crucial piece of evidence that's still missing. we have been working hard in the last hour to gather new details on two big stories. >> one had the community of alexandria on edge for a long time. the other has captured the nation's attention. our team is working some new leads right now. let's begin with jason pugh in baltimore with the fallout about ray rice. jason. >> reporter: yeah, wendy. when nfl commissioner roger goodell firsthanded out a two-game suspension to ray rice for his domestic violence incident, people in the nfl and outside of the nfl were outraged by the lack of severity of that punishment. now up until that point, we didn't see the video of what took place inside that elevator on that night in atlantic city. we only saw the aftermath of it. now that this new video has been released by tmz sports, it's only added fuel to the fire, and people are demanding answers from the commissioner. i do want to warn our viewers before we show you this video, it's very graphic and you may

find it to be extremely disturbing. let's show the video right now. it shows ray rice punching his then fiancee, now wife, and knocking her unconscious. in response to this video, the ravens terminated rice's contract this afternoon, followed by the nfl suspending him immediately. he was in the midst of that two-game suspension imposed by the nfl. today, rutgers head coach, cal flood, who was an assistant coach at rutgers when rice played this, had this to say about the situation. >> ray will always be a part of our family. the video i saw this morning was difficult to watch. as a husband and as a father. there's nothing that can justify what i saw on that video. this is a sad day for ray and a sad day for rutgers. >> reporter: with more reaction on this ray rice situation, we're going to go out to ashburn where dianna russini is standing

by. >> reporter: monday here at redskins park is usually buzzing with the good, bad, and ugly. but today is strange here as we know that the players on this team have seen that egregious video that tmz released of ray rice punching his then fiancee, now wife. the redskins did not want to talk to us, but at that point, they did not know that the nfl suspended him indefinitely. jay gruden also didn't address it in his press conference, but he did communicate with me over text message about 30 minutes ago. and this is what he said. he said we always will hold all our players and staff to high standards on and off the field. not speaking of any other player or any other -- on any other team but the redskins. we understand being in the nfl is all about how the commissioner and mr. schneider expect us to act from a personal level and a professional level. now, former redskin tight end chris cooley said he watched that video just once, and he was horrified by it. it broke his heart. here are his thoughts to the

nfl's indefinite suspension of ray rice. >> ray rice is looked up to by so many kids. and the internet is so accessible. even to 10, 11, 12-year-old children who are able to find videos like that, and whether you want to be a role model to these kids or not, video evidence like this is so alarming, and it's so easily at hand that you can't have a face like ray rice doing something like this and not make somewhat of an example out of him or not at least say this is something we're not going to accept as an organization, the baltimore ravens, and the nfl. >> reporter: wendy, just an awful day in the world of sports. we still have a lot more in about 40 minutes. so we'll have more on this ray rice indefinite suspension by the nfl. back to you. >> all right. we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you. the outrage is also reaching the white house tonight. press secretary josh earnest would not comment specifically about ray rice, but did condemn

domestic violence. >> you have seen the president and the vice president make very forceful public comments in talking about how important it is for men in particular to step up and step forward and make clear that violence against women is something that is not and cannot be tolerated. >> earnest also said men need to band together to prevent domestic violence in the future. nom. coming up at 6:30, the new video parks a twitter #. kristen right will have more on how people are reacting online to this ray rice story. our big story today, charles severance indicted in three high-profile murders. murders that have haunted the city of alexandria for more than a decade. the one lingering question tonight, were the victims targeted? news4's julie carey joins us live with vents on this. julie? >> reporter: some alexandria residents have waited for this day ever since nancy dunning was shot to death in december of

