first at 4:00, virginia state police are now connecting the case of missing uva student hannah graham to the murder of morgan harrington five years ago. >> graham has been missing for more than two weeks now. harrington abducted outside a metallica concert back in october of 2009. >> jesse matthew is in jail charged with kidnapping. forensic evidence now connects the graham and harrington cases. >> harrington's body found in a rural field in albemarle county. dna is also linked to a third crime, the sexual assault of a woman in fairfax city from 2005. northern virginia bureau reporter, david culver, live in char charlottesville where matthew is in jail. >> reporter: three unsolved tragic cases police now believe may be linked. they stretch from fairfax all the way down to right here in charlottesvill today police say the forensic

evidence is linked and they say all connects to jesse matthew. right now matthew is behind bars right here in charlottesville. accused of abducting uva student hannah graham. after searching matthew's car and apartment, police now say the evidence they collected links to yet another case, the 2009 disappearance and murder of morgan harrington. the virginia tech student was in charlottesville when she vanished, her remains found a few months later in a field. harrington's case linked to a 2005 case in fairfax. matthew may be connected to all three. we are now entering the third week of searching for hannah graham, police telling us they still don't know where she is. as far as the news here of that link spreading across all of charlottesville, it created quite the reaction, some mixed reactions. we'll share those with you when we see you at 5:00. in charlottesville, virginia, i'm david culver, news4. >> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the uva cases now connected and for the latest any time, visit our home

page, nbcwashington.com. now to a developing story here in the district this afternoon. one man in custody after some tense moments outside the ethiopian emhe because. cell phone video shows the man with the gun firing off at least one shot with a large crowd in front of him. >> this unfolded along international drive in northwest d.c. early this afternoon. news4's darcy spencer joins us live with details. darcy. >> reporte pat, yeah. this is video is nothing short of incredible. let me tell you where we are. right there on international drive, as you mentioned. you can see the caution tape here. the embassy up the street. we can get nowhere near where the shooting happened earlier this afternoon. let's go again to that videotape. as i said, quite incredible. hard to figure out exactly what this man may have been thinking at the time that he fired this gun. and it's a miracle that no one was hit by this gunfire. the man is described as a staffer with the embassy, right around 12:30 this afternoon.

he was arrested by secret service agents here outside of the ethiopian embassy. apparently there was a small group of protesters here, protesting outside the embassy. people were apparently trying to get this gun from him, which he was waving. and at one point he does, in fact, open fire. again, no one was hurt. a little bit later, we can see police were climbing a tree nearby and looked like one of the bullets had struck a windshield of a car in this area. so, again, a very close call. this could have had a very different ending. the secret service who are here all of the time protecting the embassy obviously responded here very quickly. they deattend the shooter. that shooter now again in custody. it's unclear whether the shooter is facing charges at this time. reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer, news4. first at 4:00, new street cars are rolling on h street right now. you can hop on -- you can't hop on board yet, but he will have

to share the road on your commute home tonight. transportation reporter adam tuss has more on the testing that started today from h street. >> reporter: well, if you ride down h street or northeast, this is a sight you're going to have to get used to. the street cars now on the tracks rolling nonstop. the idea here, to work out the kinks, to get everything where it needs to be. ideally, it should take you about 15 minutes to get from end to end of the street car system, and d-dot says it's important to do this testing. >> we've got to make sure we can go through everything we need to do. they need to experience everything that goes on in this corridor operating those vehicles. so we hope to get those done as quickly as possible, and have service happen before the end of the year. >> reporter: back here now on h street, as the street car tries to make its way, you see it here trying to get the car out of the way. still some things to figure out. coming up at news4 at 5:00, much more about the street car, including something about payments with the street car.

wait until you hear about this. on h street. adam tuss, news4. thanks, adam. nats fans won't have to worry about a safe ride home on weeknights during the postseason. american university has now agreed to guarantee nearly $30,000 for special late-night train service from the ballpark in the event of a rain delay or extra innings. that means provisions are now in place to extend train service leaving the navy yard station until 1:20 a.m. >> games one and two of the first round of the playoffs are coming this friday and saturday. >> here we go. they are within reach. game times, though, have not yet been released. dianna russini joins us in the studio. we still don't know who the nats will be playing. >> that's right. we'll find out wednesday night. it will be the winner of the wild card game between the giants and pirates. it was a playoff-like atmosphere in the regular season finale sunday. jordan zimmermann throwing a

