interest. they took out bags of evidence. what they're learning about that man seen leaving a bar with hannah graham. the ravens on the defensive amid a troubling report. what did the team really know about ray rice's elevator attack. first tonight, disturbing revelations about the security breach at the white house. >> the iraq veteran who ran inside friday night was a threat to the president. we now know the same man was arrested earlier this year with a gun and a map showing the white house. >> tonight we have team coverage. mark safe graves with a look at the potential changes. we begin with steve handelsman. >> reporter: this is looking less like a dumb prank and more like a real attack friday. it's adding urgency to the investigation to find out why officers here failed to stop the kind of invader they train to deal with. there were more police and barriers at the white house when word came friday's intruder was

more menacing than first appeared. 42-year-old omar gonzalez was formally charged with unlawful entry, but prosecutors said the army veteran was arrested in virginia in july with a shotgun, and a map with the white house circled in his car. carrying just a knife, he jumped the offense friday, crossed the lawn and got through the main door to the white house before he was arrested. no attack dog was used. no gun fired at him. the obamas had just left. former secret service agents are appall appalled. >> you cannot allow an intruder to make it that far. if you have to kill the individual, then you kill the individual. >> reporter: president obama today was not critical. >> i'm grateful and satisfied. >> reporter: the agency is investigating who made mistakes friday and why. here on the north side of the white house today, there is this new temporary fence. but most of the white house fence, as it was on friday, as it's been for decades, people

can come right up it. like these people. it's only six feet high or so, easy to scale. and the public wants to get this close. >> we all should have access to the white house. >> instead we should have security inside if they need it. >> reporter: and that's the secret service goal. >> protecting the president and the first family, but also protecting the status of the white house as the people's house. >> reporter: now a review of how better to accomplish goal number one. more on omar gonzalez when he was stopped in virginia in july. he didn't have just a shotgun. it was a sawed off shotgun. possession is a crime. police say he had a couple rifles and other guns with him. they say a few weeks ago he was stopped here at the white house on the other side, the south side, with a hatchet in his belt. he was not arrested. they say when he was arrested on friday, they got permission to search his car and found 800 rounds of ammunition. but no gun. and this final word. the best weapon the secret service might have here to prevent this kind of intrusion is the belgian attack dogs.

the handlers are out here frequently and brag about how fast and fierce and well-trained the dogs are. but on friday, news crews out here say they saw no dogs and no handlers. i'm steve handelsman, news4. back to you. >> thanks, steve. it is not unusual to hear about the white house fence jumpers, but making it inside the executive mansion is unprecedented. tonight as secret service reviews its policies, we're looking back at other incidents and the close calls and the changes that have followed. mark segraves continues our team coverage, live outside the white house now. mark? >> reporter: well, you're right about this not being an unusual occurrence. a secret service report released more than a decade ago found there had been hundreds of securityreaches here at the white house since 1970, including two separate gunmen firing bullets at the white house, and more than 100 fence jumpers. every time there has been a

security breach, there has been an after action reviewed to review the security procedures, and in some cases, like in this case, there have been security changes that will impact the public. up until 1995, you could drive down pennsylvania avenue right in front of the white house. local leaders complained when the secret service closed pennsylvania avenue to cars, but to no avail. >> they would just close all the streets, put up barricades and not let anybody go through. >> reporter: over the years, security breaches included a man crashing a plane on the lawn in 1994 to a man trying to drive through a gate just this weekend. fence jumpers have ranged from a man killed by security in 1976 as he ran toward the white house to the man last month dressed as pokey man who made it over the fence. lawmakers and tourists and residents all said making pedestrians go through a check point before walking near the white house is going too far. >> the first instinct of secret

service is to protect their own you know whats rather than to protect the president and the public. >> i'm not quite sure how beneficial it would be. maybe it's a good idea. i guess the government will have to decide. from my perspective, i think it would slow me down in my training. >> too much security already. >> reporter: now you're looking at one of the changes that's happened just since friday. that's those fences that have been put up keeping people just a few feet away from the fence where the jumper went over. another change that we have witnessed just in the past 90 minutes that we have been standing here, twice secret service police have closed the sidewalk and pennsylvania avenue to pedestrians, bicycles. they have moved everybody back into the park, kept them there for at 1.15 minutes before giving the all-clear. no ex pla medication given as to why. live at the white house, mark segraves, news4. >> thanks, mark.