2003. for others, two more recent murders have put them on edge. but tonight charles severance, the man already named as the primary focus in the investigation, is charged with all three murders. hugs and tears for the relatives of murder victim, nancy dunning. this is a day they have waited more than a decade for. charles severance is now charged with first degree murder for the december 2003 killing of the popular real estate agent. he faces two capital murder charges for the two recent killings that jolted the alexandria community. the shootings of transportation planner, ron kirby in november and music teacher ruthanne lodato in february. >> i am confident that the suspect, charles severance, is the suspect that we have been looking for, which is now almost 11 years. >> reporter: it was this composite sketch created by a woman working at the lodato home who saw the shooter that had the entire alexandria community on the lookout for a killer. in march, charles severance was arrested in west virginia on an

unrelated weapons charge. police say he had fled his loudoun county townhome when he learned investigators wanted to speak with him about the murders. he was extradited to loudoun county, buying alexandria police time to continue the investigation. that led to today's charges. >> that evidence that we discovered in those five months largely is why we're standing here today. >> reporter: i asked alexandria's chief if the victims were killed at random or targeted. >> i don't know if it was targeted or not, because i can't get into the mentality of mr. severance. i don't know personally whether or not it was or was not. the evidence in itself, though, may show something different when we get to court. >> reporter: the relatives of victims nancy dunning and ron kirby sat in the front row of the news conference listening. afterward, dunning's daughter made this brief statement. >> our family is grateful to the police and investigators to continue to pursue our mother's case over these nearly 11 years. while nothing can bring her back we're hopeful today's indictment is the beginning of a process that will offer our family and

the other affected families some small amount of closure. >> reporter: for years, nancy dunning's husband, one-time sheriff jim dunning, was considered a suspect in her death. he died without seeing this day and his exoneration. >> you can resume as of today that no one else is involved in these cases or these murders in the past. and hopefully never in the future. >> reporter: now we had other questions the chief would not answer today. we don't know what the motive might be in this case or what specific evidence ties charles severance to these three murders. but the police department does want the public to know, they still have not recovered the murder weapons in the case. they certainly would like to find those. one more footnote. even though charles severance faces a charge of capital murder, alexandria's prosecutor says he does not intend to speak the death penalty. charles severance will likely be transported to loudoun county within a week. i'm julie carey, news4. >> thank you.

those who knew the murder victims are reacting tonight. they hope the charges begin the process of the families getting closure. jackie bensen continues from the alexandria neighborhood just off braddock road where ruthanne lodato was killed last year. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, the news spread through this quiet neighborhood very quickly. the shock and grief of ruth an lodato's murder in february is still very fresh here. john kelly is a neighbor who serves as family spokesman. >> for the family, i think it's another painful reminder of the loss of ruthanne. and they miss her every day in so many ways. it's also now a painful reminder for other families in our community, and i know the lodatos' thoughts and players go out to the kirby and dunning families. >> reporter: the three murders span a decade of time. many believe the prominence of the victims was no coincidence. all were part of the fabric of

alexandria. >> it's hard to overstate how this has changed all of our lives. just the loss and knowing that this has happened in our community. but, you know, we think we try to take time to mourn and miss ruthanne, but we also take time to celebrate her life, and her legacy, which is living on through her music programs that continue to this day. >> reporter: many here have long suspended that these crimes had to be connected. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. >> outside on the roads tonight, rain may be slowing down your commute as you head for home. doug is tracking the conditions from the storm center. how is it looking? >> real estate, yeah, not talking about a lot of rain on the radar. we do have that rain just south. and we're talking flooding rain around norfolk, virginia beach. but for us today, we've just seen the showers. we have seen that easterly wind all day too. that has kept temperatures on the cool side and notice storm team 4 radar a few showers back into the panhandle of west

virginia, a few towards southern maryland and even around the district earlier. but for the most part, it has all been just down to the south. and there is a ton of moisture down here, inches of rain fallen. we will see more as we move on through the rest of the overnight hours. so if you're heading out this evening, you do want to make sure you take the umbrella with you. however, you may not need it. a few showers around 7:00. 73 degrees around 9:00, isolated showers if not sprinkles. we'll talk much more about our rain chances for your day on tuesday. plus temperatures going up and then coming way down for your weekend. see you in a minute. >> all right. congress is back in session. the u.s. could be headed back to war. president obama will outline his plan to combat isis later this week. not clear what role lawmakers will be playing in that. steve handlesman has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: lawmakers went back to work. worried about isis. >> the most pressing national security threat since 9/11. >> reporter: president obama will ask the american people wednesday to support a u.s.-led