no-hitter, the first in nats' franchise history. the catch by steven caesar jr. going down in history. you can see it all over social media today as it plays over and over. and now on to the playoffs. an incredible day at nats park. while the baltimore orioles will get their playoff party started thursday against the detroit tigers. >> we are ready. >> we are so ready. >> you can see jen is getting ready. >> working hard. >> we're trying. >> like yesterday -- >> doug ahead of me now. >> i'm glad i'm not in this game. >> and where is the gnome? where is the jason jayson werth gnome? he's going down past the shoulders. what do you call that? >> smug show. >> there we are, an intense interview last week. a few questions. >> yeah, a few questions. >> a man of few words. all right. we've got our next item poll

too. we asked you how you think things will shake out. which team will go further in the mau playoffs, our nbc washington survey of the gay day. text or call us at 202-601-3444. >> most folks are stayiaying th nats will go farther. >> a lot of folks agree. right now, clouds are covering up the sunshine, and we are seeing a few sprinkles out there. >> it's monday. let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center. how is it looking? >> for sure on the cool side today, socked in with clouds and a few showers for some of you. let's take a look outside. we start with this live shot. this is our national harbor cam view. you can see all of the clouds. in fact, they go all the way back to western maryland, as i can show you here. in west virginia, some clearing taking place. that's when i think we're going to see a little later this evening, just a little bit of clearing coming our way by tomorrow morning. so spotty evening showers for us. take along the umbrella. it's going to last a while

longer. for tomorrow morning, yes, fog, and several rain chances coming up this week. i'll tell you just how much rain i think we could get out of it, and, of course, what day is looking like it could be the best. that's all in a couple minutes. guys? >> thanks, vj. really official now. why george clooney and his new wife amal got married again today. plus, children with polio-like symptoms prompting a frightening alert today from the cdc. what we're now learning about a mysterious illness causing paralysis in children.

in afternoon, a father in big trouble for allegedly driving drunk and crashing his car with his daughter inside. sean macfarlane was arrested at 8:00 last night in leesburg.

he lives in pennsylvania. officers say he was driving erratically in the area of james monroe highway. then he crashed into an embankment. he and his daughter were not injured. macfarlane was charged with dui and child endangerment the. there are new calls today for a sweeping secret service overhaul after a shocking investigation into the aftermath of a shooting outside the white house. back on november 11th, 2011, a gunman fired several shots at the white house. the "washington post" reports it took the secret service four days to realize the white house was hit seven times. the president and first lady were away at the time, but sasha obama was inside with her grandma. one former agent says the agency could benefit from new . it's an agency that's quite old and kind of done it's thing for a significant amount of time, and it's worked up until now. and this is when you have to change with the times, be progressive.

>> this latest report adds to concern over a series of troubling miss steps. tomorrow house republican plans to drill pearson about the issues. an alert from the cdc. now children reporting paralysis in their arms and legs. how it could be linked to the mysterious enterovirus. and jennifer lopez hit by an alleged drunk driver in malibu with her kids in the car. she had some choice words for she had some choice words for the man who hit

in cases of rape and incest, just she had some choice words for the man who hit 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.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. a mysterious illness has paralyzed a group of children in the colorado, and now there are calls today for doctors everywhere to look for similar symptoms. >> doctors are wondering if the paralysis is related to the enterovirus that's spreading across the country. >> erika edwards has more on this medical mystery and what to watch out for. >> i felt like i was going to die. >> reporter: wil cornaho is one of hundreds hospitalized the past month with symptoms of an enterovirus. his mother says he had a cold which led to a severe asthma attack. >> he was unresponsive. he was lying on the couch, and couldn't speak to me. was it turning white. had blue lips. >> reporter: will is recovering like most of the nearly 300

confirmed cases of enterovirus d-68 in 40 states. now four children at this hospital in colorado who tested positive for that viral strain have developed troubling neurological symptoms. >> some kids have weakness and some have progressed to paralysis. >> r ten children have been identified with weakness or paralysis in their arms or legs. they range in age from 1 to 19. doctors do not yet know if the enterovirus d-68 is to blame. a similar cluster of paralysis cases was reported in california in 2012, including aaron oil variousa's son. >> i had to take a breath. it was the hardest thing i think i've heard. >> reporter: she was never tested for enterovirus d-68. now public health officials are asking across the country to watch for symptoms of paralysis and weakness and report them to health departments. erika edwards, nbc news.

