deal reached. afghanistan has a new president this morning. and that means u.s. troops could be staying in that country. plus, d.c. streetcars are on the tracks this morning and moving. the test run and what it means for the start of service. and storm team 4's keeping an eye on radar. there's some rain showers out there. coming up, meteorologist chuck bell will let us know how much rain we can expect today. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. we begin with news 4 live death with the latest on the afghanistan and the u.s. now expected to sign a deal as soon as tomorrow that would allow 10,000 american soldiers to stay in the country past the end of the year. now, this is according to one of

president obama's senior advisers. no word yet on whether afghany elected president will be the one signing this security pact. earlier today replacing hamid karzai in the country's first transfer of power since the '01 u.s.-led invasion toppled the taliban. the international combat mission still scheduled to end on december 31st. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. right now, the new d.c. streetcars are running on h street northeast. you can't use them quite yet, however. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live from h street to tell us about the tests that are being started today. megan, good morning. >> you can't ride them quite yet. that's coming probably in another month or so if all goes well. but they are doing some testing today. they're running these simulated services, doing the regular schedule without people on board. and this is the first time they've done this sort of thing during rush hour. while they're in the mix with the rest of the traffic. so far, so good.

early this morning, the first trolleys made their way from the depot on bening road out on to the tracks. no passengers yet. this is just practice. but for the first time, the streetcar's mingled in with traffic during rush hour. notice anything different this morning? >> streetcar sounds and moving around. it's great. >> reporter: the trolleys are running every ten minutes on their normal route along bening road and h street. on bening, the streetcars have a dedicated lane. but that is not the case on h street. where the trolleys share the road with cars and trucks. for those parking along the trolley route, be sure to hug the curb. you've only got a couple inches of clearance. >> i think it will be great to connect h street to union station. so we're excited about it. >> while there is much

excitement, there is also some skepticism. >> we're going to try to make left turns in front of it, that's where the accidents are going to come in at, so i don't think it's going to work. >> and another tip for people. if you are parking along the trolley route, the streetcar route, you may want to take your mirror to your car and tilt it in. the clearance really is not much bee trolley and the parked cars along the curb. so far, so good. we still have the reste y to go. they're going to be doing this for several day. if all goes well, we're being told that we could start to see service with passengers on board some time in november. barbara, back to you. >> this is the first time streetcars will run in the district in decades. to make sure there are no problems, there's a new effort to make sure your kids will stay safe. the program look, listen, be safe, kicks off for children and schools around h street. it will include school kits for

teachers, as well as safety presentations about those al fo man accused of shooting an alexandria police officer is under away. the man is charged with shooting an officer during a traffic stop last year. northern virginia bureau beach julie carey is in court, live, tweeting the proceed. bullet fragments found near the officer matches the gun found with basher. he was ruled competent to stand trial two times by a circuit court judge after questions about his mental health. la voi is still recovering from a traumatic brain injury. he's had to relearn how to speak and to walk. turning to our weather now. a few showers are showing up on radar and skies are gray. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast for midday.

>> cloudy skies, sort of match the mood for a monday for a lot of people. not a whole lot rain out there, but there are rain drops to be found in the shenandoah valley, across much of central virginia, even into parts of far southern most maryland as well. it's all part of an area of fairly light rain, moderate at times. most of it is fairly light at point in time. it's going to continue to come into the metro here. southern culpepper county. soon to be out near stafford as well. so be on the lookout for drops there. already light rain in parts of far southern maryland. st. mary's county, a couple of rain drops for you in the next little bit. not too terribly warm. up into the upper 60s and low 70s. we will not be in the 80s today but it will be mild nonetheless. really, no big impact on your weather today. temperatures eventually squeaking their way up into the mid to maybe even upper 70s for a lucky few. when i see you in a few, we'll talk more about the mild weather for the remainder of the

weekend. we'll start talking about the weekend on a monday. see you in a few minutes. >> we look forward to seeing you. new today, annapolis city police are looking for the gun man who shot a man and woman in a busy apartmentmorning, the shooting happened, at the apartment complex on madison street. police say it was near the swimming pool area. they found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. they were taken to trauma. police aren't releasing any other information about the shooting. and right now, route 108 is open again following a deadly crash this morning. we're working to learn the name of the woman who died. it happened in olni on 108. we can see the cars slammed head on into each other. one other person was hurt but should recover. we're going to go back to the live desk. what's happening? >> take a look at this video. this is chopper 4 live right now over the scene in laural. take a look at this.