new developments tonight in the search for a missing uva student. tonight we are learning more about the man seen leaving with hannah graham the night she disappeared. his name is jesse matthews. police left his apartment this afternoon. they were carrying several bags of evidence. matthews is what's being called a person of interest in this case. but he's also wanted by the police for another reason. bureau chief julie carey is in charlottesville now with more on that. julie? >> reporter: well, charlottesville police say they got what they came for here today when they did a second search of jesse matthews' apartment. and now they hope these arrest warrants on reckless driving charges will help bring this person of interest in for questioning. by issuing this wanted poster, charlottesville police stepped up their search for jesse matthew. he is the last person known to have seen missing uva student, hannah graham. detectives also returned to matthew's apartment for the second time. they were looking for specific items that have emerged in the

investigation, and they found them, carrying out three bags. now they want to find 32-year-old jesse matthew. >> we want to speak to him, because again, he was the last person we can show was -- we know was with hannah graham. so he has got to have information that we need. >> reporter: this is the security video that shows matthew on the downtown mall early saturday morning, september 13th, just before he and hannah graham were seen at the tempo restaurant together. there was new frustration for police over the weekend when matthew and several relatives came into headquarters and asked for a lawyer. police found one, but matthew then left without answering questions. later that evening, elsewhere in al bemarl county, matthew drove off at a high rate of speed. that led to these two reckless driving charges that police will use to arrest matthew if they can find him. >> there are different family members that have been spoken to, and i won't go into who has been cooperative and not.

but needless to say, he is not here. >> reporter: this is matthew's landlord. she last spoke to him thursday and says it's hard to learn he's the person of interest. >> i'm horrified. i'm in shock. >> reporter: do you believe he could have anything to do with her disappearance, or do you think it's unlikely? >> he seems a mild man. >> reporter: new investigative help has also arrived from some northern virginia and maryland agencies. on the scene today, a k-9 team from fairfax county helped with a more focused search along with park rangers from anne arundel county. let's take a closer look at that wanted poster. some of the details. jesse matthew is described at 6'2", 270 pounds. police believe he may be in his sister's light blue nissan sentra with virginia tag vac4575. he has friends and contacts in other states in this area, in addition to virginia. he knows people in maryland, the

district of columbia, pennsylvania and new york. we learned today he has lived in charlottesville his entire life, working at uva hospital, but has also been a cab driver in the city in the past. the next big development could come as soon as tomorrow when charlottesville police are expecting some results back from the state crime lab on evidence they submitted there. for now, reporting live from charlottesville, i'm julie carey, news4. >> hannah graham's parents spoke out yesterday for the first time since their daughter went missing. they called the situation every parent's nightmare. at one point her father held up a stuffed rabbit hannah received as a newborn. he called it hannah's guardian angel. he says she took it everywhere, except last month, when she returned to college. >> constant companion that is, except for about six months when hannah was 3 years old, when he was lost at nursery. we found bb and brought it home to hannah. all we want to do now is to

bring hannah home safely. >> hannah's father also said they had been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. despite nearly two weeks of searching, there are still no signs of two young children from montgomery county. volunteers searched some wooded areas across the county over the weekend, but they did not find any clues that would lead them to sarah and jacob hoggle. those two disappeared earlier this month while they were with their mother. she is now in custody, but police say catherine hoggle is not providing any information about where she may have taken those kids. new developments in the ray rice scandal. jason pugh is at the live desk now with comments from the ravens' owner about an espn report regarding the team's handling of the investigation. jason? >> yeah, ravens owner steve by shotty said the character of his organization was attacked after espn released a lengthy report claiming the team knew what happened inside that elevator the night ray rice hit his then fiancee. the report also claims the ravens pushed the nfl for more

