republicans agree the president needs to be clear and decisive. >> we need to have an end game. saying, here's what we're going to do. >> what is the military plan and

what is the diplomatic plan. and times wasting. it's time for america to project power and strength. >> those are just some of the issues. some of the big ones that congress has to deal with over the next three weeks. they're not coming back until after the election. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> and for more on the president's strategy to fight isis, we're joined by the political writer for nbc. we know the president is planning a speech on wednesday to talk about isis crisis. are we expecting him to really tell us exactly what they're going to do? how much do you think he's going to say? >> what we heard in his interview over the weekend with "meet the press," he was very clear to emphasize this is not going to be like iraq. in fact, he called the idea of putting american ground troops in syria a profound mistake. what you will hear is how he wants to partner with the international community and partner with kurdish troops,

iraqi troops and syrian rebels to use those as the boots on the ground to address this threat in that region. >> now, while we're talking about isis, we're talking about immigrati immigration. a lot ofs ons faces. the big thing they're going to face is keeping the government running. is that right? >> right. to avoid a government shutdown, the congress is going to have to pass a stop gap measure. probably going to the middle of december. but really nobody wants a government shutdown. both parties are looking ahead of these midterm elections. let's go into the midterm elections without a congressional story that's not making a lot of headlines. so i think you'll see that pass pretty easily. >> so you think we are definitely -- you think definitely -- >> right now, it looks like neither party has any interest in slowing down this process. in getting a lot of headlines. >> and the list, any surprises? >> no surprises, but there are a

couple lawmakers. and senator mark warner also of virginia is number five on that list. to make that list of the 50 wealthiest lawmakers, you have to make at least $7.4 million. >> wow. so a lot of wealthy congressman out there. >> it's about a breakdown of about 20 democrats and 30 republicans, but among the top ten, there's two republicans and eight democrats. >> well, carrie, thank you. for more from the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews.com. new this morning, iran's supreme leader is in the hospital. their official news agency says the ayatollah al khomeini had prostate surgery in er tehran. the surgery described as routine and successful. the 75-year-old ayatollah has a final say on all state matters in iran. he's been the top leader since 1989. a big announcement this

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40-year-old white guy would recognize. the redskins will likely be without two players when they play this coming sunday. reed and barry cofield were both hurt in the loss yesterday. the team is looking for their first win, as well as hold on to the ball a little more next time around. turnovers were a big part of the loss. quarterback robert griffin iii says he's not letting that faze him. >> no one wants to go 1-2. we felt good about what we did and we're going to fix what we didn't do well. >> you can go to the redskins next game this coming sunday. the teams will play at 1:00. olive garden is launching a new ad campaign to entice people to come into the restaurants.

you can buy a never ending pasta pass. you can get all the pasta, salad and breadsticks and soda you can eat for the next seven weeks. only 1,000 pass will be available. they go on sale at 3:00 today. there are 135 home invasions across the country every day. would you know what to do if you were confronted by a thief in your own house? how insect spray can help. and back with your first forecast, seven day forecast, and when it shows a return of some sunny skies, you'll want to hear that, and how to make exercise a hobby, not an

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rain drops are going to increase, especially through tonight and tomorrow. a cool comfy day outside. an east breeze at 12 miles per hour. that's going to keep those low clouds in place and it is the moisture around as well. in maryland, there's just a touch more sunshine. pretty nice morning. mid to upper 60s. temperatures today won't really rise much. maybe another degree or two. that's going to be about it before we slide to the 70 degree mark. so the weather impact on your mondays, fairly low. showers are around. it's just a little breezy thanks to the east wind. there's no severe weather threat of any kind. showers there, you can see, very, very light rain in the immediate metro area. steadier rain across the northern neck. much more steady rain.