effort to destroy isis. congressional critics say it's about time. >> i do. i think this is a gearshift for the president. >> reporter: many lawmakers demand a formal vote. >> i think he really does need to come to congress for not just consultations, but an authorization to use that kind of force. >> reporter: the president disagrees on "meet the press." >> well, i'm confident that i've got the authorization i need to protect the american people. >> reporter: mr. obama wants more air strikes against isis. and ground attacks by iraqis, kurds and others. but not americans. >> this is not a fight that the united states can take on for them. >> reporter: defense secretary hagel was in kiturkey today looking for help. the plan is to attack isis strong holds in iraq, seen here in red. not in syria. some in congress wonder why. >> the head of the snake is in syria. and if you're going to kill the snake, you have got to go to where the head is, and cut it off. >> reporter: but starting in

iraq is easier to sell. >> we have expended so much blood and treasure, people can understand protecting some of the things that have been lost lately in iraq. >> reporter: meanwhile, congress has to deal with the dollars and cents issue, the government running out of money october 1st. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news capitol hill. she's charged with killing her two young children in maryland. tonight we are learning what happened in the days before the tragedy and why some are wondering if the killings could have been prevented. a d.c. official murdered at this apartment in alexandria. a suspect arrested. he's on suicide watch. i'm pat collins. the story, coming up. news4. and a new push to let students sleep in longer. we're going to find out why this proposal is getting some mixed reaction this is a different kind of airline. one that invented low-fares so everyone could fly.

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her boss called her the rock of her department. mayor gray weighed in on her death from china. tonight there is shock and sadness over the loss of carolyn cross, a high-ranking d.c. government official, and there are questions, including why a neighbor police say she had never even met might want to kill her. news4's pat collins is outside cross' apartment building in alexandria with more. pat? >> reporter: doreen, for 35 years, carolyn cross worked for the district's department of corrections. and today when people who knew

her and our city learned about her violent death, they were in tears. >> tremendous loss. she is a native of the district, attended coolidge high school, got her college degree at the university of district of columbia. so she's a district person through and through. a tremendous loss not only to our department, but for the whole community. >> reporter: the murder victim, carolyn cross, the deputy director of the district's department of corrections. how well-respected was she? listen to irlien. carolyn cross was her corrections officer. >> carolyn was someone that was like the life at the party. at the end of the day, she was a person you really could see as a good friend, but also if you crossed her, you knew it. >> reporter: carolyn cross,

found murdered yesterday in her alexandria apartment. charged in the case, 29-year-old dawit seyoum. he appeared in court today with bandages on his wrist and forearms, wearing what was described as a suicide smock. an article of clothing jailers use to keep inmates from harming themselves. now ms. cross lived in this building. suspect seyoum lived in the building next door. today i talked to a woman who has lived here for some time. she remembers see seyoum hanging out in the gym in his street clothes staring at women while they work out. the neighbor asked we not show her face. >> he'll be staring at people while they work out, not saying a word, not friendly, standing there. i actually stopped going to the gym in my building for that reason. >> reporter: dawit seyoum held without band bond tonight. live in alexandria, pat collins,

news4. the city of phoenix under a state of emergency tonight because of historic flooding. torrential downpours, swamped roads overnight and into this morning, interstate 50 covered in mud. the storm set off an all-time record for rainfall in phoenix in a single day. very different from what happened when phoenix got a dust storm kicked up by some bad weather. this is time lapse video, 40-mile-an-hour wind gust blew a wall of dust through the town. the weather woes are being generated by what was hurricane norbert. >> do you remember what that's called? >> dreaded haboob? >> that's the haboob! so first they get the haboob because it's all dry and now dealing with a ton of rain out there. good news for them, with the exception of the fact they're seeing the flooding as they have had so much in the fact of drought out there in portions of the southwest. so they need this rain. and it's all the way from new mexico towards colorado back