after a worker fell at a construction site there. this is the 10,000 block canadian way again in laural. the initial report was a worker fell several stories. then we saw this person come down in sort of an elevator kind of thing that was lowered from the top of the building. all these rescue workers now putting him on that gurney to get him out of there. fire and rescue were working to get that worker out of the hole. medevac chopper also called to the scene. this person apparently falling several stories. looks like he should be okay. barbara. right now, police are about to hold a news conference to announce more information about a murder arrest for a woman killed inside her own home in maryland. nicole burgess was found stabbed to death inside her davidson home in march of 2013. her dog was also killed. county police annound an arrest in the case yesterday, but so far have not released any details on that person. meanwhile, a 15-year-old

high school student is in a medically induced coma this morning. family members say he was severely injured outside the fright fest event at six flags america. witnesses with this cell phone video. they say fights broke out in the parking lot and -- outside the park in buoy. the teen's relatives say his head hit the concrete after he was punched twice. they're wondering if he was a victim of the so-called knockout game. >> the security had to be beefed up. you're goings like this, you have to be prepared for them. >> six flags says it has beefed up security and is calling this an isolated incident. the teen is in the icu in stable condition today. the first action by the supreme court gay marriage case out of virginia. coming up, why virginia is not the only state watching. plus, president obama says the u.s. underestimated isis.

u.s. underestimated isis. the continued fight against the.

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the court could agree to hear one or more cases this winter, deny them all, or delay the decision. unconstitutional by a lower court earlier this year. a stay was issued to put a hold on marriages until the supreme court decided what to do. aig is suing the federal government. their trial starts today. more than how billion, that's billion, with a "b," dollars are at stake in this trial. the government bailed out aig, you may remember, in 2008. aig says that was illegal. doctors are telling people not to be alarmed after an american doctor exposed to the ebola virus was brought to nih in bethesda. the doctor was exposed while volunteering in sierra leone but it's not clear if he contracted the disease. right now, he is being kept in isolation and is under observation. medical experts say even if the doctor does have ebola, there's virtually no risk the disease

could be spread to anyone else. well, it's easy to be pumped up for the playoffs thanks to zimmerman and an incredible end to the regular season. we have reaction to the big finish. plus, the family fight over a bible used in the obama ad he throws the no hitter, what about the beard for the playoffs? we'll talk more about that. we'll look at thd let you know which days this

today, a judge could decide the fate of two prized possessions from the late martin luther king jr. the king family has been in a battle over his bible and peace prize. e king bible was used in the obama inauguration. they say bernice removed and hid those items. illinois senator dick durbin is calling for an investigation into how a contracting employee was able to sabotage a regional control center and bring chicago's two international airports to a halt. hundreds of travelers remain stuck in chicago area airports. friday, an faa employee set fire to a radar facility in a suicide attempt. it caused more than 2,000 flight

cancellations and clips in and out of chicago, o'hare and midway international airport. >> all because of one person. it's just so infuriating. it's just, you know, it's sad that it took this, but it's just -- so frustrating when it impacts so many people. >> the faa now says it will be october 13th before that damaged facility is up and running again. meanwhile, displaced employees are handling air traffic from other facilities. new developments in the fight against isis. al qaeda syrian affiliate is warning the international coalition carrying out those air strikes in iraq and syria. the nusri front says jihadists around the world will strike back for these kinds of attacks. this is video of air strikes from last week. the group is different from isis but it's also being targeted by air strikes from the international coalition. the u.s. views the nusri front

as a terrorist organization. president o is blaming u.s. intelligence for allowing isis to grow inside syria. the president says u.s. officials believe they had defeated the group in iraq, only to find they were hiding in syria and gaining in numbers and power. nbc's brian moore has more on what the president's next move against isis might be. >> reporter: president obama admits u.s. intelligence underestimated the isis terror threat and overestimated iraq's ability to deal with it. in an interview with "60 minutes," he still sounds less than certain that iraq's new government is up to the fight. >> i'm not going to speculate on failure at the moment. we're just getting started. i think right now, you've got a campaign that has a strong chance f success in iraq. i think syria is a more