lenient punishment for ray rice. bisciotti spoke with the media for almost an hour today refuting that report. he says he has no plans of firing anyone for the incident and how it was handled. bisciotti claims the report was completely one-sided. >> i wish that they had at least acknowledged that during their fact-finding they were get the majority of this story from people who are paid to work to get ray's suspension overturned. i think maybe people would have looked at it and said, well, let's keep that in mind when we read it too. >> now the team did release a statement before the press conference today, saying they did not ask for any favors from the nfl or roger goodell when it came to the punishment of ray rice. from the live desk, jason pugh, news4, sports. >> thanks, jason. flames and smoke filled the

sky after a fixture at a local community caught fire. we'll look at what's left and report how investigators are trying to figure out what started it. a daycare employee is accused of biting a toddler to teach him a lesson. tonight we're digging into the woman's history of criminal arrest, why she was allowed to work with children, even though she hadn't passed a background check yet. the mother of four young children murdered inside her home. two of her children were there when it happened. i'm pat collins. the story coming up. news4. oh, you might not only need the jackets. maybe the coats tomorrow morning. that's how cool it will be in some locations. and then -- well then maybe the umbrella. the storm system moving up the coast could bring a lot of rain. i'll show when it moves in next in my forecast.

the three afghan army officers who disappeared in cape cod over the weekend have been found. they were located at the border today, trying to cross into canada at niagara falls. they were part of a group of 14 afghan soldiers taking part in a military exercise at the national guard base in cape cod. they slipped away from their military escorts during a trip to the mall on saturday night. they were not armed. it's widely believed they came to the u.s. with the intention of seeking asylum in canada. you will not feel secure,

even in your own bedrooms. that is the latest threat from isis in an apparent audio recording that calls on followers to kill americans and our allies. nbc news cannot verify the authenticity of that recording. but speaking on msnbc's "morning joe" secretary of state john kerry called the islamic militant group one of the most dangerous he's ever seen. >> they have a radical extremist philosophy, cultish attitude. it's not a religious outlook. it's a self-described cult that is evil. they are avowed genocidists. >> kerry says the coalition to stop isis is growing, and includes several middle eastern nations. a young mother was murdered in her apartment. her two very young children were there to see it all. her family says her trust in others might be responsible and might have cost her her life. tonight that family is looking for answers as the police try to find a suspect and the motive.

pat collins is near the scene now in southeast d.c. with more. pat? >> reporter: jim, tonight the mother of a murder victim has words of forgiveness for her daughter's killer. if you could talk to the person responsible for this, what would you say? >> i forgive whoever did it and please turn yourself in. no matter where you go, or what you do, god has got his eyes on you. bring yourself to justice. >> reporter: the victim, 27-year-old dee dee conyers. she was a dancer, she was an artist. she was found dead inside her apartment by her grandfather. >> i was in total shock. i really was. i was hysterical. i could not call 911 fast enough. >> reporter: dee dee conyers was the mother of four children. two of her children, a 2-year-old boy and 3-month-old girl, were inside the apartment

when she was shot and killed. now this happened on september 14th around 7:00 p.m. but we're just learning the details now. dee dee conyers had just moved into this apartment. most of her belongings were still in boxes. there was no sign of a forced entry. her grandfather says dee dee was a kind woman who would feed and shelter people who she really didn't know. he says her kindness may have cost her her life. >> the monster that did it. and the monster needed to be caught. it was a monster that killed my granddaughter. he needs to be caught. >> reporter: police have posted a $25,000 reward in this murder case. live in southeast, pat collins, news4. >> we are starting to feel a little chill in the air. doug kammerer, what is going on? >> i just want to say, it's

finally great to meet you of the. >> oh, hi. yeah, i know. >> a great job in the morning. >> i appreciate your work. and i like this action right here. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> all right. we'll see how this goes. nationals. if you win the world series, this thing -- even going to be jayson werth up here. maybe not that much. but nationals, i'm doing this for you guys. let's take a look outside right now. yes, on the cool side for sure. you wake up tomorrow morning too? >> i certainly am. be there at 4:26, doug. >> 4:26 is when they start in the morning. yeah, i'm up watching every day. outside right now, it is on the cool side. and it's been a little breezy too. high temperatures today only in the low 70s for most areas. right now sitting at 72 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. so we are seeing that wind. and that wind has been upwards of 20 to even 25 miles per hour during the afternoon. look at the numbers right now. 63 in gaithersburg and hagerstown. 68 in manassas. if this was 11:00 at night, that would be normal. but temperatures are already at