>> most of the children who were hospitalized with the enterovirus have underlying conditions like asthma, and there is no jack seen. >> veronica, what a gray day to start the week. >> yeah. >> is the rain rolling out yet? >> the rain is rolling out, but something else will be moving in. and that something else could stick around for the morning rush tomorrow. maybe slow a few of you down. let's check where the rain is now and storm team 4 radar. look at this. you can see that area, mainly east of i-95. so fredericksburg, your rain moving out, very light, has been throughout the day today. leonardtown wet. annapol anna maryland wet. i-95 drive. 391 still some damp roads. this really again is not a lot that's coming down. calvert beach wet. easton wet, cambridge too. those areas will stay with showers a while longer. i think this is coming to an end before 7:00 pittsburgh penguins. we're just overcast. and then the temperature at 73.

we drop to 71 by 7:00 p.m. and again late this evening around 9:00, 10:00, that fog will be developing, and stick around for early tomorrow morning, maybe even into the mid morning hours tomorrow. 73 degrees your temperature right now. 70 degrees in manassas and warrenton. 72 warrenton to fredericksburg. 69 at pax river. watch the cloud cover on future weather. as i take you through the next 48 hours, watch the clouds move out of here. then as their skies clear, that's going to allow some fog to form. and i do think it will be throughout our area. areas worse maybe around warrenton, fredericksburg, charlottesville. this afternoon, mostly sunny, to partly sunny sky. maybe a few sprinkles will try and kick off but i doubt any make their way down to us. just too dry. so our model here showing that, our future weather showing that.

but we're dry tomorrow. could pick up a shower or two on wednesday, and that even during the morning as well as the afternoon. here's frederick, hagerstown, leesburg. here is your afternoon, 3:00, 4:00, in annapolis and even the evening hours. a rain threat for midweek and again at the end of the week. impact forecast for tomorrow is a low because of the patchy fog. so we're not going to take it up to moderate. temperatures tomorrow, warmer than today from 77 degrees areas like suddenly, 79. around arlington. 77 in sandy spring. montgomery county tomorrow, four-day forecast, close to 80 degrees tomorrow. there is your clouds midweek. chance of rain. and another chance of rain on friday too with a temperature of 77 degrees. just a little while when i come back, we'll take a look at the weekend forecast. guys? >> thanks, veronica. well, these days you can't swing a trick or treat bag without bumping into something pumpkin flavored from granola to cookies, crackers and

coffee. and why not? the orange gourds are rich in fiber and antioxidants. but if you're buying solely for the health benefits, hey, be sure to read the labels. newticianists tell us many of the products are more sugar than pumpkin. in fact, some pumpkin-flavored coffee drinks contain as mu as 12 teaspoons of sugar. wow. >> wow. and in case you missed it, savannah guthrie gave us all our first really good look at her new baby. she dropped by the "today" show set with her husband, mike feldman and daughter vale this morning. six weeks old. isn't show cute? show told matt she finds motherhood exhilarating, terrifying at the same time. she intends to return from maternity leave on the 3rd of november. >> sleeping through it all. flight delays and cancellations is it still after

friday's fire at chicago's o'hare airport. why the flight trouble could now last for weeks. and would you believe it? they got married again? billy bush joins us live with behind the scenes details from mr. and mrs. clooney's weekend wedding.

entertainers jennifer lopez and lea lemony recovering this

afternoon after a close call over the weekend. a suspended drunk driver ran into the back of j. lo's suv and took off. police arrested him for dui. j. lo's two children were also in the vehicle at the time. everyone is okay but j. lo apparently had a few choice words for that driver. she tweeted, quote, don't drink and drive, curse that fool out and the bronx came out. >> short time ago in venice, fans of george clooney got a treat. the actor and his new bride greeting well-wishers for the first time since their weekend wedding. >> clooney and amal alamuddin were married saturday in venice. we are joined with the scoop. billy, they tried to sort of keep things private, the bride's father described it as a simple ceremony. what do you know about the wedding? >> i don't know. they kept the important parts private and the arrivals and