towards california seeing this rain. so it's needed rain but all coming very, very quickly. >> not combined with dust. >> exactly right. you can see the problems on their roadways. for us, not a lot of problems. we have had shower activity, but that has not slowed traffic too much on those roads. at least the weather hasn't. 74 degrees right now in d.c. and look at these numbers. 68 in gaithersburg, just a couple of days ago we had a heat index of 100 degrees in d.c. now 68 over there. 72 in men as as. 66 winchester and 70 towards fredericksburg. so a very, very cool afternoon for this time of year. and there's the rain to the south. notice around the d.c. metro area we actually have some clearing up toward the north. a few showers here and there. but to the south, we're seeing flooding of our own in virginia towards norfolk. 6 to 10 inches of rain down in that area. we're going to get new video from that and we'll have that at 11:00. here it is. storm team 4 radar showing some showers. some moving from the east to the

west. others moving from the west to the east. as we are getting that easterly flow, these are some of those showers that have developed around the martinsburg area, winchester through frederick county all on the light side. and all of the rain towards southern maryland also on the light side. down toward the northern neck, around fredericksburg, still seeing some of that light rain. down towards portions of southern st. mary's county. look at the last four hours towards southern maryland and the northern neck. look how much rain we have seen here. a lot of rain during the afternoon. so is this was one area where the umbrellas and the wind shield wipers are going full force. 8:00 tonight, that's the only area we have a chance for to see those continued showers. tomorrow morning, around 8:00 a.m., we're going to see a couple of light sprinkles. but i'm not expecting much. could even be areas of drizzle tomorrow and some fog. but i don't think it's going to be a bad start. tomorrow afternoon, a few more showers, kind of like today. they will be hit or miss throughout the afternoon. so a good idea to take the umbrella. but i'm really not too worried about our tuesday. it will be on the cooler side again with high temperatures in the mid 70s. 75 in gaithersburg.

77 in le plata with a northerly easterly wind of 10 to 20 miles per hour which will also continue to make it feel cooler. next couple days, we warm a little. 82 on your wednesday. 89 on thursday ahead of our next frontal boundary and look what happens this weekend. a high of only 71 on saturday. most of us saturday and sunday only stay in the 60s all day. >> still ahead, social media explodes after the release of the ray rice video and the outreach tonight extends far beyond baltimore. 40 children drop toys for picket signs. >> president obama, children are crying about their parents. >> reporter: the message today to the president about the immigration system. plus, new at 6:00, a report by d.c.'s inspector general that will make anyone who has got a ticket in the city fuming mad. what it could mean for the future of parking enforcement and the tickets you

new at 6:00, a d.c. neighborhood fighting to protect their community. the makes want the city council to stand up for them and block a csx toggle that could make residents sick. csx wants to build a mile-long tunnel for a freight train between second and 11th street. as tom sherwood shows us, the proposed track could go through some people's back yards.

>> reporter: these senior citizens are just a few of many who live right next to virginia avenue southeast. where csx wants to spend three years digging a huge open trench to double the size of an outdated tunnel. its single tracks go for a mile. seniors worry about their health. >> the seniors that have breathing problems. they're saying to us, you just stay in your own house, close your window. you can no longer sit out in your courtyard any longer. >> reporter: other owners in expensive townhomes are fighting to protect their community. jennifer mcphillips has lived in the neighborhood for five years with her husband. she wants a d.c. council to block the csx project, similar to how maryland killed a csx project in baltimore last month. >> and the maryland legislature stood up for their constituents and we're really hoping the d.c. council will do the same for us. >> reporter: mcphillips showed where the deep train trench

would come within 20 feet of her home. >> you can see, a trench right here with trains running through an open track would essentially make our home unlivable. >> reporter: the d.c. council was interrupting summer recess today to hold a second hearing on the issue. csx says it has prepared statements it is committed to working with the city and neighborhood. they say the project is vital to railway projects heading north and south. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. tonight, a scathing new report is out about the way d.c. issues parking and speeding tickets. and says the programs are too aggressive. the new report from the inspector general says speed cameras often issue tickets without conclusive evidence. it also criticizes the ticketing practices of public works and transportation department workers. and the inspector general suggests the city values its $172 million ticket revenue over accuracy. the report includes recommendations for improving the ticket-writing programs and

you can read much more about all of this on our website, nbcwashington.com. more now on the breaking news out of baltimore. a firestorm on social media as new video surfaces of ray rice attacking his then fiancee. but is the punishment too little too late? >> two toddlers found dead in their home, and their own mother charged with murder. and is tonight there is new reaction from police about what may have driven her to commit these crimes. plus, a mystery virus lands hundreds of kids in the hospital.