this level at 6:00. so we are going to be very, very cool tonight. look at the numbers to the north. already down to 57 in pittsburgh and 55 in state college. that's the cooler air that continues to move on into the region. so what to wear tomorrow. especially for tomorrow morning. really going to be the first time out at the bus stop that the kids are going to need the long sleeves. maybe the long pants. maybe the jacket. if not the coat tomorrow. because that's how cool we're talking. i think many of you will wake up to temperatures around 40 degrees. and look at this. a frost advisory in effect. not for our area. we're not going to get that cool. but it is for the mountains of west virginia, back towards garrett county, maryland, as well. and even parts of the allegheny front. so we're talking some cool air, the coolest air so far this season. really only going to be here for one day. on the radar, we're not talking about rain either. at least not for today or tomorrow. i think we're going to see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. a few clouds moving up from the south. that's where our next storm system is going to be coming from. and that one will have some rain with it on wednesday. we have been very dry, we need to see some rain. i think it's coming.

not tomorrow. future weather, tuesday, 8:30 in the morning, looking good. tomorrow afternoon, i think a few clouds make their way in. mostly mid to high level clouds. still a very nice tuesday afternoon, just on the cool side. look at wednesday morning. here we are at 9:positive 30, the clouds around here and late in the afternoon, here comes the rain. it looks like we're going to have to increase rain chances, especially late wednesday into the day on thursday. some of us may actually see some beneficial rain, some pretty good amounts, too. we'll talk about that over the next couple days. 70 degrees in leesburg for tomorrow with abundant sunshine. 73 in d.c. 72 towards fredericksburg. high tomorrow in hagerstown, 68. and i do think some of you will stay in the upper 60s tomorrow. then on wednesday, we get back to 75 as those clouds move in. so does that chance of rain late in the day. most of the day will be dry on wednesday. it's really late wednesday into thursday that we see most of the rain and look at the weekend. the weekend once again looking pretty good. high temperatures around that 80-degree mark. so get the jacket and umbrellas the next few days. next. >> one man saying my wife, my

wife, my wife. and that keeps replaying in my mind. >> a fatal tour bus crash traveling from d.c. to new york city. we're learning the conditions of the victims and if the driver will face any criminal charges. new at 6:00, green park space over water. see the final four designs for the city's first elevated park right on the anacostia river. plus awesome by association. the local communities close to d.c. that are getting national attention as the best places to live.

new tonight, a $40 million pedestrian bridge could bring new life to the anacostia river. that area near the washington navy yard. >> plans call for benches, bike paths and maybe some cafes. the bridge park would be next to the new 11th street bridge crossing the anacostia river. tom sherwood reports, planners want your opinion on four final designs. >> reporter: the new 1 1th street bridge interchange. it's taken tons of traffic off city streets and on to i-295. but these old support pie license that held up the old bridge could see new life as a pedestrian bikeway with trees and benches and places to sit and eat or just watch the river. >> the 11th street bridge park will be 1,000 feet, three football fields. >> reporter: four firms are competing for the chance to build the new urban array of green space and activity space

that would redefine the area that's emerging from its old industrial use. >> and we see this as a wonderful opportunity, a really unique opportunity, to metaphorically and physically bridge two disconnected communities. >> reporter: the $40 million pedestrian project would link the navy yard and nats ballpark area with underdeveloped neighborhoods of historic anacostia. local residents welcome prospects for new jobs and new urban amenities. >> it will be nice, because it will have like my daughter to have something to do. and it's going to be nice. >> reporter: organizers of the public/private partnership have held dozens of community meetings and will hold more before construction. >> we'll make a final selection on october 16th. we'll announce the final winning team, and the earliest this could be opening would be summer of 2018. so mark your calendars today. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. if you want to weigh in and vote on which project you like best, head to our website, nbcwashington.com and search bridge.