transportation very much public. i loved it. it was monday raker. it was bond-esque. i mean, bombing down the grand canal in these beautiful all-teak chris craft boats. clooney looking a million bucks in his armani, and amal -- i don't know, i felt like this might have been an audition for amal. auditioning for the great tour to maybe become a regular in "vogue" because the outfits she rolled out in the jean batista short floral number showing so much leg and then the red hot mcqueen number from the rehearsal dinner the night before. and then, you know, the stella mccartney pant suit today in order to get the marriage license. it was just an awesome display. people are wondering where is brad pitt and angelina. imagine if they came around the corner in one of their, you know, wooden boats and they started waving. oh, the paparazzi couldn't

handle it. switch and get off the topic. i mean, it was something else. i enjoyed looking at the photos all weekend. >> hey, we -- it's a who's who. who else is on that list of well-known entertainers? oh, god. cindy crawford and husband randy gerber, george's business partner and best friend. best man. matt damon looking trim with luckilution anna and his wife. bono and his wife. ellen barkin and her date ended up topless. but that's george's agent's boyfriend. krezin ski is friends with everybody. and jennifer aniston. and george's roommate. remember the guy who talks like that, george clooney's roommate. and he was there. >> star-studded event on the grand canal. >> you know what's interesting, though, guys, the photographs.

george gave everybody their own cameras. leave your cell phones blind but here's a camera. keep them for yourself and your collection. however, if you sell the photos, there's a security code on them. we know monwho's camera took th photo. >> pretty sneaky. good for them. that's the way to do it. billy, thanks so much. we'll be looking for you tonight, 730. >> big coverage. it's being called a big blunder. a bendable phone? consumer reporter erika gonzales breaks down the truth behind the iphone 6 flaw. and jay gray reports flight delays and cancellations could last for weeks after friday's air traffic snarl at chicago's o'hare airport. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance...

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you're watching ns4 at 4:00. good afternoon. i'm pat lau son muse. >> and i'm jim handly. we are following breaking news right now out of virginia where forensics now links two high-profile cases in charlottesville. news4's wendy rieger following late developments from the live desk. >> as first reported earlier this afternoon, virginia state police confirm there is a forensic link between the cases of missing hannah graham and morgan harrington, who was abducted in charlottesville five ye harrington's body was found in a field outside of charlottesville three months after her disappearance, and that murder had previously been linked to a sexual assault that occurred in

fairfax county in 2005. today investigators say all three cases are linked to jesse matthew, who is behind bars in charlottesville. police say they got this evidence while they were searching matthew's car and apartment. today our sister station in roanoke spoke with gill harrington, the victim's mother about this forensic link. >> we're in a different phase now. there's a suspect, and possibility of a link to morgan's murder. and i am so pleased that that has happened. but it doesn't change a lot for us. >> we have a team of reporters covering this story. we'll have the late crest at the top of the hour. back to you. >> back here in our area now, the father of two missing toddlers in maryland is now asking the governor to issue an amber alert to help bring them home. troy turner's children, sarah

and jacob hoggle, have been missing three weeks. their mother, catherine, is in custody, but is not cooperating. turner says an amber alert would help spread the word about his children's disappearance. >> i do have a smartphone, and if i were to ask you how many people you know with smartphones, probably everyone you associate with has a smartphone. well, when you issue an amber alert, every single one of those phones is going to get that. >> maryland state police say they did not initially issue an alert because the case didn't meet the criteria, including a confirmed abduction and known threat. the man accused of shooting alexandria police officer peter lavoie is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. the trial for bashir, the one-time cab driver who allegedly shot officer lavoie in the head last year, got under way today. lavoie survived that shooting, though it left him with a permanent brain injury. the prosecution has called a series of officers involved in bashir's arrest.

one officer said he smelled a strong owed or of alcohol when they apprehended bashir. julie carey will have the latest at 5:00. a developing story out of chicago. three days after that air traffic control center fire crippled service, the impact is still felt today. airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights. nbc's jay gray reports when service will be fully restored and how security is now being improved. >> reporter: thousands of passengers are still on the ground and back in line in chicago. >> we were reroaded to houston and then i had to stay in houston for 12 hours and now i'm in chicago and i have to stay for another 12 hours. >> reporter: for a fourth straight day, hundreds of columbia cancelled after a fire at the regional air traffic control center in aurora, illinois. >> visualize 29 racks of