challenging situation. >> reporter: some members of congress believe the president should call lawmakers back from their break. >> it's time to put the coalition together at home as well. >> reporter: the white house sa a congressional vote is not necessary. >> the existing authorizatio the basis of proce. we certainly welcome congress showing its support. >> reporter: support from the american people is key. the latest nbc news/"wall street jour poll shows 72% of americans believe it is inevitable this country will send combat troops. brian moore, nbc news, washington. for more on how the american people feel about the use of ground troops against isis, we're joined by mark murray, nbc senior political editor. good morning. >> hey, good morning, barbara. >> people think ground troops will possibly be used. what's the reaction to that? >> that's a huge number. 72%. this is the president of the united states who says that no u.s. ground troops will end up being used. and you have more than 7 in 10

americans who say i think he's wrong. and that we will have u.s. ground troops. barbara, i find that to be a pretty stunning number. just given the numr of times president obama haseate rep again and again and again u.s. combat troops won't play a role in iraq or syria. >> do you think people are surprised the president said we underestimated what isis was going to be able to do? >> that's not surprising to me. you know, you look back, you end up having james clapper, one of the top intelligence officials in the obama administration, saying we underestimated isis. a lot of people, other expert, people in the media. this was a story that almost in a lot ways came out of the blue. there were some important exceptions of course. i think the country, the administration, the intelligence community, was taken by surprise on how quickly isis was able to move through iraq and of course surprise how the iraqi and the military just started dropping their weapons and not being able to fight. >> let's talk about wisconsin. what's happening out there that

has big names heading in that direction? >> it's a huge campaign day. you have michelle obama campaigning for the gubernatorial candidate. new jersey governor christie campaigning for walker. walker versus burke race is one of the top gubernatorial races to watch. potential 2016 people as well, given if scott walker wins. >> they decided on the same day? >> we only have five weeks left so the campaigning has to start right now. >> all right. well, we're continuing to watch. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. for more on mark and the rest of the team, check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. the death toll continues to rise after a volcano erupted in japan. police in japan say they find five more bodies on mount entaki which brings thel to at least 36. the eruption happened without

warning taking many climbers by surprise. rescue wor had to call off their effort to search for more victims. it's not clear whether the victims died from the toxic gases or from fag rocks that happened when the volcano keeping your children active. we'll have the results of a new study. plus, children with polio-like symptoms. why it could be tied to the enterovirus. first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashin.

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you can post them on our facebook page or tweet them to nbcwashington. and the ball's driven to left center. souza, he got it, he got it! it's a no hitter for zimmerman! >> nats pitcher zimmerman throws the first no hitter in franchise history. this is really the ultimate treat for nats fans. zimmerman wasn't even supposed to pitch more than a few innings. the team already made the playoffs. zimmerman gave fans something to remember on the last day of the regular season. and sousa made the unbelievable catch on the last out of the ga occasion one for the history books. >> i played with him for years and the one thing i wanted to do is make sure to catch that ball. >> clinching the division, things like that, running on the field, acting like fools but,

you know, i'm glad we got it done today and have some momentum going into the playoffs. >> this was the first no hitter pitched in washington since 1931. new questions this morning about the job the secret service is doing to protect the white house. coming up, the accusations that it botched a shooting incident that left seven bullets in the white house. plus, a dangerous synthetic drug commonly being put in electronic cigarettes. we'll tell you how teenagers are getting their hands on it. and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is back with your first look at the seven-it a forecast. he lets us now how long these he lets us now how long these gray

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survivors live beyond their diagnosis. tracking a few showers moving east along with the rain. lots clouds out there this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck 4 join us now. hey, chuck. f clouds outside today. a whole lot more about clouds than it is about rain necessarily. >> we had such a great weekend. okay, we deserve a little bit of rain. >> so nice this weekend. 80s, both days. full sunshine both days. perfect weather over the weekend. if we're going to get clouds and rain chances, might as well have it between monday and, let's say, thursday afternoon. we don't want to risk rain drop, too close to an weekend. it is indeed a gray monday outside for sure. skies are trying to brighten up from time to time over a few of our neighborhoods. but on the whole, you'll think of today as being a mostly cloudy day. that's the way it's going to

stay for the remainder of the afternoon. current temperature, 70 at national airport. humidity on its way up, courtesy of a south wind that's bringing more and more moisture up from the south and into this area. so we are going to be kind of clammy outside today. temperatures, upper 60s and low 70s. an extra peek or two of sunshine. frederick maryland at 73. 67, martinsburg. quanti. 64 in mon man sus. 64 in warrington. this afternoon, cloudy sky, mid to upper 70s. i can't rule out a little passing sprinkle or light shower or two. by and large, the weather's not going to have a big impact on your monday. cloudy skies and passing sprinkles. i think we'll call that on the whole a low impact weather day for today. rain chances, really not all that high anywhere. a low chance for light sprinkles and showers around the metro area. slightly better chances out towards the shenandoah valley, central virginia and parts of far southern maryland. everybody at least ought to know