first at 6:30, new details on what police say could have driven a maryland mother to murder her own children. she's in jail tonight after reportedly confessing to suffocating the 1 and 3-year-old. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is in cheverly with more on the family's story. >> reporter: doreen, this is a frustrating case, because just a week ago, the mother, sonya spoon, was taken into custody, taken to the hospital for psychological evaluation after threatening to kill herself and her child. but a week later was back with the children. cheverly police tell us she told them why she was in this depressed and suicidal state. in this social media picture, sonya spoon looks like a happy mother of a newborn. but police say something changed. >> she did simply state she was depressed for a short period of

time leading up to this event. >> reporter: september 1st, cheverly police were called to the spoon home by the grandma, who was concerned about her daughter, sonya, threatening to kill herself and her 3-year-old daughter. >> they ended up taking the daughter into custody and transporting her to prince george's hospital center for an emergency petition service. >> reporter: but police say outside of her threats, nothing unusual was found in the home. >> there was no evidence to make -- lead us to believe there had ever been any neglect or abuse to either child in the residence. >> reporter: spoon was taken in for mental evaluation at prince george's county hospital but for reasons unknown was released and allowed back into the home with her two children. then early sunday morning, prince george's county police say spoon killed her 1-year-old boy, aiden spoon and her 3-year-old girl, kyla thompson. by suffocating both children with plastic bags. a family member in the residence was sought out by the suspect. it's that family member who located the victims. >> reporter: according to cheverly police, their department did all it could do

legally and it's not clear who if anyone dropped the ball in this tragic case. >> when a subject claims they're having suicidal thoughts or make threats to another person, we can transport them to the hospital for emergency petition service, but that's all the authority we have. >> reporter: for people living in this quiet prince george's suburb, it's still a shock. >> we have had -- never had anything in cheverly like that for about 25 years. >> reporter: a memorial is slowly building here outside of the house. i've gotten a lot of tweets from folks asking how was this allowed to happen. is there an agency that dropped the ball here. we have been asking the same questions as well. we have a response from the director of the maryland department of human resources who says that they are investigating this and looking into every angle of what happened here. we do know that sonya was involved in a custody battle with one of the fathers of her children. one of the fathers. whether that has something to do with this depressive state she was in, we do not have

confirmation at this time. reporting live in cheverly, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. they ranged from toddlers to teenagers, marched to the white house today to ask the president to stop deporting their parents. more than 40 children of immigrants drove to d.c. from miami yesterday. and today they voiced frustration over the president's decision to delay executive action on immigration reform. >> i want to tell obama -- president obama to stop taking people's parents, because children are crying about their parents. >> why can't i have my father with me? >> the group says delaying action means more children will lose their parents to deportation. nearly half of d.c.'s hook and ladder fire trucks are out of service tonight. once again, it's raising concern about slower response times. the trucks failed a safety inspection over the weekend and were taken to a repair facility in hagerstown, maryland. the inspections found rust at the base of the ladders. some of the repairs could take

weeks. the d.c. fire department typically has 17 ladder trucks in service. right now there are only ten. district officials have asked montgomery and prince george's county to stand by and help out if needed. a medical mystery sends more than 1,000 kids to hospitals across the country. it's a rare, severe respiratory virus and that could be to blame. at least ten states are now asking the centers for disease control to investigate. the cdc says early testing shows many cases are caused by something called enterovirus d-68. symptoms are like the common cold, coughing, sneezing and wheeze. but a lot of kids have under lying conditions like asthma and have trouble breathing. because it is spread like the common cold, the best protection is to always wash your hands. some students are one step closer to hitting the snooze button in the morning. but others are saying wait a minute. what teachers are saying about a plan to change school start times. the anticipation is growing. so are the lines outside the apple stores.