computer equipment. that's what this system entails. 20 need to be replaced. >> reporter: 36-year-old brian howard, a contract worker at that center, faces federal charges for starting the blaze. >> this is the backbone through which we communicate with all of our other air traffic facilities around the country. >> reporter: repairs to the facility will take at least two weeks, while for the next 30 days, the faa will conduct a full review of security procedures. >> it's additional people, it's additional patrols. it's additional looks -- additional restrictions on access for core pieces of the infrastructure. we want more eyes on the ground, and, you know, much more situational awareness on the part of all of our employees and what's going on in our facility. >> reporter: with the hope of preventing what's going on on the ground right now. jay gray, nbc news. now, the suspect in the fires is being treated for

self-inflicted wounds. he was reportedly derespondent over a pending job transfer. he is expected to survive. a doctor exposed to ebola is now in maryland. doreen gentzler takes us inside the nih. plus an important message doctors want you to hear. >> reporter: after reports surface of bendable phones, will your new iphone bend and break? "consumer reports" puts it to the test. i'm erika gonzales and i'll show you what they found, coming up. clouds, dampness, cool air today. if you plan on exercising, look at this, status quo. clouds, dampness, cool air, right into your evening. when i return in a couple minutes, i'll show what areas will be foggy tomorrow morning. that's all next on news4 at 4:00.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. and we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going. >> follow us on facebook and twitter. well, the holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and if you or someone you know is looking for a seasonal job, now is the time to start putting in applications. retailers are beginning to look for holiday hires. macy's needs about 86,000 people to work seasonal positions at their stores, including bloomingdales. that's about 3,000 more jobs than last year. macy's also needs people to work at call centers and distribution centers throughout the country.

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a viral video showing someone bending the new iphone 6 with his bare hands has caused an uproar on social media. >> yeah, so "consumer reports conscious decided to do a scientific it test to see if concerns are valid. erika gonzales is here to tell us what they found. >> reporter: this youtube video sparked a viral storm about the new iphone bending. now "consumer reports" has taken one sample each of the iphone 6 and 6-plus, along with other competitors into its labs for stress testing. using this special machine, testers apply force to the phones until they deform. >> it takes a lot of force to permanently bend one of these new iphones or any of the other phones we tested, for that matter. >> reporte en the phones that bent first, the iphone 6 and the htc 1m8 took 70 pounds of force before bending

permanently. the iphone 6-plus took more punishment at 90 pounds. the smaller, thicker iphone 5 outperformed both in the test, with no noticeable deformation until 130 pounds. finally, the lgg 3 and samsung galaxy note 3, 130 pounds and 150 pounds respectively. at that point, their screens separated from their cases and stopped working. so what's the bottom line here? "consumer reports" says based on its comparative tests, while the iphone 6 and 6-plus are not the strongest phones on the markets, fears of a serious structural design flaw seem overblown. apple's official response with this is, quote, with normal use, a bend in an iphone is extremely rare. and through our first six days of sale, a total of nine customers have contacted apple with a bent iphone 6-plus. in short, again, we're talking

70, 90, 130 pounds of pressure is what it's going to take. not that it's flimsy. you have really got to apply a lot of pressure in order to see some type of dent. and on news4 at 5:00, you shop around for everything else, right? why not your car loan. i'm going to show how to get the best deal. if you've got a story idea, you can echt mail us, consumerwatch@nbcwashim 202-885-4884. >> talking cars at 5:00. we'll see you then. thanks, erika. a doctor exposed to the deadly virus is treated right here in our own backyard. up next, our own doreen gentzler joins us to talk ebola in maryland. >> reporter: from scheduling after-school activities to getting help in the classroom, there are online and mobile there are online and mobile tools to keep in

therin fairfax countymobile tools to we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. oh, and we definitely didn't need so many government studies.

right now doctors in bethesda are keeping careful watch over a physician who is exposed to the ebola virus. >> doreen gentzler here in the studio with more on what health officials are saying about this case. doreen? >> hi, jim and pat. the physician had been working at a hospital in sierra leone when officials say he was exposed to the ebola virus. exposed, but not infected by it. nobody is saying that yet. it's unclear whether he's developed any symptoms. but the doctors are monitoring him, and they are prepared to treat him if necessary.