where their umbrella is. if you can't find it, don't worry. rainfall amounts today, if you get any, will be really light. well, only a few hundredths of an inch at most. in fact, such a light rainfall chance that even our future weather forecast, you're having a hard time picking up the shower chances already out there. i don't have a lot of confidence in that. because the comp it's raining out here now. already winchester. we zoom in' little closer, gainsboro, virginia, milled with, just getting light rain. culpepper county, sohern faulk county. these are going to be drifting up towards southern prince william county. southern half of prince georges and parts of charles county over the coming hours. even if you get the rain, rainfall amounts are low. by tomorrow morning, starting off with mostly cloudy. i think we'll see more breaks of sunshine tomorrow. another opportunity for a quick

shower or two. bu ry just about it. hour by hour through tomorrow, be a cloudy mild start. temperatures near 60 in the morning. another warm day tomorrow with temperatures up in the mid to upper 70s. so really a mild week ahead. temperatures this week, our average high, 74. all the way through the rest of the workweek, temperatures well above average. cooler weather as we head towards the weekend. here's your seven-day forecast. 30% chance of a light shower today. partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow. upper 70s. thursday, we dry out. that's probably going to be the nicest day of the week. best chance for rain this week will actually be friday afternoon and friday night. that's not necessarily good news for the nationals playoffs. but the weekend, barbara, is looking dry. >> sounds great, okay, thank you, chuck. right now, hundreds of millions of dollars will be pumped into job training programs across the country. vice president joed by season announcing $450 million to support partnerships between y

ers. the goal is to train more workers with skis needed in industries like i.t., health care and industry. local institutions getting a boost include maryland cyber technology job pathways consortium. montgomery college in rockville. and lord fairfax community college in middle town, virginia. the secret service is facing new questions today after a report says it botched its response to a shooting at the white house three years ago. nbc's white house correspondent kristin welker tells us about the new concerns. >> reporter: with the secret service under intense scrutiny, new revelations today about gunshots fired into the executive mansion three years ago. >> this is where investigators believe the shots came from. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports back in november 2011, oscar romero or tako hernandez fired a semiautomatic at the white house. initially, there was confusion. >> the supervisor that night on

duty calls out, you know, stand down, disregard, it's just a construction noise. >> reporter: it took four days for the agency to realize the white house had been hit seven times. the discovery came only after a housekeeper found broken glass on the truman balcony. >> there appears to be a bullet lodged in a windowsill. certainly a bullet hole in one of the central glass windows. that is, again, right outside the family's living room. >> sasha was home at the time with her grandmother. the president and first lady were traveling and didn't find out for several days. it was an usher who told the first lady, assuming she already knew. >> aides have described the president and she as both fuming. >> reporter: a secret service official says an investigation was launched immediately. other law enforcement agencies were notified. hernandez is now serving time in jail. >> i know the secret service is on top of this and will correct any problems. >> reporter: on capitol hill,

deep concern. >> i got serious questions about the leadership and protocols of the secret service. they have had far too many problems. this is not something that's acceptable. >> that was kristen welker reporting. we should learn more about this issue tomorrow when the secret service testifies on capitol hill. it doesn't look like the protests in ferguson, missouri, are going to end any time soon. eight people were arrested overnight there. police said some people were throwing rocks and empty bottles. there were reports of gunfire as well. no one was hurt though. ferguson police are also searching for someone who shot an officer this weekend. but they say the protests and the shooting are not related. it's been more than two weeks since anyone has seen uva student hannah graham. searchers are stretchi outse the area where she disappeared for their surfs. set out on atvs to comb a rural countryside just south of charlottesville yesterday. they were following up on more

than 1600 tips. the search has changed from a week ago. last week, there were hundreds of volunteers. yesterday, there were only 50. >> but now we've scaled back to using our trained search and rescue teams and we're very focused on particular areas that either fit the geographical profile based on case studies or information, following up on tip leads. >> jesse matthew is scheduled in court thursday to face charges. paying more. coming up, why maryland residents will be paying more to shop at one of the largest online businesses in the country, starting this week. plus, it's everywhere this time of year. pumpkins. what you're really getting when you eat pumpkin flavor fa

brace yourselves. it's costing you more money than ever to take your own money out of an atm. according to bankrate.com, out of network atm fees have gone up 5% over the past year. they've gone up more than 20% over the past five years. the average atm fee is now $4.35 per transaction. that's a record high. the d.c. area is a little bit cheaper than the national average. it's just over $4 a transaction. this week, if you live in maryland, you'll start paying more every time you place an order with amazon.com.