an employee arrested for biting a toddler at a daycare. we'll tell you about what we're learning about her criminal past and allegations of a cover-up. plus a new incentive to ride the beltway express lanes. why some drivers won'ting charged for using the highway. criticism over new billboards in a local county. some say it will save lives. others say it's an eyesore.

you trust them to watch your children. but a daycare employee is now charged with biting a toddler to teach him a lesson. tonight, new reaction from the accused as parents take matters into their own hands. cell phone video capture the fiery scene. what helped fan the flames at this northern virginia business. some say it will save lives. others say it will ruin their neighborhood. tonight, the growing backlash over billboards in one county. a daycare teacher in virginia has been accused of biting a child, and the owner of the daycare is accused of trying to keep employees from reporting it. >> now some parents say they're scrambling to find new child care. as we learn more about the alleged attack. kristin wright is live in woodbridge, where there are also questions about the teacher's prior arrests. kristin? >> reporter: on one of the most

obvious questions being, how was theresa brown hired as a teacher here at goddard last month after run-ins with the law many times before? the goddard school says theresa brown signed a sworn affidavit saying she didn't have a criminal record. corporate told news4 brown's background check was still being processed more than six weeks after she started working at the woodbridge preschool as a teacher. the one condition, brown couldn't be alone with the children. this mom is asking how arrests for assault, forgery and stealing were not discovered. >> it's not an excuse. they're saying that it takes 20 days for the state of virginia to get back to you about any kind of criminal charges. you can do a case search online on anybody. >> reporter: police say brown bit the 13-month-old boy on the shoulder hard enough to leave a mark after he bit another acher. news4 found brown at her home today. she has been fired. brown wouldn't appear on camera, but told us she didn't bite

anyone. she thinks another child did it, and says she has made mistakes before, but never involving kids. >> this is just very heartbreaking. because now i don't know what to do. i mean, it's a trust issue. >> reporter: the owner of the facility, nadia choudhry, is also charged with neglect. police say she told a teacher not to report the incident. >> the daycare system is unpredictable. you can think a place is great one day and the next day you don't really know. for the most part, i'm happy with my experience here so hopefully something like this is just an anomaly. >> reporter: the goddard school is a national chain. we talked to corporate today. they told us that right now they are reviewing their hiring practices, including their background checks process, because of this entire situation. choudhry, the owner of this particular facility, her parents are also owners, and they tell us tonight that they are looking closely at the documentation provided by new hires. live in woodbridge, kristin wright, news4.

>> thank you, kristin. business owners serving fairfax county for nearly 40 years are now checking out the damage from a fire. a viewer sent us this cell phone video of flames and smoke pouring out of the burke nursery and garden center this afternoon. here's a scene from chopper 4. it looks like the main building is in good shape, but a large greenhouse and structures around it have heavy damage. no one was hurt. the fire started near some mulch, which helped fuel the flames. tonight investigators are still looking into t cause. three people are in critical condition tonight after a deadly bus crash up in delaware. two women were killed. it happened when a tour bus traveling from d.c. to new york flipped on its side and slid down an embankment. it happened as the driver was trying to negotiate a curve on a ramp from u.s.-1 to u.s.-13 in new castle delaware on sunday. all 50 people on board that bus at that time were injured.

a college student who came upon the scene described the chaos there. >> i do recall someone -- and i guess she was trapped underneath the bus. and one man saying my wife, my wife, bhi wife. and that keeps replaying in my mind. made me think about how fragile life is. >> the bus and the tour company were operated by companies based in new york city. the national transportation safety board says it willry to figure out what caused that crash. at this point, the driver is not facing any charges. a prince george's county police officer is not working tonight. he was arrested for assault over the weekend. his name is michael o'connell. he has been with the department for three years now. he was assigned to the patrol unit, we're told. we're also told he was off duty on saturday when he was arrested for second degree assault of up in baltimore. it's unclear who the victim is. o'connell has been suspended with pay while that investigation continues. tonight the search is on for a former d.c. government