the doctor was transferred to the national institutes of health in bethesda yesterday. they are evaluating his blood, urine, heart and other functions linked to ebola. just because he was exposed to the virus doesn't mean he's going to get sick. >> remember, exposure does not necessarily mean you're infected. so the main purpose of bringing the individual to the nih is to observe the person, if the person winds up requiring some form of intervention, we'll give it to the physician. but right now it's just observational. >> that's, of course, dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. he says they're not going to release anymore information about the physician being observed here in bethesda. also, health officials are reminding us we don't need to be alarmed. they say the patient at nih is being monitored carefully in a special isolation unit. but that's only out of an

abundance of caution. so no cause for concern. pat and jim? >> all right. doreen, thanks so much. >> any cause for concern about the evening, veronica? >> are not for the evening. so today we had some damp roads. tremendous amount of rain. but tomorrow morning, the fog could slow us down. and i do think the fog could drop below a mile in some locations. i'm going to show you where in just a moment. out there right now, again, still overcast. it's looked all day today like it's going to rain. only picked up a few hundredthses of an insure. sky cast 4 shows what the sky will look like the next 24 hours. 7:00 p.m., yes, overcast conditions. by the dime we get to 10:00, do not think it's going to be raking, and the clouds will start to park more and more. in the shenandoah valley off to the east, we see the clouds part a bit. by tomorrow morning, partly sunny and tomorrow morning there will be, again, a lot of fog in some locations. sunshine for your afternoon. this is 3:00 p.m., what that sky

will look like. mostly sunny to partly sunny. good deal of sunshine and a much warmer day ahead. you can see the areas from frederick to leesburg to warrenton to fredericksburg just west of i-95. 301, even out at 66th, a lot of the mainly roads by early tomorrow morning, up 70, 270. and it's this area through here, warrenton, culpeper, rutgersville, the fog could drop to a half mile visibility. 7:00 a.m., still fog around the area. so that's the one thing that we've got to watch out for early tomorrow morning. temperatures starting out in the mid 50s to around 60 degrees. not too chilly. recess, no problem at all. bus stop forecast looking good through dismis dismissal. temperatures, 79, nearly 80 degrees. tomorrow a great day to get out and exercise. don't have to we are about that high humidity or any rain at

all. friday, not a lot. only expecting about a half to an inch of rain. and look at the weekend. a great weekend for fall weather starting out in the 50s on sunday. high temperatures just 70. this is a good weekend to take in the fall color out west, guys, already. >> students aren't the only ones trying to survive the school year. for parents balancing outside activities and homework can downright stress you out. news4's angie goth shows us apps and websites designed to help simplify your life. >> that wonderful, wake up, brush your teeth, grab your backpack, feed the dog and don't forget to have a good day kind of morning is one jennifer knows well. >> anything i can do to save even five minutes, every second counts. >> reporter: with the new school year, it's like a daily game of survivor. and this pr executive finds herself now the ceo of her kids' calendar. >> very tailoreded to me.

and i can sign up both daughters. >> r she recently discovered activity rocket, a website that speeds up the process to sign your kids up for classes and camps. >> and we have e-mails going to our providers. >> reporter: activity rocket was started by two local moms fed up with the exhausting process. the beauty of technology is to be able to use it to make our lives easier, more convenient. but at the end of the day, you feel like you're doing a good job as a parent. >> reporter: wn thr minutes, i watched her find a tennis class. you can plug in everything from zip code, date, time and gender. there are more than 70,000 activities to search. >> there are reviews, so i can look and see if tennis has been rated by other moms. so i can have confidence that it's the right thing for my daughters. >> reporter: from scheduling after-school activities to getting help in the classroom, there are online and mobile tools to keep in mind that parents work.

for kids 3 to 8, learn with homer, a free ipad app, has won big awards for helping kids learn to read and understand letters in a fun way. for middle schoolers, check out tutor.com, where for a monthly fee, your child can find an incredible monthly tutor in subjects even parents don't understand. and no matter the age, nbc's parent tool kit is an app that tracks your child's academics and health and breaks down what he or she is likely going through in that particular grade. around now, the pressure on parents to plan and support is never greater. but the health at your finger types, pretty great. >> things like this do keep you organized. i think when you think about how you can juggle it all, it comes down to being organized. >> reporter: and in some way, connected. angie goth, news4. >> if you would like more information on the apps and websites, visit nbcwashington.com and search school apps. now some stories we're working on right now in our newsroom. crews in baltimore trying to