on wednesday, amazon will start collecting sales tax from maryland shoppers. news 4 has what you need to know before you place that order. >> reporter: starting in two days, october 1st, you'll begin paying 6% in sales tax on items you order from amazon.com. we want to break it down for you buy something for $49. you factor in the 6% sales tax and the tax comes out to about $3. that makes your final total about $52. this new tax is expected to bring in $50 million in revenue to maryland. now, the reason that amazon is charging you this tax is because it's opening a new warehouse in baltimore. since it will have a physical presence in the state, it has to charge you tax. the brand-new facility will be nearly 400,000 square feet. it will bring in 1,000 new jobs to the area, including even more part-time and seasonal jobs. the warehouse is on track to open next spring and will begin

hiring two months before it opens. now this isn't the only new law going into effect. for a full list, just go to our website, nbcwashington.com and search maryland laws. do you tend to wear black on mondays to work? if you do, you're not alone. a new study by the clothing company two found most women start the week wearing black. as the week goes on, they choose brighter colors to lift their mood ahead of the weekend. out 2,000 women, 20% say they pick a different color to wear every day of the workweek. as you might expect, black, though, is the most popular work color. well, you could soon have more organic food choices. in virginia right now, making local farm fresh food a priority. plus, a cdc warning about a mystery illness and the possible link to the enterovirus that has now affected people in 40 states. and meredith is off to a great start. emily is struggling with the

bottle. meredith races out to station two. >> you can find out how this food fight between meredith and emily van camp finishes today at 1:00 on the meredith vieira show

we're now learning there could be a tenth child suffering from polio-like symptoms in colorado. federal health officials are monitoring nine children with symptoms that range from muscle

weaknessparalysis. at least four of them have tested positive. the same causes severe respiratory illness in hundreds of children across the country. >> some these kids i think are just having weakness and some have progressed to paralysis. >> the cdc says 277 people in 40 states have tested positive for enterovirus 68. parents have been warned to watch for symptoms in their children like extreme trouble breathing, severe coughing and sometimes wheezing, fever and rash. new this morning, the american academy of pediatrics is recommending teenage girls use long-acting birth control methods. they say condoms are the least effective method of preventing teen pregnancy. instead, the group says girls should use iuds or hormonal implants that must be inserted during a medical procedure. doctors advise acti teens should still, in addition, use condoms to protect against sexually transmitted

diseases. promising news this morning for women with an aggressive form of breast cancer. doctors now say a new drug called projecta is showing unprecedented benefits for extending lives. the drug was used along with another drug. patients with a type of breast cancer known as her-2 positive live an average of 15 months longer. parents there is a new danger lurking in high school hallways we're hearing. the synthetic drug called cloud 9 is legal, unregulated and has already sent dozens of young people to the hospital. one country -- one county in michigan has even issued a public health alert. nbc's john yang has more on what you should look for. >> sabrina began worrying about her son chris shortly after he turned 15. >> he would go from loving, like, i love you, mom, then he would, like, switch to this other child. >> no signs of alcohol and drug tests were negative. then she got a wake-up call.

>> seeing a good friend of mine's son laying in a casket overdosing from heroin. all i could picture was planning my son's funeral. >> chris finally admitted using a synthetic drug known as cloud nine. >> because i was stealing from my parents to get money. i was getting really bad. i was getting really addicted. >> easy to buy from convenience stores, gas stations and smoke shops and almost impossible to regulate. users commonly put it in electronic cigarettes. >> take the lid off. put a couple drops. close it. when they push the button, it turns the liquid into a vapor. >> reporter: this is what it looks like. just the name on the label. no other writing. it's a clear liquid. there's no aroma other than a faint fruity smell. users say when they use it in an e-cigarette, there's no smell at all. cloud nine cannot be detected by

standard drug tests. users and experts say effects include hallucination, agitation and severe vomiting. it can cause seizures, strokes and heart attacks. >> we have five confirmed overdoses. >> county in michigan declared a health emergency. police called an emergency meeting to push a ban on cloud nine. s me it's still e. continuing at school, he says, in the stall, mom, in the stalls. and it's also happening on the buss. >> most of all, she's trying to save her son. >> i can't lose my son to some crazy stupid liquid that is being sold by people that don't even realize what they're doing to families. >> i love you. >> i love you too. .> john yang, nbc news, michi n local food movements like farmers markets are getting a multimillion dollar boost from the federal government.