official who vanished. lasana mack disappeared over a week ago and friends and family say it's unusual for him to leave without letting anyone know. mack was last seen along taylor street northeast just a couple of blocks from the maryland line. police say he could be driving a gray 2013 ford explorer. mack served as treasurer of the district from 2005 to 2012. critics say it looks like a huge tv screen in the sky and now they're fighting to keep digital billboards out of prince george's county. but while some people consider the signs an eyesore, others claim it could fight crime. bureau chief tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: in the early 1990s. >> the was a push to phase out billboards in prince george's county, some claiming they were eyesores. so no new structures have been built since. which is why some are confused about a push to modernize some with l.e.d. lighting. >> it's like a giant television screen in the sky.

it just doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: a proposed bill due to be reviewed by a county council zoning committee is pushing to turn old billboards into l.e.d. signs. the clear channel outdoor county is behind the bill being introduced by council member andrea harrison. >> we understand that the outdoor advertising industry would very much like to see this happen, because they would reap financial benefit from it. but why they would do it in the county is beyond me. >> reporter: digital signs like this one looking for the east coast rapist have been used to make major cases, according to clear channel. a spokesman with clear channel outdoor released this statement, saying, since 2007, digital billboards have led to the apprehension of over 51 criminals. and can also be used to offer real-time warnings and amber alerts to the community. but cavet and other neighborhood associations are planning to fight the proposal. >> particularly the proximity to so many residential communities, never mind the distracted

driving going down the highway. it's just unacceptable. >> reporter: there are about 200 billboards still left in prince george's county. this company is talking about transforming at least six of them in the first year if this bill gets approved. but this is just the beginning to a very long road. in landover, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. major overhaul in the way the city issues parking tickets. we'll report what's being done to cut down on mistakes. comedy central takes aim at the redskins name controversy, but first, how about our weather? >> a cool night tonight. that's for sure. probably the coolest night we have seen so far this season. and then watching a storm system down to the south. a lot of rain down there moving our way. i'll show you when it gets here in a minute.

in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. the comedy central show "south park" has never shied

away from controversial topics. >> in the name of decency, i'm asking you please stop using the name washington redskins to refer to your company. >> stop? but why? >> you have no right to use our name to get attention. >> the trademark got pulled so i'm totally free to use the name, actually. >> don't you see when you call your organization the washington redskins, it's offensive to us? >> how is it offensive? >> it's derogatory, mr. cartman. >> it makes us feel like a joke! >> there you go. the ad aired during the fourth quarter of the game yesterday against the eagles. in the premier later this week, "south park" will spoof the debate over the team's name. not surprisingly, that spot is getting mixed reaction from fans in our area. a planned software redesign should cut down on the number of incorrectly issued parking tickets in the district. the city's department of public works says the change will require tag numbers to be entered twice. a department spokeswoman tells

news4 it is similar to commercial sites that require you to enter a password or account number twice. the move comes amid complaints too many tickets are written for the wrong vehicles. the change should roll out over the next couple months. most of us know the benefits of living in the washington area. but now a handful of local communities are getting national attention as well. in its annual list, "money" magazine ranked the best small cities in america to live. mckinnie, texas, took the number one spot. columbia, maryland, along with reston, virginia, made the top ten. rockville, bowie and dale city made the top 50. the magazine looked at the local economy, housing, schools and health care to create this best list. coming up, we're going to report on the new effort to get drivers to use the beltway express lanes and why some people say the project is really falling short. exceeding expectations. details behind apple's record-breaking weekend and what it means for those of you in the

market for a new iphone.