so you can see, warrenton to opal just getting sprinkle, at this time. i was standing outside on the front lawn about ten minutes ago, and not a drop landed on my head, so a lot of these light rain drops not reaching the ground now across montgomery and fairfax in the district. there's an increasing chance for the rain drops to make it to the ground as the day wears along. higher rain chances from the metro area into southern maryland. so when the kids come home, scattered light sprinkles and light rain showers. temperatures low to mid-70s. have the umbrella around just in case. tonight, the braves are in town. we need to stay in first place. beating the braves will be a great way to do it. cloudy skies. a delay is a possibility. the rain shouldn't be heavy

enough to cancel the game. i think the game will be played to completion. you can see rain chances, through the remainder of the overnight hours tonight. a little chance of expanding northbound. out the door tomorrow morning. another day, umbrellas needed. start off, light to potentially moderate rain. then tomorrow afternoon, things start to calm down. most of the rain will be out of here by late in the day. so when do you get to get rid of the umbrella? you get rid of it on wednesday. wednesday ill be a nice day. heat and humidity back in some form back on thursday. chance of some thunderstorms thursday afternoon and thursday evening. that set us up for a near perfect weekend. >> ooh, that sounds great, thank you, chuck. dangerous home invasions are

happening around the country with several high-profile cases this summer. so what happens if an intruder ends up in your house? does your family have a plan t get out unharmed? some quick and simple tips to keep your family safe. >> it's the middle of the night. and these attackers are moving in. home invaders caught on surveillance video kicking in doors. and getting violent. even attacking victims in their own bed. home invasions. they're more common than you think. happening nearly 50,000 times a year. that's 135 home invasions every day. just this summer, it happened to sandra bullock. an intruder got within steps her bedroom. just weeks ago, nba star ray allen's family was hit, waking up to seven intruders inside their home. not even the kennedys are

immune. a stranger getting into their sprawling compound in hyannisport this summer. if the rich and famous can't keep them out, how can you? >> it was absolutely one of the most frightening things. >> susan dawson came face-to-face with a home intruder. >> i went, oh, my gosh, who are you? he took a couple of steps and punched me in the nose and down i went. >> the attacker tied her up and ransacked her home. >> i laid there and he'd keep going through the bedroom, looking for stuff. what i was thinking about most is how is he going to kill me. >> how can you get your family out alive? wallace is a 22-year hostage negotiator. >> i hear a noise, what do i do? >> real simple. a lot of people don't have a lams. they're expensive. keep your car keys on your

table. hit the red button. it's a built-in alarm. >> and he says there's something else you'll need in your bedroom too. >> buy a pan of wasp hornet spray. because this is so potent. it's more powerful than police mace. the great part, if you spray it, it will go 20, 25 feet. >> you could be standing at the corner of your room and if somebody gets to your bedroom, you can hit them. >> what happens to them? >> they are blind. >> and sleep with all your bedroom doors open. you want your kids to hear what's going on. then you go to them. >> so the key is to get the family together, all in one place and then get out. >> exactly. as quickly as you can. >> but what about a worst case scenario. the intruder captures you. like what happened to susan. they're holding you guys, saying, where's the jewelry? do you tell them? >> absolutely. you want to treat them like royalty. on top of that, you don't want to lie. >> that's exactly what susan did. she cooperated with her captor

and got out alive. >> it could happen to anybody at any place at any time. >> that was jeff rosen reporting. since that incident, susan installed a security system but what if you can't afford a system like that? you can buy a small alarm called window alert for just 99 cents at any big box store. just stick that in your window. experts say noise really is the best deterrent when it comes to home invaders. afraid they may not be able to respond fast enough to fires, especially at tall buildings in the district, because of their failing equipment, they say. 70 ladder trucks are off the streets after failing inspection. these trucks can reach over 100 feet in the air. right now, the district has only ten of those working ladder trucks. montgomery and prince georges county firefighters agreed to try to help the district. your pocketbook could see

some relief at the pump this fall. aaa says we could see gas prices back below $3 a gallon. aaa says people drive less this time of year and it's not as expensive for refineries to make the winter blend. the average price is about $3.58. in virginia, $3.18 a gallon. in west virginia, the average price, $3.51. over the summer, we saw prices dip below $3 a gallon in the fredericksburg area. a potentially dangerous virus has left hundreds of children sick. plus, the doctor being treated for ebola in nebraska could get help from the other two americans now recovering.