tom vilsack is expected to announce $52 million to support food hubs and organic farming. farmers marketings have increased 76% since , 2008 according to the agricultural department. gm says a high-tech feature on one of its cars may be illegal. the so-called valet mode in the chevy corvette allows you to record conversations made by someone like a valet car parker when the owner is not in the car. the problem is certain states do not allow secret recordings of others. gm is waing about this problem. they're telling people not to use this feature until a software update comes out. the valet mode lets owners see how their car is being driven when they're not in the car. coming up, another reason to read your food labels. not all pumpkin products are made the same. we're going to tell you why. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is with us to take a look at those clouds out there and

when they might clear up. stay wit

i'm at the live desk. right now, the family of two children still missing from mont gomry county is asking the governor for his hel the children have been missing since september 7. their mother was arrested and charged in their dis she will not tell police where the children are. the family now asking the

governor to issue an amber alert for the children. something they say state police investigators have not done yet. children's father has also sent a letter to the governor. they're holding a press conference in rockville at 2:00 this afternoon. at the live deck, melissa mele, news 4. here are some developing stories we're following today. in one of his very first acts, president ghani has agreed to let american troops stay in afghanistan into 2015. president obama and former president karzait come to a deal before today. the deal is expected to be signed tomorrow. annapolis city police are looking for the gun man who shot a man and woman in a busy apartment comple h this morning madison street. police say the shooting was near the swimming pool area of the complex. and we're waiting to see if there will be any problems with the streetcars today on h street northeast. bbing the irunning the cars

on full schedule but without any passengers. watch to learn how the testing went. we know lots of you look forward to ts time year to get that pumpkin spiced latte and other pumpkin products. but most of the stuff on the shelf is nothing like the real thing. >> repor before the autumn leaves start to turn in fall, something even more illustrative y grocery store in the upon country. pumpkin flavored everything. there's pumpkin cream cheese. pumpkin gran fol la. pumpkin bread. pumpkin spiced creamers. pumpkin beer. ice cream, yogurt, cookie, crackers, crew tones. seriously, croutons. no one wants to squeeze the excitement over a pumpkin latte t that flavor may not come from the pumpkin patch. >> don't trick yourself into thinking your pumpkin latte contains the same bes the actual pumpkin. >> reporte lisa is a diet

tician. she says many pumpkin flavored foods may have a little pumpkin but a lot of added sugar. some coffee drinks contain 12 teaspoons of sugar. >> you're looking at sweetened syrup that contain these flavors that mim bei the taste. >> reporter: by itself, pumpkin is quite healthy. it's rich in fiber and vitamin a. the problem is that the gourd can taste a little boring. >> if you add pumpkin puree to a soup or stew or your morning oatmeal, that's when you're really getting the true health benefits. >> rep dieticians suggest opting for pumpkin seeds are perfect on salads. a good partner for those pumpkin croutons. >> it's getting to be that season. people on their front steps already. >> a little early. maybe a rock pumpkin before too long. >> mid-october i say. time to get them out.

tell us about the weather. >> a mild day today. really, a mild week ahead. our average high now is only 73. we're going to be well into the plus territory every day through the rest of the workweek. even with an abundance of clouds around and a threat a sprinkle or two later today and again tomorrow and wednesday. no washouts until potentially friday. friday afternoon. we could see heavier rain. maybe even some thunderstorms. so nationals playoff home opener is friday. they haven't determined the time just yet. let's hope it's a 1:00 start and not a 7:00 start. >> it's going to be clear until then? >> more likely to be wet later in the day. >> thanks so much. you're welcome. >> okay, we're associati ladies. george clooney is officially a married man now. clooney and his bride had their civil ceremony today in venice, italy. he wore a gray suit while she stunned the crowd in a head to toe white pantsuit and matching white hat. the couple had a private wedding over the weekend, also in

venice. today's ceremony was required by italian law to make the marriage official. and that's news 4 midday for today. we thank you for being with us. we invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. we'll be back here tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. for news 4 .

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