if you don't already have a new iphone 6 and you want one, you might have to wait a while. in the first three days since its debut, apple sold a record 10 million of those things. that's 1 million more than the last time a new iphone came out. there were about 4 million preorders for the iphone 6, and the 6-plus. but demand is still so high, some people are having to wait about a month before they get their new phone. the new iphones are faster and have a wireless chip for making

credit card payments. fast and free. that is a promise of a new promotion on the 495 express lanes this week if you drive the lanes during the lunch rush. but it's not for everyone, and if you break the rules, it could land you a ticket. news4's chris gordon in springfield now with more on the added incentive for drivers. chris? >>eporter: good evening. transurban is the private company that operates the 495 express lanes. it is offering new incentives to get you to try their toll road. but at the same time, they are issuing a warning to would-be cheaters. virginia state police are cracking down this week on drivers trying to avoid paying tolls. and ride 495 express lanes for free. >> a lot of drivers know, to take the 495 express lanes toll-free, you have to have three or more people in your vehicle, and an ez passlex that's set to hov mode.

but if you have it in hov mode, you need to make sure you have three or more people in the vehicle, or you risk getting stopped. >> reporter: we mounted a camera on our hood and drove the 495 express lanes at midday. there were only a few cars with us. at the same time, the nonexpress beltway lanes were filled, but moving at speed with no backups. depending on the distance you drive, express lanes cost up to $3 for the midday trip. >> i travel a lot, and i'm not in rush hour traffic. so i don't use them. >> reporter: this mailer was recently sent to northern virginia households to entice more drivers to use the 495 express lanes. for those who registered by september 17th, they got coupons to travel for free on the 495 express lanes from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. all this week. and they're offering special lunch discounts at restaurants, and friday drawings for prizes for a spa package, tickets and

dinner at wolf trap or $1,000. that's to attract new drivers to the toll road. long-time users already know its value. >> the expense is worth the convenience, particularly if there is a huge backup, because it is great if there is a backup on the beltway. >> reporter: the express lane speed limit is 65 miles per hour, and many drivers feel the time they save is worth the tolls they pay. that's the latest live in northern virginia. chris gordon, news4. >> thanks, chris. an exciting day in a classroom. a $1 million winner went back to school. her name is sarah manchester. she hit the jackpot on wheel of fortune. >> loud laughter! >> can you use $1 casino million? >> her answer is, duh! she teaches math at tacoma park middle school. she also won a trip to the

dominican republic on that game show. she is only the third person in the history of the game show to win the $1 million prize. good for her. >> i'm so glad it was a teacher who won that $1 million, right? >> local teacher. >> good for her. >> love it. we've got nice stuff out there. >> really. >> you were telling me how you loved yesterday. >> it was so special. wish you could bottle it and open it up once and again. >> tomorrow morning a lot different, though. for your kids, for my kids, for your kids at home. we are talking about a very cold start tomorrow morning. some of you may even be close to the upper 30s. yeah, that's what we're talking about. really the first time this season we've been this cool. today a little bit of a breeze out there on the anacostia. guys in a fishing boat there, quite a few people enjoying the waterfront across our region today. a pretty nice afternoon for sure. but yeah, a little bit on the breezy side. those winds gusting upwards of 15 to 25 miles per hour. current temperature sitting at 72 degrees with some sunshine.

70 degrees around 7:00. dropping quickly, though. so still looking good in the city, but still chilly. much, much cooler around the 11:00 hour and 64 degrees. look at the numbers already. 61 degrees in gaithersburg. 64 in leesburg. 66 in manassas. going to cool quickly tonight and we are talking the coldest this season. storm team 4 radar clear, not seeing anything on the radar. look to the south. i am watching this area of moisture down here into portions of atlanta, jacksonville and parts of the florida region. that moisture is going to get itself together during the day tomorrow, and then start to move to the north. as it does, it's going to bring us some rain on wednesday. tomorrow morning, starting off pretty nice. look at this. beautiful shot on our skycast. skycast also showing a beautiful day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. a few clouds. watch what happens on wednesday. we start to see the clouds beginning to move into the area early in the morning and then they will thicken during the day. not a lot of sunshine on wednesday. and then look at this. here comes the rain. the rain coming down across our

region, especially wednesday night into the day on thursday. a lot of you asking about the redskins game too. yeah, could be some rain even then. so heads up for that. 75 on wednesday, 72 on thursday with that chance of rain. i've got 40% chance but that may be going up by 11:00 tonight. the latest forecast tonight at 11:00. this weekend, saturday and sunday, looking freight good. right now nice and warm, high temperature around 80 degrees. gets cool, but not for long. >> thanks, doug. dianna is at the park. really short work week. >> players have to get over the loss but have to learn how to get over playing without deangelo hall. coming up, we talk to the veteran quarterback about exactly what happened, and he tells us which superstar he called right after he was injured. sports is next.