details behind the two big announcements behind the tech giants. showers across the area today. could see a few more not only overnight tonight but tomorrow too. i'll break down the forecast for you coming up in just a minute.

most northern virginia students are about a week into the new school year now and are likely missing one of summer break's biggest luxuries, sleeping in. >> but this time next year, fairfax county high schoolers could be setting their alarm clocks a little later. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver explains about a new start time making the rounds. >> we have been talking about this. this is one of the big issues. impacting students, parents and teachers. we have shown the early morning struggle some young people have to go through to be in their desks by 7:20 each morning. today fairfax county superintendent dr. karen garza presented school board members with her preferred option. let's start with middle schoolers. they begin their day at 7:30.

that's slightly earlier than some currently start. high school would be delayed until at least 8:00 a.m. and you're going to see here some could start as late as 8:10. that is potentially 40 more minutes of sleep for their students. board members stress the proposed changes really don't affect most elementary school students. meantime, we have consulted sleep specialists on this and they are all about this later start time. >> many schools in the area are absolutely starting too early. a couple of larger school districts start at either 7:20 or 7:35 in the morning. adolescents really are not biologically prepared to go to sleep before 11:00 at night. they have an optimal sleep window. >> teachers also would get to start later. some are raising legitimate concer concerns. a repreivin da want to make sure there are some regulations when it comes to those mandatory staff meetings. the first vote on this is scheduled for next week. they are hoping to have a final vote scheduled for late october

which means by this time next year for the whole next school year of 2015-2016, could be some new times. >> we know from other counties looking into this, montgomery county i'm thinking of, it's very expensive to do this. is it likely that fairfax is going to be able to pay for it? >> great point. about $5 million it costs the county. >> shifting of buses and everything else. >> touchy. >> thank you, david. >> thank you, david. tomorrow morning is the big day. apple is set to make a major announcement, and the anticipation has some people camping out in front of stores already. if the tech rumors hold true, apple will be unveiling a new iphone 6 in two different sizes. results of speculation, the company could move into wearable technology with an iwatch. what the royal family is capturing headlines with an announcement. prince william and his wife kate expecting another baby. the duke and duchess are parents to prince george, as you know. he was born in july of last year. kins kensington palace says

kate is being treated for severe morning sickness, which she suffered during her first pregnancy. the newest member of the royal family will replace prince harry as fourth in the line to the throne. a controversial diagnosis coming up. what a local woman found hidden in her home that made her sick for months. it vanished from radar six months ago. still no sign of the wreckage or passengers on board. tonight a look at the mystery as officials prepare for the next phase of the search.

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their families. today marks the haunting anniversary of six months. six months ago, malaysian airlines fright 370 disappeared on that trip to beijing. search teams spent months looking for the plane in the southern indian ocean. there has been no trace of that airliner or the 239 people who were on board. agonizing for those families. >> i miss his daily presence. i still feel in my heart. that will never go away. >> dutch and chinese ships have been mapping the ocean's floor for months. and soon they will begin using advanced s.o.n.a.r. technology and special sniffers, as they're called, that can detect traces of oil or jet fuel. could something in your own home be making you sick? tonight we look at a controversial illness that one young woman says ruined her life. >> looking at claire kelly, you would never guess how sick she is. >> my hair started falling out.

i had crazy fatigue. >> reporter: but the 33-year-old d.c. yoga and pilates instructor says for the last two years she has been suffering the result of a hidden toxin in her home. >> it was absolutely terrifying. >> reporter: it all started when she was diagnosed with kidney stones. doctors told claire she should bounce back quickly, but instead things got worse and the symptoms continued. weird rashes, dizziness, balance problems. >> i took a vision test, a particular kind of vision test, where you're supposed to be able to see and pick up on particular patterns. and i didn't see a lot of the patterns. and that test ended up being a test for neuro toxins. >> reporter: her doctor told her those neuro toxins could be coming from her environment. anything from lead to arsenic. >> suddenly the world becomes a very unsafe place. was is something in my house, was it something just in d.c.? >> reporter: it turned out it was an air conditioning vent