all right, parents, here's one to watch out for. there's a mysterious respiratory infection that's affected hundreds of kids. most of the cases have been reported in the midwest. the cdc says it's called entero virus 68, a distant cousin to the polio virus. it starts out with cold-like symptoms. making it difficult to properly diagnose until more serious symptoms show up. as always, the cdc says prevention is the key. the best way to avoid getting sick at all is by washing your

hands of course. now to the ebola crisis in west africa. american military personnel are on the ground, sitting up isolation units and equipment to keep health workers safe. this response comes after dr. rick sack ra became the third american infected with this deadly virus. his doctors say a new research, another new research drug is showing good results. it's too early to say if he's fully out of the woods yet. sacra was infected with ebola while working at a hospital in liberia. >> he's been one of our bes sources. he took care of patients who had ebola and he has ebola himself. as a physician, he's a very astute observer. >> doctors say they're also considering giving him a blood transfusion from one of the other american ebola survivors. sackra was rushed back to the u.s. last week to receive treatment. this week, the national institutes of health will begin

testing another new ebola vaccine on humans. a single dose of the drug vaccinated four monkeys exposed to four levels of ebola. the hope is the drug can rolled out by november to health workers in west africa. officials are looking to see if that vaccine can hold up to the virus over time. adding exercises to your list of hobbies could be the motivation you need to get moving. plus, why students need to ask the question, is the cost of college really worth it.

having a pet with fur around your baby could actually help them prevent asthma. european researchers studied more than 3,000 newborns that were put to bed on animal fur for the first three months of their lives. they found by the age of 6 the kids that were exposed to animal skill skin were 79% less likely to have asthma. researchers say exposing your children to different organisms early in life can help protect them against all sorts of allergies. well, when you thing of hobby, you may think of activities like maybe scrapbooking or photography, but you can easily expand this list to include hobbies that require physical activity that may make your workout a little bit easier to take if you think of it as a hobby. kim weeks from kim weeks yoga

join us with a look at how yoga can become a hobby. who have you got with you? >> this is john, my teacher. i come here every month and usually have a student or instrubli instructor but every once in a while, want to bring the real deal teacher to us. >> welcome back. let's talk a little bit about this. do you think it's more likely that more people would consider doing yoga if they thought of it as a hobby? >> i think the more they thought of integrating it, responding to e-mails, working, getting the kid's lunch ready, part of daily life, i think yes, because you can nurture inside your body like photographerout side. >> let's see a pose that's going to want to make me make this a regular hobby. >> he's just going to stand like you could when you got out of bed in the morning. what john is going to show is

this sort of maybe slouching over the thing that we talked about before. the ubiquitous shape we make in modern day. his hands are forward typing the computer. stressful. slouf slouching. what he might do in the morning is stand up, open his chest. >> just hold that for a few minutes and that's it? >> his teacher, who, by the way, was one of the greatest of all time, said if you stand in this pose for one hour, you don't need to do anything else. >> the second pose, down dog. i think facing her or facing me, either one. yeah. so this is a pose that gets at everything you need to get to to make the body a hobby. make the cultivation of long side body, stretched out strong

frame. at his yoga studio, another day, another down dog. >> how many minutes? >> that's a good question. a good minute. >> you can come up so we can hear you. >> about a minute, and you can build up to five minutes. >> several types during the date? >> any time you feel stiff or you need to move. >> do it. okay. wow pose. >> let's do the wow pose. >> one of the things that happens when you to yoga, you think about this sort of proverbial getting into the basement and building your airplanes and stuff like that, you wind up in your basement a lot. yoga students spend time on the floor looking at their bodies. look at john doing this increasably advanced pose. which is sort of one of his signature potions. >> i can imagine, you enjoy doing it. it's trying to get there.