this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. okay, dianna, here's the deal. doug and i are sitting here with a gentlemen's bet. he said deangelo hall called somebody yesterday after he went down with an achilles injury. is it kobe bryant? >> reporter: you guys are good. that's why they pay you a lot of money. >> there you go, all right. way to go, doug. >> reporter: no, doug uses siri.

>> no, no, no. >> reporter: only to find out kobe's age. 37. well, he actually hurt it when he was 37. guys, so we know the redskins lost to the eagles yesterday. deangelo hall tore his achilles. today we talked to him. he said he did not expect it to be this severe. he says he is done for the season. for now, all he can do is wait and hope to get back on the field. >> you know, it's very disappointing. you know, it's very disappointing. it i was like there is no way i'm staying in this locker room while we're out there in the dog fight. so you know, it happened. so many coaches, you know, the owner, bruce, everybody is kind of consoling me like i'm dying. you know, i feel good about it. i'm optimistic. so i'm just ready to get to work. >> reporter: welcome into the cooley report. tell me one thing that needs to

change on this washington redskins team in order for them to start winning games. >> one thing that has to change is your special teams. without a question. you have to find a way to make plays instead of give up big plays. so we saw all of last year and haven't seen this year. make the plays you're giving up. >> reporter: 511 yards of offense yesterday for the redskins. kirk cousins comes out and i think had everyone going, oh, my gosh. this is his team. what was your reaction when you saw kirk cousins? >> the reaction to kirk is wow. but i'm not surprised. and i would say calm, cool, collected. business-like. knows where he needs to go with the ball, distribute the ball. he understands that. just find that mentality if you're kirk cousins to say my game. my team, my game. >> reporter: i feel like the team now is like you want to believe, right? you want to think they can be so good. and then these problems happen during the game, and you just throw your hands in the air like no, they're really not that good. >> yeah, i think anyone as a redskins fan, players on the

sideline saw the punt bounce back to the 41 and said this is it, this is where we take the ball down the field. this is it. tired of throwing my hands up in the air. >> all right. so meanwhile, this afternoon the ravens refuted an espn report about the team's handling of the ray rice investigation. the front office claims they didn't ask commissioner roger goodell for any leniency towards rice's punishment. ravens' owner steve bisciotti spoke this afternoon and while acknowledging he did not pursue the videotape, he did defend his organization. >> i am thoroughly aware of what the league expects the team to do in instances like this. and the people in my organization did their jobs. their jobs, as they're defined and as they're expected to be met by the league.

so nobody is losing a job here. >> reporter: all right. fondly, nats playoffs tickets went on sale today and they sold out in 17 minutes. that's all it took today for fans to get down there to get their tickets. the nats coming off their longest road trip of the year. one in which they went 9-2 and clinched the nl east. there are just seven regular games remaining for the team, all at home. that starts tomorrow night against the mets. the nats' first playoff game will be on october 3, that's a friday. most likely at home. the time is still to be determined. finally, baseball right around the corner, guys. get your tickets. and something also too here at redskins park. the biggest problem for this team, we talked about deangelo hall. this is the injury report. look at that. 17 players. this is not good. they've got a game thursday. >> one of those things in football you have to expect. but boy, sure is tough to deal with no matter what. thanks, dianna. appreciate it. that's our broadcast for

now. "nightly news" next. >> see you at 11:00.

on our broadcast tonight, armed and dangerous. what we now know about the security breach at the white house including a previous scare and arsenal of weapons and what the secret service already knew about the suspect. the enemy within. what the obama administration is warning about trained isis fighters on american soil. teachers with guns, loaded weapons in the classroom. it's legal in a lot of places, even if the students and their parents don't know. and winning isn't everything, but this team hasn't lost in six years. tonight, the lessons they are taught that the pros could use right about now. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. duri a