directly above her bed, caked in black mold, the result of water damage from hurricane sandy. testers found the levels of mold in her building to be thousands times higher than the air outside. >> like it doesn't occur to me that the walls are what's making me sick. >> reporter: it was in her body too. tests found she had high levels of two types of toxins produced by molds. according to dr. gary cap lynn, a family physician who specializes in treating chronic pain, those toxins wefrom the md can make some people very sick. studies have shown up to 25% of people can't break down these substances, so it can pool in organs like the brain or lungs. >> so symptoms can run anywhere from this bacteria to mild in terms of focused concentration issues to severe, people looking as if they have a condition such as multiple sker owesis. >> reporter: the centers for

disease control says there is not enough evidence to support mold poisoning. the agency only recognizes mold allergies. >> a baseball bat to my life. >> reporter: claire kelly says her life is on hold right now. she had to drop out of graduate school. she teaches yoga when she can to pay the bills. much of her day is spent treating her condition, taking dozens of pills, anti fungal medications and supplements and breathing through a nebulizer twice a day. >> i feel positive i have a treatment plan, and i have this amazing community that's been so, so supportive. >> dr. kaplan told us it's a certain type of mold that may be dangerous. typically it appears greenish-black and is usually caused by water damage. it's the toxins produced by the mold, not the mold itself. the cdc says getting sick from these toxins is extremely rare, but everyone agrees, more research needs to be done. >> wow, that's frightening.

also, you don't know, is it fully reversible. that's what we don't know yet. >> she is just happy to have -- identify what the cause is. >> wow. >> we're missing all that heavy rain that they're getting south of here. >> and really are getting 6 to 10 inches of rain towards portions of southeastern virginia. for us, though, just shower activity. at least most of us. you folks in southern maryland, northern neck, you have seen rain most of the day. >> look at that, some blue skies, actually the first sign of blue skies around the d.c. metro area today. a little more in the way of blue skies just off to the north and west as our storm system is pulling away. over the last few hours, you can see how the storm has developed. a lot of rain from d.c. toward the south today. and i say a lot. we're not talking about a lot as far as the amount goes. but we have seen this over the last couple hours, especially towards the south of charles county. still seeing a few light showers in and around martinsburg. those are falling apart quickly. down to the south and east, falling apart too. if you have seen rain, most of the day around leonardtown, pax river, waldorf or calvert beach,

rest assured, we are losing a chance for shower activity this evening. we will still see a few but that's only going to be in the form of sprinkles. 74 degrees right now. that's what we'll see around 7:00. dropping to 72. anything that falls tonight will be very, very light. you probably will not even need the umbrella tonight. 68 degrees the current number. and is this is the other factor here, easterly wind. temperatures have been a lot cooler than average. 68 degrees down towards huntingtown. it will be a cool night. you can see the storm system making its way out towards the ocean. that's some good news. you also see clouds starting to get out of here too. i do think, however, they'll be back in during the day tomorrow as another storm system develops and takes over. because of that, another chance of showers early tomorrow morning much but then best chance during the afternoon tomorrow. so you will need the umbrella as you step outside tomorrow. what about the rain intensity? big umbrellas? don't think so. no umbrella? well, i think this is where we're going to be. you'll need the umbrella, but nothing too crazy out there during your day on tuesday. maybe a little purse umbrella.

79 on your tuesday. 82 on wednesday. 89 thursday. so we do see warmer temperatures, but they will not last long. look at the weekend. high temperatures only in the upper 60s in most locations to around 70 in the cities. fall-like weather moving on in. >> okay. thank you, doug. sports coming up next. dianna is live out in ashburn. our football team off to kind of a slow start, huh? >> reporter: yeah. the debut of head coach jay gruden spoiled by the houston texans. but chris cooley joins me and says there are some good things to look forward to in this team. guys, the big story today, ray rice. our colleague, jason pugh is at the ravens facility a few minutes before the press conference. we'll have the latest. stay right here.