>> right, a pose a day. it's just a few minutes a day. >> well, thank you. >> there's your hobby for the fall. >> i'd love to adopt that as a hobby. coming up, the can't miss afternoon on tv coming up today plus storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is back with a look at how much rain we can expect

at the live desk, where we just got newly released video of ravens running back ray rice punching out his former fiance. you might find this video disturbing. the nfl says it did not see the new footage before it suspended rice for two games. this was in an elevator at an atlantic city casino where you can see the couple have that spat and then pretty much right now, he knocks her out cold. she is on the ground. in previous video, this is what we've seen. it was from outside the elevator where rice is seen trying to pick up his fiance's unconscious body. the two are now married. the ravens saying they haven't seen this video until today. the nfl meanwhile continues to take heat for what many consider to be too light a punishment. with the release of this graphic video, you can bet new questions for the league are being raised.

barbara. >> thank you, angie. for many, college is the key to securing a good and stable career, but some new college graduates are finding their degrees around paying off as fast as they thought they would. now, new research questions if the price of an education is actually worth the investment. >> my name's marcy, i'll be taking care of you. >> marsy works 30 hours a work as a waitress. not exactly the job she was expecting to have when she graduated with a masters degree in policy research last year. >> i never thought this would happen to me. i have worked hard all my life. i was in the honors program. i graduated sum ma cum laude for goodness sakes. >> the 29-year-old has applied to hundreds of jobs in her field but so far, no luck. she's struggling to pay off her $70,000 student loan debt. >> i definitely found that i am overeducated for a lot of the positions out there. and it's a very frustrating

experience. >> last year, while the average salary for an american with a bachelor's degree was $48,000, 25% of college graduates earned 27,000 or less, just $2,000 more a year than the average high school grad. >> companies are not looking for college degrees to the same extent they were. there's a lot of jobs which don't require a college degree. >> the percentage of recent college grads working in jobs that don't typically require a bachelor's degree has risen in the last decade. some questioning whether too many are overinvesting in their education. the research finds a college degree is still an important investment to help people prepare for high-skilled, high-paying jobs. >> for the vast majority of people, college is worth it. just don't get buried in mountains of dead in doing so. >> like marcy, who worries her education might not pay off. >> it's something that brightened my horizon.

obviously, monitetarily speakin it was a really bad choice. >> experts say future graduates should weigh the financial risk against the reward. sharon uppeepperson, nbc news, new york. we're keeping an eye on several developing stories. the police department will hold a conference about the murder of two children. it happened in chefferly. police say the children's mother admitted to the crime. the suspect in the murder of d.c. corrections official caroline cross made his first court appearance today. he is being held without bond on murder charges in the alexandria county jail. and the duke and duchess made the announcement via twitter this morning. kate is suffering from severe

morning sickness. the child will be the fourth in line to the throne. the day time party that you've been waiting for is finally here. meredith vieira is kicking off her new talk show. ♪ meredith vieira ♪ ♪ here you go again ♪ my my ♪ how can we resist you >> the cast of "mamma mia" surprised meredith. she expects a lot of heart, humor and storytelling on the show. the show joins an all new day time lineup. with special guest j. lo at 1:00 p.m. after "days of our lives." at 2:00 p.m., steve harvey. ellen talks to maroon 5's front man about marriage.

and a final check of our forecast. >> rainfall amounts now to tomorrow about a tenth of an inch. a good chance you'll need the umbrella once or twice in the next few days. that sets us up for a perfect september weekend. >> sounds good. thank you very much. that's news 4 midday for today. thanks for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. for news 4 midday. have a terrific day. we'll see you in the morning.

>> will: sonny. what day did we take ari to get her hair cut? i want to send a picture to the kids at camp. >> sonny: i'm not sure. was it wednesday? it's okay to miss sami. she's your mom. >> will: well, it doesn't matter. she still hates me for writing about her and ej and abigail. >> ben: there's nothing else to say. i get the bigger picture now. i saw you looking at ej dimera, and the whole thing made sense. >> abigail: no, ben, please. >> ben: come on, abigail. i was kissing you, and you pushed me away. and you did that because you were thinking about him.