figure out what caused a townhome near camden yards to collapse, trapping one person. and in prince george's county, chopper 4 over the scene for some scary moments when a local construction worker takes a nasty fall into a pit. and developing now, a man is in custody after shots were fired near the ethiopian embassy here in washington. wendy rieger has the latest from the live desk. >> a fairly chaotic scene outside the embassy in northwest d.c. secret service agents arrested an embassy staffer after he fired a gun. it was all caught on camera. >> ethiopian television provided this video. in it, you can see -- you can possibly see the staffer holding a gun in the air as people around him try to get him to put the weapon down. several shots are fired, and secret service agents and police get to that area. no one was injured. they were able to detain this man. and tonight the state department is investigating this. we're going to have a live

update from darcy spencer, coming up on news4 at 5:00. i'll see you then. back to you. >> wendy, thank you. new details about the chaos outside six flags america in prince george's county over the weekend. we now know two teenagers were injured, and one of them is in critical condition with a brain injury. tracee wilkins is working on the story for us. >> reporter: we now have more information as to what happened here on saturday night at six flags in upper marlboro. first of all, we now know there was a 13-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy injured during this medically both transported to hospitals. his brain was swelling to the point that doctors were considering removing a portion of his skull to allow for that swelling to happen over the next month or so. and for it to then die down on its own. but in the last hour, they have decided they don't need to do that surgery right now. so he is still being watched

very closely. we are still waiting for more details on how that 13-year-old girl is doing. at news4 at 5:00 and 6:00, more information on what happen with the security breakdown at six flags and what the amusement park is planning on doing moving forward. a quadriplegic wounded in iraq 11 years ago and his family are given an accessible home. this is chris gordon in manassas with a local thank you for supervise and sacrifice.

a man is now in custody, suspended in the disappearance of an arkansas real estate agent. police arrested aaron lewis this morning after a witness saw him standing at a bus stop in little rock. the realtor, meanwhile, is still missing. as hillary hunt reports, volunteers, including her fellow realtors, are helping in the desperate search. >> we're just worried sick. and there's -- we feel so helpless. >> reporter: carl carter is still having trouble grasping the past 72 hours. >> i think as parents, we have so much fear that someone will take our kids. but you never think in a million years someone will take your mom. >> reporter: his mother, beverly carter, went missing thursday while showing a home in scott. search parties now combing that area for the second day in a row. search efforts made up of friends, family members and even out-of-state realtors like jennifer from nashville.

>> i drove five and a half hours to come here. and it's not to say that i was able to do that, not for anything vain, it was because i want to be here to help. >> reporter: the real estate community all helping with the search. but reflecting on safety when they have to go back to work on monday. >> our emotions are high. we have all been on -- since 9:00 on thursday night. there's fear. they have a right to be fearful. i don't want them to be so scared, though, they can't do their job. that's not fair to them. >> three days into the search, turning up no signs of carter. her son and the real estate community refuse to give up. >> you're either optimistic or you have nothing. you lose everything. you lose all hope and your mind goes to very dark places. and i refuse to let the dark places win. >> that witness and a friend told police that they walked up to it aaron lewis at the bus stop. lewis ran into a nearby apartment complex and tried to hide. police soon closed in and made

the arrest. right now at 5:00, cases connected. the man accused in the abduction of a uva student is also linked to the abduction and murder of a virginia tech student. tonight, morgan harrington's mother is speaking out. >> i know where morgan is. however this unfolds, i know where my girl is. she's in a box in the living room. hannah graham's family do not know where their daughter is. shots fired. we're learning why an employee walked out of an embassy here in d.c. today and began shooting as protesters scrambled for cover. and breaking news. new details about that intrusion in the white house and just how far that fence-jumper made into the mansion. now and new at 5:00, breaking news. virginia state police tell us they have linked the disappearance of uva student hannah graham to the abduction

and murder of another college student in the area five years ago. >> the stunning news today means that the man who is now charged in the hannah graham case may also soon face charges in the murder of morgan harrington. and a sexual assault in the city of fairfax that occurred yearses before. >> we have team coverage tonight on the case connection. news4's mark segraves live in fairfax and northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in charlottesville. >> reporter: jim and wendy, in just the past two weeks, we have seen jill harrington make the painful trek from roanoke to right here in chlottesville. a to-hour drive. the reason it's so painful, five years ago, this is where her daughter morgan was abducted and killed. the reason she has been coming here isn't about morgan. it's about hannah graham, missing two weeks now. and is today we have learned those cases aren't only similar, they also may be nk