this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. a lot going on in sports tonight. we have dianna russini in

ashburn. but we are covering ray rice's release from the ravens and indefinite suspension from the nfl because of that video. >> reporter: yeah, in a few minutes we hear from john harbaugh, expected to talk to the media at 7:15 tonight. not much has been said by the team. regarding this situation. other than them announce being they released rice from his contract. the video posted by tmz sports this morning, i want to warn our viewers before we show it, it's very graphic. and you may find this video to be disturbing. the video shows rice punching his then fiancee, now wife, and knocking her out unconscious. hours after the video was released, the ravens terminated rice's contract and that was followed by the nfl suspending him immediately. now, brett harris of comcast sports net covers the ravens. i had a chance to catch up with him to get his thoughts on this situation. >> once you see that video, i

think this was the only course of action. when you consider the ravens and the nfl really failed miserably up and to this point. commissioner roger goodell said a couple weeks ago he failed in giving ray rice the two-game suspension. but once you see what happened -- it's one thing to hear it but to see it in video form, this was the only course of action, to terminate him and to have him suspended indefinitely by the nfl. >> reporter: this story has been the talk of social media all day long. we're getting strong reaction on our facebook page. kathryn writes, the ravens did the right thing. finally. and we also asked our viewers about today's punishment. and overwhelming folks thought rice being released and suspended was definitely the right thing to do. n plenty of reaction also all across the nfl with more on that we go out to ashburn where dianna russ seen eveny is standing by. >> reporter: the redskins were available, actually, before the ravens cut before ray rice.

many did go on twitter to sort of share their thoughts there. but today for the redskins, it's about getting back to work. they want to make sure they do not go 0-2. everyone knows that is something you do not want to do in the nfl. it is hard to get yourself out if you start this season with two losses. so the work has begun. jay gruden says he really wishes that the team ran the ball more. and in this week's cooley report, he says this team wants to be successful. running the ball is key. >> maybe it's time to run the ball a little more because it's going to set up bigger plays down the field. never in the games did our offense dictate houston come up, play tighter to the line of scrimmage and allow us possibilities to get play-action shots down the field. i know this is an offense that believes they can take big shots down the field and you might have to run the ball ten more times. you might have to do a little bit more. and that aspect of the game to set up some of your bigger shots. >> at what point does desean

jackson, andre roberts start saying i'm frustrated. i'm not getting the ball enough. because they're going to have to be patient right now. deshawn said yesterday, i have to be patient right now. as roberts developing this part of the game. >> it wasn't they didn't get the ball thrown to them. it wasn't they weren't part of the game plan. if they understand or think he's struggling to some regard, then they have to take this concept of i may get one catch today. i better make the most of that one catch. i better get the ball down the field. i better make it known to robert if he gets me the ball i'm going to make a big play for him. >> all right. some housekeeping things. barry cofield will not play in this weekend's game. chris baker will play nose tackle. and jordan reid, injured again yesterday, right now is day to day. but the redskins will try out some tight ends. doesn't look good to see if jordan reid will be back in the lineup. let's switch to baseball. the nats getting ready for a huge series against the braves.

yes, the braves are back in town. six of the next ten days they face atlanta. the nats have a seven-game lead in the nl east. now, allen roush has been named national co player of the week, along with posey. it's the first time in his career he has been named nl player of the week. and boy, did he earn it. hitting four home runs, ten rbis and batting .333 over the last week. laroche will be starting at first tonight at 7:05, first pitch. lots of excitement still over there at nats park. and finally, some great news for penn state. the ncaa agreed to reduce the sanctions stemming from the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal so they will have their scholarships returned for next season. so during really a very, very busy day in the sports world. back to you. >> boy, is it. >> thank you, dianna. >> thank you for joining us. "nbc nightly news" is up next.

>> and we're going to see you back here tonight at 11:00. have a good one.

on our broadcast tonight, shock waves as the world sees new security footage of an nfl star brutally knocking out a woman who is now his wife. tonight, he's been fired as the league deals with a huge problem. unprecedented outbreak, a dangerous virus spreading in at least a dozen states. over 1,000 kids now receiving treatment for severe breathing problems. doctors say they have never seen anything quite like it. state of emergency, history making rain hits the american southwest. high water rescues as some roads turn into rivers. and great expectations. tonight, we will hear from prince william about the announcement that george is about to get a sibling.